Maroš Servátka
OFFICE CONTACT
MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory
Macquarie Business School, Sydney, Australia
Email: maros.servatka [at] mgsm.edu.au
CURRENT POSITIONS
Professor of Economics, Macquarie Graduate School of Management (now Macquarie Business School), February 2015 – present
Founding Director, MGSM Vernon L. Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory, February 2015 – present
Deputy MBA Director, Macquarie Business School, November 2023 - present
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Executive Committee, Economic Science Association, 2022 - present
Founder, Fellow and President (2012-14), Past President and Executive Committee Member (2014 –16), Presidents Circle Member (2016 – present), Slovak Economic Association
Editorial Board, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2013 – present
Advisory Board, Ronald Coase Institute Book Series, Cambridge University Press, 2023 – present
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Economics, University of Arizona, August 2006. Dissertation Title: Experiments on Fairness and Reputation
M.A., Economics, University of Arizona, December 2002
Ing., Quantitative Methods in Economics and Business; specialization Operation Research and Econometrics, University of Economics, Bratislava, October 2001
Mgr., Quantitative Methods and Information Systems, Warsaw School of Economics, June 2000
PAST AND VISITING POSITIONS
Economics Discipline Leader, Macquarie Graduate School of Management, February 2015 – March 2018
Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, University of Canterbury, Jan. 2013 – July 2015 (Senior Lecturer above the Bar 01/2011–12/2012; Senior Lecturer 01/2009–12/2010; Lecturer 01/2007–12/2008)
Founding Director, New Zealand Experimental Economics Laboratory, June 2012 – July 2015 (Founding Deputy Director, July 2011 – May 2012)
Visiting Professor, Department of Finance, University of Economics, Bratislava, October 2009 – September 2014, September 2016 – present
Visiting Research Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business and Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, June 2018 – July 2019, September - October 2022
Visiting Scholar, University of Sydney Business School and Capital Markets Cooperative Research Centre, May 2013
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Spring 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor, George J. Stigler Center, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Winter 2008
Visiting Scholar, George J. Stigler Center, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, April 2007
Postdoc, SonderForschungsBereich 504, University of Mannheim, August 2006 – December 2006
AFFILIATIONS AND HONORARY POSITIONS
Group for Research in APplied Economics (GRAPE), FAME Council Member, Warsaw, Poland, August 2020 - present
Research Associate, Masaryk University Experimental Economics Laboratory, January 2020 – present
Visiting Faculty Member, Bratislava Behavioral & Experimental Economics Research Laboratory (BEER Lab), August 2019 – present
Affiliated Faculty Member, University of Alaska Anchorage Experimental Economics Laboratory, June 2019 – present
PUBLICATIONS
• "Optimistic Framing Increases Responsible Investment of Investment Professionals," (with Dan Daugaard, Danielle Kent, and Le Zhang), Scientific Reports, 14, 2024, Article 583.
• "Honesty in the City," (with Martin Dufwenberg, Paul Feldman, Jorge Tarrasó, and Radovan Vadovič), Games & Economic Behavior, 139, 2023, 15-25.
• "Hidden Inefficiency: Strategic Inflation of Project Schedules," (with Matej Lorko, and Le Zhang), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 206, 2023, 313-326.
• "To Keep People from Procrastinating, Don't Give Them a Deadline," (with Amy Meeker, Stephen Knowles, Trudy Sullivan, and Murat Genç), Harvard Business Review, September-October, 2022, 28-29.
• "Increasing Autonomy in Charitable Giving: The Effect of Choosing the Number of Recipients on Donations," (with Martina Fehérová, Stephanie Heger, Jana Péliová, and Robert Slonim), Economics Letters, 217, 2022, Article 110701.
• "Fairness Concerns and Job Assignment to Positions with Different Surplus," (with Katarína Danková, Hodaka Morita, and Le Zhang), Southern Economic Journal, 88, 2022, 1490-1516.
• "Procrastination and the Non-Monotonic Effect of Deadlines on Task Completion," (with Stephen Knowles, Trudy Sullivan, and Murat Genç), Economic Inquiry, 60, 2022, 706-720.
• "Improving the Accuracy of Project Schedules," (with Matej Lorko and Le Zhang), Production & Operations Management, 30, 2021, 1633-1646.
