Adalbert (Adi) Mayer
Brief CV
Employment
Associate Professor of Economics, Washington College 2014 - present
Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington College 2010 - 2014
Assistant Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University 2003 - 2010
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, 2003
Diplom Ökonom, Universität Augsburg, Germany, 1998
Research Interests
Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Social Networks, Information Transmission, Macroeconomics
Publications
"An Agent-Based Macroeconomic Model with Endogenous Intertemporal Decision Rules", Eastern Economic Journal, 2022, Volume 48, 548-579.
"A simple test for private information in insurance markets with heterogeneous insurance demand" (with Li Gan and Feng Huang), Economics Letters, Volume 136, November 2015, Pages 197–200
"Connecting Supply and Demand -- An Interactive Visualization", The Journal of Economic Education, 2015 46 (4), 442-442
“Tracing the Effects of Guaranteed Admission through the College Process: Evidence from a Policy Discontinuity in the Texas 10% Plan” (with Jason Fletcher), Contemporary Economic Policy, 2014, Volume 32, Issue 1, 169 - 186.
“The structure of social networks and labor market success” Applied Economics Letters, 2012, Volume 19, Issue 13.
“Quantifying the Effects of Job Matching through Social Networks”, Journal of Applied Economics, 2011, Volume XIV, No. 1, pages 35-59.
“Do More Diverse Environments Increase the Diversity of Subsequent Interaction? Evidence from Random Dorm Assignment” (with Sara Baker and Steven Puller), Economics Letters, 2011, 110, pages 110–112.
“Intergenerational Relationships over the Lifecycle and the Determination of Wages”, Applied Economics, 2010, Volume 42, Issue 22, pages 2817 – 2833.
“Online Social Networks in Economics” Decision Support Systems, 2009, Volume 47, Issue 3, pages 169-184.
“Education, Self-selection and Intergenerational Transmission of Abilities” Journal of Human Capital, 2008, Volume 2, No. 1, pages 106-128.
“The Old Boy (and Girl) Network: A Model of Social Network Formation on University Campuses” (With Steven Puller) Journal of Public Economics, 2008, Volume 92, pages 329-347.
Working Papers
“First Friends Then Co-Workers: An Empirical Investigation of Social Connections and the Initial Employment of College Graduates” , January 2013.
“Price and Wage Dispersion due to Heterogeneous Arrival of Trade Opportunities” (with Theodore Turocy, August 2011.
“Are Intergenerational Connections Wealth Related? Evidence from Lifecycle Data”, August 2006.
“The Old College Try: Estimating the Role of Uncertainty, Costs and Rewards in the Experiment called College”, October 2008.
Refereeing Experience
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Review, Applied Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, British Journal of Sociology, Economics Letters, Industrial Relations, International Economic Review, Journal of Applied Econometrics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Studies, Journal of Economics and Business Statistics, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Human Resources, Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Teaching Interests
Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Information Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics,
Teaching Experience at Washington College
“Principles of Macroeconomics” (ECN 111)
" Intermediate Microeconomics" (ECN 212)
“Econometrics” (ECN 320)
“Information Economics ” (ECN 394)
“Labor Economics” (ECN 219)
Teaching Experience at Texas A&M University
“Human Resource Economics” (Graduate Labor, ECON 609)
“Directed Study in Labor Economics” (Graduate Level Reading Course - ECON 685)
“Introduction to Econometrics” (ECMT 463)
“Microeconomic Theory” (Intermediate Micro, ECON 323)
“Principles of Economics” (ECON 202 – Honors Section)
Teaching Award at Texas A&M University
For “Introduction to Econometrics” SLATE - University Level Teaching Award, 2009
Teaching Experience at the University of Rochester
“Econometrics” (Undergraduate Econometrics), Summer 2001, Summer 2002