Jonathan M. Lafky
Carleton College Department of Economics
Willis Hall 321
One North College Street
Northfield, MN 55057
Email: jlafky@carleton.edu
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2010
M.A. Economics, University of Pittsburgh, 2007
B.S. Mathematics with Departmental Honors, University of Oregon, 2004
Research Fields
Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Rating Systems
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, Carleton College, 2023-present
Assistant Professor, Carleton College, 2016-2023
Assistant Professor, Lafayette College 2010-2016
Publications
Preferences vs. Strategic Thinking: An Investigation of the Causes of Overcommunication (with Ernest Lai and Wooyoung Lim). Accepted at Games and Economic Behavior.
Social Conformity Under Evolving Private Preferences (with John Duffy). Games and Economic Behavior, 2021, vol. 128, pp. 104-124.
Experimenting with Incentives for Information Transmission: Quantity versus Quality (with Alistair Wilson). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, vol. 169, pp. 314-331
Reciprocity through Ratings: An Experimental Study of Bias in Evaluations (with Simon Halliday). Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2019, vol. 83, article no. 101480.
Birth, Death and Public Good Provision (with John Duffy). Experimental Economics, 2016, vol. 19, issue 2, pp. 317-341.
Why Do People Rate? Theory and Evidence on Online Ratings Games and Economic Behavior, 2014, vol. 87, pp. 554-570.
Altruism, Reciprocity and Health: A Social Experiment in Restaurant Choice (with Oliver Board and Christopher Keane). Food Policy, 2012, vol. 37, pp. 143-150.
All Equilibria of the Multi-Unit Vickrey Auction (with Andreas Blume, Paul Heidhues, Johannes Munster and Meixia Zhang). Games and Economic Behavior, 2009, vol. 66, issue 2, pp. 729-741.
Working Papers
Honesty on the Margins (with Simon Halliday and Alistair Wilson)
Presentations
Liberal Arts College Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, July 2022
Liberal Arts College Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop, July 2021
Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, July 2021
Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting, November 2019
Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, June 2019
Liberal Arts College Behavioral and Experimental Economists Workshop, 2019
Western Economic Association Annual Meeting, June 2018
Economic Science Association North American Conference, November 2016
Haverford College seminar, April 2016
American Economic Association Annual Conference, January 2016
Federal Trade Commission, Bureau of Economics, December 2015
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, November 2015
University of Pittsburgh Terri Waters Alumni Seminar, October 2015.
Behavioral and Experimental Economists of the Mid-Atlantic Annual meeting, October 2015.
Economic Science Association North American Conference, October 2014.
Western Economic Association Annual meeting, June 2014.
Behavioral and Experimental Economists of the Mid-Atlantic Annual meeting, June 2014.
Manhattan College seminar, April 2014.
Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, November, 2013.
Behavioral and Experimental Economists of the Mid-Atlantic Annual Conference, August 2013.
Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, May 2013.
Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, November 2012.
Google, Inc. research seminar, June 2012.
Economic Science Association North American Conference, November, 2011.
Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, October, 2011.
Lehigh University seminar, April, 2011.
Economic Science Association North American Conference, November, 2009.
Western Economic Association Annual Conference, June, 2009.
Economic Science Association International Conference, June, 2009.
University of Pittsburgh seminar, November, 2008 and March, 2006.
Referee For
Games and Economic Behavior; Review of Economics and Statistics; International Economic Review; Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control; Marketing Science; Games; Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization; Journal of Economic Education; Journal of the European Economic Association; Eastern Economic Journal; Economics Letters; Information Systems Research, Experimental Economics.