• "Attainment of Equilibrium via Marshallian Path Adjustment: Queueing and Buyer Determinism," (with Sean Collins, Duncan James, and Radovan Vadovič), Games & Economic Behavior, 125, 2021, 94-106.
• "Designing Call Auction Institutions to Eliminate Price Bubbles: Is English Dutch the Best?" (with Cary Deck and Steven Tucker), American Economic Review: Insights, 2(2), 2020, 225-236.
• "Sequential vs. Simultaneous Trust," (with Till Gross and Radovan Vadovič), Journal of Institutional & Theoretical Economics, 176, 2020, 446-472.
• "On the Importance of Context in Sequential Search," (with Annie Hsiao and Simon Kemp), Southern Economic Journal, 86, 2020, 1510-1530.
• "Rank-Order Competition in the Voluntary Provision of Impure Public Goods," (with Andrej Angelovski and Tibor Neugebauer), Economic Inquiry, 57, 2019, 2163-2183.
• "Anchoring in Project Duration Estimation," (with Matej Lorko and Le Zhang), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 162, 2019, 49–65.
• "Nice to You, Even Nicer to Me: Does Self-Serving Generosity Diminish Reciprocal Behavior?" (with Daniel Woods), Experimental Economics, 22, 2019, 506-529.
• "Gender Robustness of Overconfidence and Excess Entry," (with Katarína Danková), Journal of Economic Psychology, 72, 2019, 179-199.
• "Investment in Outside Options as an Opportunistic Behavior: An Experimental Investigation," (with Hodaka Morita), Southern Economic Journal, 85, 2018, 457-484.
• "How Do Experiments Inform Collective Action Research?" in C. Ménard and M. Shirley eds., Research Agenda for New Institutional Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018, 260-268.
• "Price-Setting and Attainment of Equilibrium: Posted Offers Versus An Administered Price," (with Sean Collins, Duncan James, and Daniel Woods), Games & Economic Behavior, 106, 2017, 277-293.
• "Honesty and Informal Agreements," (with Martin Dufwenberg and Radovan Vadovič), Games & Economic Behavior, 102, 2017, 269-285.
• "Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission," (with James C. Cox and Radovan Vadovič), Experimental Economics, 20, 2017, 1-18. [lead article]
• "Testing Psychological Forward Induction and the Updating of Beliefs in the Lost Wallet Game," (with Daniel Woods), Journal of Economic Psychology, 56, 2016, 116-125.
• "Does Group Identity Prevent Inefficient Investment in Outside Options? An Experimental Investigation," (with Hodaka Morita), in S.J. Goerg and J. Hamman eds., Research in Experimental Economics: Experiments in Organizational Economics, Emerald Group Publishing, 19, 2016, 105-127.
• "The Anticipatory Effect of Nonverbal Communication," (with Rebecca Brook), Economics Letters, 144, 2016, 45-48.
• "Transaction Costs, the Opportunity Cost of Time and Procrastination in Charitable Giving,” (with Stephen Knowles), Journal of Public Economics, 125, 2015, 54-63.
• “The House Money Effect and Negative Reciprocity,” (with Katarína Danková), Journal of Economic Psychology, 48, 2015, 60-71.
• “How Competitive Are Professional Women? A Tale of Identity Conflict,” (with C. Bram Cadsby and Fei Song), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 92, 2013, 284–303.
• “An Examination of the Effect of Messages on Cooperation under Double-Blind and Single-Blind Payoff Procedures,” (with Cary Deck and Steven Tucker), Experimental Economics, 16, 2013, 597–607.
• “Group Identity and Relation-Specific Investment: An Experimental Investigation,” (with Hodaka Morita), European Economic Review, 58(2), 2013, 95-109.
• “Building Trust – One Gift at a Time,” (with Radovan Vadovič and Steven Tucker), Games, 2(4), 2011, 412-433. Special Issue on Fairness in Games.
• “Words Speak Louder Than Money,” (with Radovan Vadovič and Steven Tucker), Journal of Economic Psychology, 32, 2011, 700–709.
• “Understanding Credit Risk: A Classroom Experiment,” (with George Theocharides), Journal of Economic Education, 42, 2011, 79-86.
• “Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter?” (with C. Bram Cadsby and Fei Song), Experimental Economics, 13, 2010, 299-308.
