Shawn Curley

Shawn Curley

Professor, DGS & Ph.D. Program Director

Information & Decision Sciences

Education

AB 1979
mathematics and social sciences Dartmouth College

MA 1981
mathematics University of Michigan

PhD 1986
psychology University of Michigan

Expertise

Decisionmaking

Forecasting

Problemsolving

Risktaking

Shawn Curley is a professor in the Information and Decision Sciences Department. He joined the Carlson School in September 1986 after completing an MA in mathematics and a PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His research interests are in individual decisionmaking how decisions are made and how they can be aided. Of particular interest is the role of uncertainty in decisionmaking how we can capture individuals'' judgments of uncertainty, how we can evaluate the quality of such judgments, and how uncertainty does and should impact our decisions. His teaching interests include the use of desktop technology to support decisionmaking, and the application of psychological and decision theory to the practice of management.

Selected Works

Adomavicius G, Curley SP, Gupta A, Sanyal P. (In press). "Impact of information feedback in continuous combinatorial auctions: An experimental study of economic performance," MIS Quarterly

Adomavicius G, Curley SP, Gupta A, Sanyal P. (2012). "Effect of information feedback on bidder behavior in continuous combinatorial auctions" Management Science, 58(4), 811830.

"Ripped from the Headlines: What Can the Popular Press Teach Us About Software Piracy?" S. Curley and S. Zamoon, Journal of Business Ethics (2008).

"Subjective Probability," S. Curley, Encyclopedia of Quantitative Risk Analysis and Assessment, eds. E. Melnick and B. Everitt (Wiley & Sons, 2008).

"The Application of Dempster Shafer Theory Demonstrated with Justification Provided by Legal Evidence," S. Curley, Judgment and Decision Making (2007).

"Normative and Descriptive Analyses of Simpson's Paradox in DecisionMaking," S. Curley and G. J. Browne, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (2001).

"The Effects of SubjectDefined Categories on Judgmental Accuracy in Confidence Assessment Tasks," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, and P. G. Benson, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1999).

"Reasoning with Category Knowledge in Probability Forecasting: Typicality and Perceived Variability Effects," S. Curley and G. J. Browne, Forecasting with Judgment, eds. G. Wright and P. Goodwin (Wiley & Sons, 1998).

"Evoking Information in Probability Assessment: Knowledge Maps and ReasoningBased Directed Questions," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, and P. G. Benson, Management Science (1997).

"Improved TestRetest Reliability Criteria as Applied to Probability Assessments," S. Curley and J. I. Golden, Journal of Behavioral DecisionMaking (1996).

"Belief Assessment: An Underdeveloped Phase of Probability Elicitation," S. Curley, P. G. Benson, and G. F. Smith, Management Science (1995).

"Arguments in the Practical Reasoning Underlying Constructed Probability Responses," S. Curley, G. J. Browne, G. F. Smith, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral DecisionMaking (1995).

"Probability Judgment Accuracy for General Knowledge: CrossNational Differences and Assessment Methods," S. Curley, K. M. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral DecisionMaking (1995).

"Applying a Cognitive Perspective to Probability Construction," S. Curley and P. G .Benson, Subjective Probability, eds. G. Wright and P. Ayton (Wiley & Sons, 1994).

"Using Belief Functions to Represent Degrees of Belief," S, Curley and J. I. Golden, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1994).

"An Evaluation of the Reliability of Probability Judgments Across Response Modes and Over Time," S. Curley, K. M. Whitcomb, D. Onkal, and P. G. Benson, Journal of Behavioral DecisionMaking (1993).

"Individual Differences in RiskTaking," S. Curley and P. Bromiley, RiskTaking Behavior, ed. J. Frank Yates (Wiley & Sons, 1992).

"Belief, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: A Cognitive Perspective on Subjective Probability," S. Curley, G. F. Smith, and P. G. Benson, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1991).

"Knowledge Resource Preferences of Family Physicians," S. Curley, D. P. Connelly, E. C. Rich, and J. T. Kelly, Journal of Family Practice (1990).

"Physicians' Use of Medical Knowledge Resources: Preliminary Theoretical Framework and Findings," S. Curley, D. P. Connelly, and E. C. Rich, Medical DecisionMaking (1990).

"Seeking and Applying Diagnostic Information," S. Curley, J. F. Yates, and M. J. Young, Acta Psychologica (1990).

"An Empirical Evaluation of Descriptive Models of Ambiguity Reactions in Choice Situations," S. Curley and J.F. Yates, Journal of Mathematical Psychology (1989).

"Psychological Sources of Ambiguity Avoidance," S. Curley, J. F. Yates, and R. A. Abrams, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (1986).

Current Activities

Administrative Appointments

Director of Graduate Studies & PhD Program Director

Current Research

Online auction design and behavior

Knowledgebased approach to managerial judgment and problem solving

User acceptance of personalization technologies

Ambiguity and uncertainty in judgment

Ethical Decisions with Digital Goods

Editorial Appointments

Editorial board, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Editorial board, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes