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Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Calgary, 2008

M.A. Economics, University of Tennessee, 2005

B.A. Economics and Statistics, Virginia Tech, 2003

Fields of Interest

Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Law and Economics, and Environmental Economics

Academic Positions

Professor, 2020 - Present, Department of Economics Appalachian State University

Robert Schuman Research Fellow, Spring 2016, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies European University Institute

Associate Professor, 2014 - 2019, Department of Economics Appalachian State University

Assistant Professor, 2008 - 2014, Department of Economics Appalachian State University

Publications

Bruner, D.M. C. Cox, D.M. McEvoy and B. Stoddard, 2021. ``Strategic Thinking in Contests,'' Experimental Economics, Vol. 25, 942-973.

Bruner, D.M., D.L. Dickinson, and D.M. McEvoy, 2021. ``The Impact of Sleep Restriction on Interpersonal Conflict Resolution and the Narcotic Effect,'' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 194, 71-79.

Bruner, D.M., D.L. Dickinson, S.P.A. Drummond and D.M. McEvoy, 2021. ``Sleep Restriction and Strategy Choice in Cooperation and Coordination Games,'' Economics Letters, Vol. 208. 110049.

Vossler, C.A., M. McKee and D.M. Bruner, 2021. ``Behavioral Effects of Tax Withholding on Tax Compliance: Implications for Information Initiatives,'' Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 183, 301- 319.

Bruner D.M., J. D'Attoma and S. Steinmo, 2017. "The Role of Gender in the Provision of Public Goods through Tax Compliance," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Vol. 71, 45-55.

Boyce, J.R. and D.M. Bruner, 2017. "Conflict Resolution through Voluntary Provision of Property Protection," Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 63, 199-215.

Bruner, D.M., 2017. "Does Decision Error Decrease with Risk Aversion?" Experimental Economics, Vol. 20, 1, 259- 273.

Alm, J., D.M. Bruner and M. McKee, 2016. "Honesty or Dishonesty of Taxpayer Communications in an Enforcement Regime," Journal of Economic Psychology, Vol. 56, 85-96.

Boyce, J.R., D.M. Bruner and M. McKee, 2016. "Strategic Experimentation in the Lab," Managerial and Decision Economics, Vol. 37, 375 -391.

Bruner, D.M., W. Huth, D.M. McEvoy and O. Morgan, 2014. "Accounting for Taste: Information Effects on the Value of Post-Harvest Processed Oysters," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Vol. 43, 2, 300-318.

Boyce, J.R. and D.M. Bruner, 2012. "Property Rights Out of Anarchy? The Demsetz Hypothesis in a Game of Conflict," Economics of Governance, Vol. 13, 2, 95-120.

Bruner, D.M. and R. Oxoby, 2012. "Investment Under Anarchy," Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 168, 4, 731-753.

Bruner, D.M., 2011. "Multiple Switching Behaviour in Multiple Price Lists," Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 18, 5, 417-420.

Bruner, D.M., 2009. "Changing the Probability versus Changing the Reward," Experimental Economics. Vol. 12, 4, 367-385.

Bruner, D.M., M. McKee and R. Santore, 2008. "Hand in the Cookie Jar: Experimental Investigation of Managerial Fraud and Equity-Based Compensation," Southern Economic Journal. Vol. 75, 1, 261-278.