• “Saliency of Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game,” (with James C. Cox and Radovan Vadovič), Experimental Economics, 13, 2010, 66–74.
• “Does Generosity Generate Generosity? An Experimental Study of Reputation Effects in a Dictator Game,” Journal of Socio-Economics, 39, 2010, 11-17.
• “Unequal Outside Options in the Lost Wallet Game,” (with Radovan Vadovič), Economics Bulletin, 29, 2009, 2870-2883.
• “Separating Reputation, Social Influence, and Identification Effects in a Dictator Game,” European Economic Review, 53, 2009, 197-209.
• “Vertical Integration of Successive Monopolists: A Classroom Experiment,” (with Narine Badasyan, Jacob Goeree, Monica Hartmann, Charles Holt, John Morgan, and Dirk Yandell), Perspectives on Economic Education Research, 5, 2009.
• “Experiments on Fairness and Reputation: Dissertation Abstract,” Experimental Economics, 10, 2007, 199-200.
WORKING PAPERS
• Why Do Some Nudges Work and Others Do Not? (with Matej Lorko and Tomáš Miklánek)
• Promotions and Group Identity (with Michal Ďuriník, Hodaka Morita, and Le Zhang)
• Time Costs and Search Behavior (with Annie Hsiao, Simon Kemp, Matt Ward, and Le Zhang)
• Shocks and Relationships (with Ninghua Du)
OTHER WRITINGS
• "Deadlines and Procrastination," (with Stephen Knowles), in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Editors Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann and Ananta Neelim, Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
• "Status Quo and Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission," (with James C. Cox and Radovan Vadovič), in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Editors Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann and Ananta Neelim, Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
• "Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission vs. Acts of Omission," (with James C. Cox and Radovan Vadovič), in Elgar Encyclopedia of Behavioural and Experimental Economics. Editors Swee-Hoon Chuah, Robert Hoffmann and Ananta Neelim, Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.
• “Experimental Design,” (with Radovan Vadovič), in Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Editor Morris Altman, Praeger ABC-CLIO, 2015, 137-138.
• “Trust Game,” (with Radovan Vadovič), in Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics. Editor Morris Altman, Praeger ABC-CLIO, 2015, 444-445.
• “Laboratory Experiments in Economics, Finance and Political Science,” (with Charles Noussair and Steven Tucker), New Zealand Economic Papers: Special Issue on Experimental Economics, 43(2), 2009. Editorial.
• “Institutional Economics: A Crucial Tool for Understanding Economic Development,” (with Alexandra Benham, Lee Benham, Urban Kováč, John Nye, and Mary Shirley), Ekonomický časopis, 57(6), 2009, 603-607.
• “1st Bratislava Economic Meeting,” (with Urban Kováč and Radovan Vadovič), Ekonomický časopis, 56(5), 2008, 531-533. Invited article. Reprinted in Ekonóm 3-4, 2008, 4-5.
GRANTS
Macquarie University, 2022, ARC Safety Net Funding, AUD 19,235.60
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2022, Financial Decision Making of Young Australians (with R. Wood, W. Mailer, D. Kent, V. Mollica), 2022-26, AUD 3,304,603
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2021, Windfall Gains and Savings Decisions (with D. Campbell and D. Kent), 2021-22, AUD 29,365
Scientific Grant Agency of the Slovak Ministry of Education, Science, Research & Sport and Slovak Academy of Sciences (VEGA), 2021, The Effect of Psychological Nudges and Economic Incentives on Tax Compliance (with M. Lorko), 2021-25, 51,000 Euro
Slovak Research and Development Agency, 2020, Evidence-Based Policy Making, APVV 19-0573 (with Z. Brokešová, M. Lorko, J. Péliová, and R. Slonim), 2020-24, 186,000 Euro
Czech Science Foundation, 2019, Unintended Consequences of Promotions in Organizations, GAČR 20-12863S (with B. Baisa and J. Špálek), 2020-22, CZK 4,172,000
International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE), 2019, Natural-Resource Windfalls and Demands for Government Accountability (with A. James and J. Murphy), 2019-20, USD 9,760
International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) and Rasmuson Foundation, 2018, University of Alaska Anchorage Lecture Series on Experimental Economics and Philanthropy (with J. Murphy), USD 35,000
Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, 2018, Experiments on Blood and Plasma Donations (with J. Péliová and M. Fehérová), 2018-19
New South Wales Department of Premier & Cabinet, Behavioural Insights Unit, 2017, Behavioral Experiments in Public Finance (research consultancy)
