Jonathan Levy 


Phone                             +61 439395152

E-mail                              jonathan.t.levy90@gmail.com


About me

I am a Lecturer in the School of Economics at the University of Sydney and a Research Fellow at the Life Course Centre. By integrating theoretical, experimental, and econometric methods, I explore the underlying mechanisms that shape behavior in the domains of behavioral economics, financial economics, labor economics, and environmental economics. My current research agenda is focused on two critical themes: (i) gender inequality in financial and labor markets and (ii) the role of decisiveness in economic decision-making.


Education

2020             Ph.D. in Economics, University of Technology Sydney.

2013             Bachelor of Resource Economics (Honours), University of Sydney.


Research

Publications

"Promotion and demotion contests" (with Jingjing Zhang), Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, (2024).

"It's not you (well it is a bit you), it's me: Self- versus social-image in warm-glow giving" (with Philip Grossman), PLOS ONE, (2024).

Featured in: Faculti (September, 2024), Scientias (March, 2024)

"Mutual monitoring, approval motivation and fostering cooperation in teams'', Journal of the Economic Science Association, (2021).

"Two strikes and you are out! An experiment on exclusion", Economics Letters, (2019).

"International Emission Inequality and Per Capita Abatement Schemes" (with Amnon Levy and Khorshed Chowdhury), Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, (2011). 

Working papers

"Who wants to move first?" (with Lata Gangadharan, Marina Gertsberg, and Erte Xiao) [rejected and resubmitted to The Economic Journal]

"The gender reference point gap: Evidence from a representative sample" (with Olivia Ru and Agnieszka Tymula)

Work in progress

"Measuring decisiveness'' (with Agnieszka Tymula) [includes several papers]

"Handicaps in contests'' (with Qin Wu and Jingjing Zhang)


Teaching 

Lecturer

Foundation in Economics (USydney Postgrad)

Experimental Economics (UTS Undergrad)

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (UOW Undergrad)

Teaching Assistant

Game Theory (UTS Undergrad)

Intermediate Microeconomics (UTS Undergrad)

Mathematics for Economics and Business (UTS Undergrad) 

Commodity and Market Price Analysis (U Sydney Undergrad)

Microeconomic Theory and Policy (UOW Undergrad)  

Mathematics for Business (UOW Undergrad)


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