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Behavioral economist
Lise Vesterlund
Alma materUniversity of Copenhagen
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation(s)Behavioral and experimental economist

Lise Vesterlund is a behavioral and experimental economist, and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. From 1997 to 2001, she was assistant professor at the Iowa State University. She is on the board of editors of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and of the Experimental Economics journal. Since 2018, she is a visiting professor at the Norwegian School of Economics.

Education

Vesterlund earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1990, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1997.

Research

Her research mainly focuses on charitable giving and gender differences in the labor market. She has published in leading journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review and her work has been quoted over 10000 times. In her most quoted paper (with Muriel Niederle), "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?", they examine in a laboratory environment how men and women react differently to competition. They find that men prefer competition as they tend to be overconfident. Her research has been featured in news outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Time magazine, and CNBC.

Selected works

  • Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (2003/06). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902.
  • Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312.
  • Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101.

References

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  2. "Lise Vesterlund". www.nber.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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  4. "American Economic Association". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  5. "Experimental Economics". Springer. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  6. "Lise Vesterlund Brodkey". NHH. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  7. "Curriculum Vitae: Lise Vesterlund" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  8. ^ Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312. doi:10.1162/003355301556419. ISSN 0033-5533.
  9. ^ Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101. doi:10.1162/qjec.122.3.1067. ISSN 0033-5533.
  10. ^ Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (June 2003). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902. doi:10.1257/000282803322157142. ISSN 0002-8282.
  11. ^ "Lise Vesterlund - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  12. Lockman, Darcy (2019-05-04). "Opinion | What 'Good' Dads Get Away With". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  13. GuoBioBio, Jeff Guo closeJeff. "Why do some studies show that women are less competitive than men?". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  14. Khazan, Olga (2017-01-06). "When It's Not Worth It to Negotiate". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  15. "Can 10 Million Women Negotiate the Pay Gap Away?". Bloomberg.com. 2019-10-12. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  16. Gandel, Stephen (2010-11-30). "Are Women Less Competitive than Men? Explaining the Gender Gap". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  17. Connley, Courtney (2018-08-27). "Report: Women should stop volunteering for 'non-promotable' tasks at work". CNBC. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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