Czech Science Foundation, 2016, Why Organizations Fail, GAČR 17-11321S, 2018-19, CZK 4,779,000
Macquarie Graduate School of Management ARC Seed Grant, 2016, Price Setting and Attainment of Equilibrium
Macquarie Graduate School of Management ARC Seed Grant, 2016, Unraveling Financial Market Design: An Experimental Examination
Macquarie Graduate School of Management ARC Seed Grant, 2015, Variations in Price Formation II
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2014, Variations in Price Formation
College of Business and Economics Short Summer Scholarship, University of Canterbury, 2013, Market Entry and Institutional Robustness in an Experimental Setting
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2013, Reciprocity and Status Quo
Tatra banka Foundation Grant financing activities of Virtual Scientific Laboratories, 2007-2012, 2014
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2011, Agreements, Bargaining, and Cheating
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2010, Self-selection, Team Membership and Hold-up
Teaching and Learning Committee Grant, University of Canterbury, 2010
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2009, Risky Punishment
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2008, Does Vertical Integration Alleviate Hold-up Problem?
College of Business and Economics Marsden Fund Application Grant, University of Canterbury, 2007, Are Labor Market Probationary Periods Effective?
College of Business and Economics Marsden Fund Application Grant, University of Canterbury, 2007, Can Incentive Based Mechanisms Remedy Fraud in Insurance?
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2007, Trust Signaling
College of Business and Economics Contestable Research Grant, University of Canterbury, 2007, Rewarding Altruism by Rank Order Competition in Team Production
SonderForschungsBereich 504 Research Grant, University of Mannheim, 2006, Handshakes
SonderForschungsBereich 504 Research Grant, University of Mannheim, 2006, Tournaments and Public Goods
SonderForschungsBereich 504 Research Grant, University of Mannheim, 2006, Risk and Emotions
Economic Science Laboratory Research Grant, University of Arizona, 2005-2006, Shocks and Relationships
Economic Science Laboratory Research Grant, University of Arizona, 2004-2005, Reputation vs. Social Influence: Which Is Stronger?
Economic Science Laboratory Research Grant, University of Arizona, 2004-2005, Reputation in Dictator Games
HONORS AND AWARDS
Excellence in Research Award: Five Future-shaping Research Priorities – Prosperous Economies, Macquarie University, 2021
Best Publication Award, University of Economics in Bratislava, 2021 (with M. Lorko and L. Zhang for "Improving the Accuracy of Project Schedules," Production & Operations Management, 2021)
Ronald Coase Institute Outstanding Achievement Award, 2018 (awarded by the Board of Directors including L. Benham, P. Keefer, G. Libecap, C. Ménard, R. Myerson, S. Peltzman, M. Shirley, C. Xu)
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Early Career Research Excellence Prize, 2011
Early Career Research Award, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury, 2010
Erskine Grant, University of Canterbury, 2008, 2010, 2013
Best Honors Course Award (Behavioral Economics), Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, 2007
Top 10 Students of Slovakia Award for academic year 2004/2005, Chamber of Slovak Youth under the patronage of the President of Slovak Republic
Don Wells Teaching Scholarship, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2005
William I. Green PR Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2003, 2004
Second Year Paper Conference 2nd Prize Winner, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2003
Higher School of Business and International Finance (Warsaw, Poland) Doctoral Scholarship, 2001-2003
George W. Coleman Fellowship, Department of Economics, University of Arizona, 2002-2004
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2001-2005
Graduate Registration Scholarship, University of Arizona, 2001-2002, 2005
Graduate College Fellowship, University of Arizona, 2001
Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic Doctoral Scholarship 2000-2001, Warsaw School of Economics
Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic Master’s Scholarship 1998-2000, Warsaw School of Economics
SELECTED CONSULTING
Zlatá Minca Financial Products Competition, Expert Jury Member, 2021
Ministry of Health, Institute of Health Policy, Behavioral and Experimental Economics Team, 2020 – present
