Joyce Berg

Education

• PhD in Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1988
• MBA, University of Minnesota, 1985
• BSB in Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1979

Areas of Interest

• Design of Incentive Systems
• Experimental Markets
• Internet Markets and Market Design
• Iowa Electronic Markets
• Management Accounting
• Prediction Markets

Selected Awards & Honors

• Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service to the University and the State of Iowa, University of Iowa, 2014
• Faculty Advisor of the Year, Tippie College of Business Undergraduate Program Office, 2013
• Gil Maynard Excellence in Accounting Instruction Award, Department of Accounting, 2012
• Student's Choice for Faculty Excellence in Core-Teaching Award, Tippie College of Business - Undergraduate Program, 2009
• Gil Maynard Award for Teaching Excellence, Department of Accounting, Tippie College of Business, 2008
• Faculty Advisor of the Year, 2006
• President's Award for Technology Innovation, 2000
• Tippie College of Business - Outstanding Service Contribution by a Faculty Member Award, 2016 - 2016

Selected Publications

• Berg, J. E. & Rietz, T. A. (2019). Longshots, Overconfidence, and Efficiency on the Iowa Electronic Market. International Journal of Forecasting 35 (1) 271-287.
• Berg, J. E., Penney, C. E. & Rietz, T. A. (2015). Partisan Politics and Political Prospects: Evidence from the Iowa Electronic Markets. PS: Political Science & Politics 48 (4) 573-578.
• Berg, J. E. & Rietz, T. A. (2014). Market Design, Manipulation and Accuracy in Political Prediction Markets: Lessons from the Iowa Electronic Markets. PS: Political Science and Politics 47 (2) 293-296.
• Berg, J. E., Rietz, T. A. & Dickhaut, J. (2013). The “Play-Out” Effect and Preference Reversals: Evidence for Noisy Maximization. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 94 160-171.
• Ramchandran, K., Nayakankuppam, D., Berg, J. E., Tranel, D. & Denburg, N. L. (2011). Market mechanisms protect the vulnerable brain. Neuropsychologia 49 (9) 2533-2540.
• Berg, J. E., Geweke, J. F. & Rietz, T. A. (2010). Memoirs of an Indifferent Trader: Estimating Forecast Distributions from Prediction Markets. Quantitative Economics 1 (1) 163.
• Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J. & Rietz, T. A. (2010). Preference Reversals: The Impact of Truth-Revealing Monetary Incentives. Games and Economic Behavior 68 (2) 443-468.
• Berg, J. E., Neumann, G. R. & Rietz, T. A. (2009). Searching for Google's Value: Using Prediction Markets to Forecast Market Capitalization Prior to an Initial Public Offering. Management Science 55 (3) 348-361.
• Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J. W. & Kanodia, C. (2009). The Role of Information Asymmetry in Escalation Phenomena: Empirical Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 69 (2) 135-147.
• Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J. & Rietz, T. A. (2008). On the Performance of the Lottery Procedure for Controlling Risk Preferences. pp. 1087-1097. Handbook of Results in Experimental Economics.

Companies

• Professor University of Iowa (2010)
• Associate Professor University of Iowa (1992 — 2010)
• Associate Professor Washington University in St. Louis (1992 — 1992)
• Assistant Professor Washington University in St. Louis (1991 — 1992)
• Visiting Assistant Professor University of Chicago Booth School of Business (1990 — 1991)
• Assistant Professor Washington University in St. Louis (1986 — 1990)