Curriculum Vitae

CV (PDF version)

About Me 

    I joined the faculty of the VCU Department of Economics in 2015 and I am currently an Associate Professor and Director of the Masters Program in Economics whose degree requirements are linked here.  My research primarily uses laboratory experiments to study questions of applied microeconomic theory, behavioral economics, and behavioral finance.  My research interests include questions about banking and financial regulation, managerial economics, economic contests, communication, and reciprocity.  Some working papers are available in my RePEc IDEAS profile.  I am a member of the Experimental Laboratory of Economics and Business Research (ELEBR) group at Virginia Commonwealth University.  All VCU students are encouraged to sign-up here to receive invitations to participate in ELEBR lab experiments, help with research, and earn a considerable amount of cash.

Behavioral Economics Videos

    With support from the VCU School of Business Foundation, and excellent video production from Kaitlyn Pendleton, I have created a series of 30 short videos explaining concepts from Behavioral Economics.  These videos are part of the VCU Economics Explained series.  I recommend that students of ECON 333: Behavioral Economics watch these videos as a supplement to our in-class lectures.

Behavioral Economics Video Series 

Publications

• Cox, C., Davis, D. Korenok, O., and Lightle, J. (2023) "Stress Tests and Information Disclosure: An Experimental Analysis," Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 154, 106691. 

• Davis, D., Korenok, O., and Lightle, J. (2022) "Liquidity regulation, banking history, and financial fragility: An experimental examination," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 200, pp. 1372-1383.

• Davis, D., Korenok, O., Lightle, J., and Prescott, E.S. (2020) "Liquidity Requirements and the Interbank Loan Market: An Experimental Investigation," Journal of Monetary Economics, Vol. 115, pp. 113-126.

• Davis, D., Korenok, O. and Lightle, J. (2019)  "An experimental examination of interbank markets," Experimental Economics, Vol. 22, pp. 954-979.

• Brookins, P., Lightle, J., and Ryvkin, D. (2018)  “Sorting and communication in weak-link group contests,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 152, pp. 64-80.

• Collins, S., Hamman, J., and Lightle, J. (2018)  “Market Interaction and Pro-Social Behavior: An Experimental Study,” Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 84, Issue 3, pp. 692-715.

• Cooper, D., and Lightle, J. (2017) “The Effect of Structured Emotion Expression on Reciprocity in Bilateral Gift Exchange,” in Goerg, S. and Hamman, J. (ed.) Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 19: Experiments in Organizational Economics, Emerald Publishing Ltd.

• Goerg, S., Lightle, J., and Ryvkin D. (2016) “Priming the Charitable Pump: An Experimental Study of Two-Stage Raffles,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 54, Issue 1, pp. 508-519.

• Lightle, J. (2016) “A Rational Choice Model of the Biased Recall of Information,” Economic Modelling, Vol. 53, pp. 487-493.

• Brookins, P., Lightle, J., and Ryvkin, D. (2015) “An Experimental Study of Sorting in Group Contests,” Labour Economics, Vol. 35, pp. 16-25.

• Isaac, R.M., Lightle, J., and Norton, D. (2015) “The Pay-What-You-Want Business Model: Warm Glow Revenues and Endogenous Price Discrimination,” Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 57, pp. 215-223.

• Brookins, P., Lightle, and J., Ryvkin, D. (2015) “Optimal Sorting in Group Contests with Complementarities,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 112, pp. 311-323.

• Lightle, J. (2014) “The Paternalistic Bias of Expert Advice,” Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 876-898.

• Lightle, J. (2013) “Harmful Lie Aversion and Lie Discovery in Noisy Expert Advice Games,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 93, pp. 347-362.

• Cooper, D. and Lightle, J. (2013) “The Gift of Advice: Communication in a Bilateral Gift Exchange Game,” Experimental Economics, Vol. 16, Issue 4, pp. 443-477.

• Lightle, J., Kagel, J., and Arkes, H. (2009) “Information Exchange in Group Decision Making: The Hidden Profile Problem Reconsidered,” Management Science, Vol. 55, Issue 4, pp. 568-581. Online Appendix.