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 Research and Teaching Interests

 ∙Applied Microeconomics primarily utilizing experiments and surveys in the fields of health economics, managerial economics, innovation, behavioral economics, and game theory. My current main lines of research involve an NIH-funded line studying the decision-making process of transplant surgeons and nephrologists, creativity, innovation and skill development, productivity in a remote work setting, and contest design. 

 

Positions Held

        University of North Carolina Charlotte

Ohio University

    The University of Lyon,

  The University of Central Missouri, Department of Economics

        The University of Innsbruck, Department of Public Finance        

        The Ohio State University, Department of Economics

        Florida State University, Department of Economics

Education

Publications 

Working Papers

Other

Reviewer for:

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, Behaviour & Information Technology, Economica, Economic Inquiry, Economics Letters, European Economic Review, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Industrial Relations, Management Science,  Public Finance Review, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,  Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Public Economics, Review of Behavioral Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and the Household, Research in Experimental Economics, Southern Economic Journal


Grants Awarded:

∙ 2024 – Co-PI, ~$1,800,000 Identifying Behavioral Factors Contributing to High Discard Rate of Deceased Donor Kidneys . National Institute of Health and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 

∙ 2021 – Co-PI, $449,864 Uncovering Behavioral Biases in Accepting and Rejecting Deceased Kidneys: Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce the Discard Rate of Viable Kidneys. National Institute of Health and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. 

∙ Co-PI of a $8,000 to study the process by which creative and non-creative tasks are learned. – Ohio University Research Committee Grant (competitive) 2017-2019

∙ Co-PI of a 5,000 CHF (~$5,000) grant to study the effects telecommuting has on team productivity – Webster University, Geneva Switzerland 2011 - 2012

∙ Co-PI of a $4150 grant to better understand the potential causes of aid failure – Level II, The University of Central Missouri 2010 – 2012

∙ Co-PI of a 2,500 € (~$3,400) grant to study the causes and effects of cheating resulting from selection into contests – Hypo Tirol Bank Research Promotion Award - 2012

∙ Co-PI of a 10,570 € (~$14,300) grant to study deception and sabotage in tournaments – Tiroler Wissenschaftfonds - 2014

∙ Co-PI of a 2,400 € grant to study how rank order tournaments affect team production – Hypo Tirol Bank Research Promotion Award - 2016

∙ Co-PI of a $8,000 grant to study the economics of innovation and creativity - Ohio University Research Committee (competitive) - 2017

 Media Coverage

. 2012 The Wall Street Journal "I'm Working, Boss, Really" by Christopher Shea 

. 2012  Gigaom "Remote Work Boost Productivity?" by Jessica Stillman 

. 2013 Harvard Business Review "Telecommuters Are More Productive on Creative Tasks, Less on Dull Ones" by Andrew O'Connell

.2013  Harvard Business Review Invited blog post: "New Research: What Yahoo Should Know About Good Managers and Remote Workers"

.2013 Today/NBC News "Despite Yahoo's ban, working from home may be the future." by John W. Schoen

.2013 Cityworklife Invited blog post: Has technology surpassed the management skill set?

.2018 Canadian Broadcasting Company: Who gets more done - office workers or telecommuters?

.2018 CBC1 (Canadian Broadcasting Company): Radio interviews with 13 different stations across Canada. 

.2020 CNBC: Working from home actually makes you better at some tasks and worst at others

.2020 The Time of London: Q&A Are Workers More Productive When Working From Home? 

.2020 Scripps National Media televised segment on working from home. A clip from one broadcast can be found here.

.2020 Medium.com: Remote Work (WFH) Tech Landscape 

.2020 The List, a nationally televised show, on "The workaround for your work from home hurdles." 

·  2021 Financial Times  Where's the spark? How lockdown caused a creativity crisis.


Courses Taught

∙  Behavioral Economics

∙  Microeconomic Theory I - MAE

 ∙ Gender and the Economy

 ∙  Managerial Economics - undergraduate and graduate: MBA  and MFE

∙  Intermediate Economics

∙  Principals of Microeconomics

∙  Principals of Macroeconomics


Email: dutcherg@ohio.edu