Ministry of Health, Slovakia, 2019-2020, National project of prevention interventions
National Transfusion Service, Slovakia, 2018-19, Whole blood and plasma collection
New South Wales Department of Premier & Cabinet, Behavioral Insights Unit, 2017, Budget execution
TEACHING
Macquarie Graduate School of Management: Economic Context of Management (MBA), Economics and Markets (Masters of Management), Experimental Economics Methods (HDR), Behavioral Economics for Managers (MBA), Managerial Economics (MBA)
Macquarie Business School: Industrial Organization
Digital University: Experimentation (Executive Education)
University of Economics in Bratislava: Research Methods (PhD), Experimental Economics (PhD and Masters), Experimental Methods in Economics and Finance (PhD)
Economic Summer School, Bratislava: Experimental Methods in Economic Research (PhD)
University of Canterbury: Behavioral Economics (Honors), Behavioral Labor Economics, Economics and Psychology, Game Theory
International University of Japan: Experimental Economics (Masters)
Laboratory of Experimental Economics, University of Economics, Prague: Topics in Experimental Economics (PhD)
Case Western Reserve University: Economic Behavior and Psychology, Game Theory
University of Arizona: Introduction to Experimental Economics, Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions, Microeconomic Theory (PhD level TA), Principles of Economics (TA)
Warsaw School of Economics: Advanced Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics (Masters), Principles of Economics
Higher School of Business and International Finance, Warsaw: Advanced Microeconomics (Masters), Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Introduction to Econometrics
SEMINARS, LECTURES, CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND SHORT VISITS
2024 Hitotsubashi U (visit), University of Economics in Bratislava (online), Georgia State University Experimental Economics Workshop (online 2x), Nudge Builders (online), MQBS, APESA (Singapore), University of Economics in Bratislava, Deakin U, ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (ANU Canberra)
2023 U Otago (visit), Behavioral Insights Unit Victoria, Astra Zeneca, University of Alaska - Anchorage, 49th State Economics Workshop, U Melbourne, U Tasmania, Workshop on Experimental Methods (EUBA Bratislava, online), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (RMIT Melbourne), University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), New Zealand Microeconomics Study Group Workshop (Otago), ESA Africa (Cape Town)
2022 APESA (Osaka -- online), Commonwealth Bank (Sydney), University of Economics in Bratislava (online), University of Alaska - Anchorage (visit)
2021 U Otago (visit), U Wollongong, AMITY (Kolkata -- online), ESA Global Online, Fórum Zlatá Minca (online), MBIE (online), SEAM (Nitra -- online), Woolies X Finance (online), Portfolio Construction Forum All Things Considered Zoominar, Duke Kunshan U (online), Ronald Coase Institute Webworkshop
2020 Hitotsubashi U (visit), International University of Japan, Institute of Health Policy Workshop: Behavioral Economics and Experiments in Public Policy (Bratislava -- online keynote), U Chieti-Pescara (online), TC Business School (Prague -- online), 2nd ECMCRC Summer School (online), Portfolio Construction Forum All Things Considered Zoominars (3x), ESA Global Online, Portfolio Construction Forum Strategies Conference (online), Cardiff U (online), Pan-European U (online)
2019 U Alaska Fairbanks, University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), Warsaw Economic Seminar (Warsaw School of Economics), Warsaw University PhD Workshop, Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Warsaw), ESA (Vancouver), U Tasmania (Hobart), U Auckland, Graduate Student Workshop (University of Economics in Bratislava), CES-SEAM (Brno), Prevention Procedures and Approaches (Ministry of Health, Bratislava -- online keynote), National Transfusion Service (Bratislava -- online), Portfolio Construction Forum Investment Management Research Symposium (Sydney -- keynote & discussion panel), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (Monash)
2018 Massey U (Auckland), APESA (Brisbane), UTS (Sydney), U Tasmania (Hobart), U Adelaide, Kochi University of Technology, International University of Japan, Hitotsubashi U, YEM (Brno -- keynote), University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), U Alaska Anchorage, U Alabama, ESA (Antigua), Graduate Student Workshop (University of Economics in Bratislava), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Bratislava)
2017 Masaryk U (Brno -- online guest lecture), International University of Japan (visit), Osaka University Workshop on Behavioral Economics, NSW Dept of Premier & Cabinet (Behavioral Insights Unit), ESA (San Diego), University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), University of Economics in Prague (visit), ESA (Vienna), University of Economics in Bratislava, Inaugural Workshop on Experimental Economics (ShanghaiTech University -- keynote), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (Melbourne), RMIT (Melbourne), Behavioral Economics: Foundations & Applied Research Workshop (U Sydney), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Bogotá)
2016 Masaryk U (Brno -- online guest lecture), International University of Japan (visit), Macquarie University, ESA (Jerusalem), ESA (Tucson), University of Economics in Bratislava, Macquarie Minds Showcase
2015 Merit Workshop on Field Experiments (Monash), International University of Japan (visit), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Hong Kong), Academia Sinica (Taiwan), University of Economics in Bratislava, Masaryk U (Brno), ČSOB, ESA (Sydney), CEB Guangzhou, UTS Sydney, Sydney Experimental Economics Seminar, University of Economics in Bratislava (online guest lecture), ESA (Dallas), QUT (Brisbane), MGSM, Consciousness and Intention in Economics and Philosophy (Kyoto Sangyo University -- keynote)
2014 CeDEx Nottingham, CREED/Tinbergen Institute Amsterdam, University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), Masaryk U (Brno), APESA (Auckland), Macquarie Graduate School of Management (Sydney), UNSW (visit), U Otago (Dunedin, NZ), 4th Bratislava Economic Meeting, ESA (Honolulu), ESA (Ft. Lauderdale), U Mainz
2013 UNSW (Sydney), Economic Theory Workshop UNSW (Sydney), U Sydney Business School, ESA (Zurich), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (QUT Brisbane), U Queensland, U Hawaii, ESA (Santa Cruz), Carleton U (visit), U Guelph, ExCEN Georgia State U (visit), Purdue U, SPI/ BRITE Lab Wisconsin U (Madison), U Gothenburg, Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Xiamen)
2012 Massey U (Auckland), ANU (Canberra), Curtin U (Perth), U Western Australia, 3rd Bratislava Economic Meeting, U Otago (Dunedin, NZ), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (Murdoch U, Perth), What If Lecture Series (Canterbury), College of Business and Economics Research Celebration (Canterbury U), ESA (Tucson), LEE University of Economics in Prague (visit), CERGE-EI (Prague), Bratislava Economic Seminar, VCEE U Vienna, University of Economics in Bratislava (visit)
2011 Case Western Reserve U, U Guelph, University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), NZAE (Wellington), NZEEL, MOTU (Wellington), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (Monash), U Auckland, ESA (Tucson), MODSIM 11 (Perth)
2010 APESA (Melbourne), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Moscow), Higher School of Economics (Moscow), 2nd Bratislava Economic Meeting, National Bank of Slovakia, College of Business and Economics Research Celebration (Canterbury), University of Economics in Bratislava (visit), ESA (Tucson), ITAM (visit), U Guelph, ExCEN Georgia State U (visit), SWUFE Chengdu, Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Shanghai)
2009 Comenius University (Bratislava), Luxembourg (visit), CERGE-EI (Prague), CeDEx Nottingham, U Otago (Dunedin, NZ), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Bratislava), NZAE (Wellington), MODSIM 09 (Cairns), College of Business and Economics Research Celebration (U Canterbury), ESA (Innsbruck), ESA (Tucson), Bratislava Open Lecture Series (University of Economics), ANZ Workshop on Experimental Economics (U Canterbury)
2008 Center for Decision Research Chicago GSB, Microeconomics Workshop Chicago GSB, UNSW (Sydney), U Sydney, 1st Bratislava Economic Meeting, U Canterbury, Australian Workshop on Experimental Economics (Melbourne U), Alumni Weekend Research Seminar (U Canterbury), ESA (Tucson), ITAM (visit), ExCEN Georgia State U (visit), U Heidelberg
2007 APESA (Osaka), ZUEL (Wuhan, China), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Reykjavik), ISNIE (Reykjavik), ESA (Rome), Workshop on Teaching Economics with Experiments (Bratislava), APESA (Shanghai), Workshop on Experimental Methods in Economics Research (U Canterbury), Australian Workshop on Experimental Economics (U Melbourne), U Victoria (Wellington), U Waikato (Hamilton, NZ), MODSIM 07 (Christchurch)
2006 U Southern Mississippi, U Canterbury, U Mannheim, U Heidelberg, U Hannover, Ronald Coase Institute and George J. Stigler Center Conference on Institutional Research (Chicago), GATE Lyon
2005 CEU (Budapest), Ronald Coase Institute Workshop (Barcelona), ESA (Tucson), U Arizona, SEA (Washington D.C.)
2004 Tucson Interdisciplinary Workshop on Decision-Making, Budapest Workshop on Behavioral Economics, ESA (Tucson), SEA (New Orleans), U Arizona
2003 NSF Workshop on Classroom Experiments (Tucson), Budapest Workshop on Behavioral Economics, ESA (Tucson)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorship
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly Journal of Socio-Economics) 2013 – present
Guest Editor, New Zealand Economic Papers, Special Issue on Experimental Economics, 43(2), August 2009.
Refereeing
British Journal of Social Psychology, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economica, Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Games & Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Journal of Behavioral & Experimental Economics, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Comments & Replications in Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Education, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of the Economic Science Association, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Economics/Ekonomický časopis, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Socio-Economics, Management Science, New Zealand Economic Papers, New Zealand Journal of Research on Europe, Oxford Economic Papers, Research in Experimental Economics, Review of Behavioral Economics, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Southern Economic Journal, Theory & Decision
Australian Research Council, Proceedings of MODSIM07, MODSIM09, MODSIM11, MODSIM13, Palgrave, Slovak Research and Development Agency, Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic and of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Czech Science Foundation, Polish National Science Center
Laboratory
Founder of the MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, 2015
Co-Founder of the New Zealand Experimental Economics Laboratory at the University of Canterbury, 2009
Organizer
Economic Science Association Job Market Seminar, Asia-Pacific, (with T. Liu), 2022, 2023
University of Alaska Anchorage Lecture Series on Experimental Economics and Philanthropy (with J. Murphy), 2019
Ronald Coase Institute Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Bratislava, December 2018 (co-organizer)
Asia-Pacific Economic Science Association Meeting, Brisbane 2018 (Scientific Committee)
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Economic Association and the Slovak Economic Association, Bratislava, May 2016 (Scientific Committee)
Asia-Pacific Economic Science Association Meeting, Auckland 2014 (Local Organizing Committee)
NZEEL Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Canterbury (Inaugural Lecture Tim Cason, Aug. 2011; Simon Gaechter, Aug. 2012; Joep Sonnemans, March 2013; Robert Slonim, Sept. 2014)
Bratislava Economic Meetings (1st meeting June 2008, 2nd June 2010, 3rd June 2012, 4th June 2014)
Tatra banka Nobel Lecture Series, University of Economics, Bratislava (Inaugural Lecture Robert Aumann, May 2008; Edward C. Prescott, Sept. 2009; Robert A. Mundell, March 2010; Edmund S. Phelps, Sept. 2010; Oliver Williamson, Oct. 2011)
2010 Condliffe Memorial Lecture delivered by Charles Plott, University of Canterbury, April 2010
4th Australia New Zealand Workshop on Experimental Economics, University of Canterbury, Dec. 2009
Ronald Coase Institute Workshop on Institutional Analysis, Bratislava, May 2009
Bratislava Open Lecture Series, University of Economics, Bratislava, Oct. 2008, May 2009
Member of the Organizing Committee tasked with establishing of Slovak Economic Association, June 2008
Business Meeting to establish Slovak Economic Association, June 2008
Workshop on Experimental Methods in Economics Research, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Aug. 2007
EconPort Workshop on Teaching Economics with Computerized Experiments, University of Economics and Virtual Scientific Laboratories, Bratislava, July 2007
Session organizer
Behavioral Economics Session, Experimental Economics Session, MODSIM11, Perth, Dec. 2011
Experimental Economics Session, NZAE Wellington, June 2011
Behavioral Economics Session, Experimental Economics Session, MODSIM09, Cairns, July 2009
Behavioral Economics Session, Experimental Economics Session, and Social Norms Session, MODSIM07, Christchurch, Dec. 2007
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Economic Science Association, Ronald Coase Institute, Slovak Economic Association, Virtual Scientific Laboratories.