Anthony Ziegelmeyer
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I am a senior lecturer at
Queen's Management School, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Email: email "AT" anthonyziegelmeyer.com |
As a behavioral economist, my research
focuses primarily on incorporating empirically sound assumptions into applicable
formal economic theory.
My main topic of interest is social learning. An individual learns from another individual’s behavior because the behavior is motivated by some information which is private. The process of social learning is the diffusion of the private information to all individuals through the interactions of observations, learning and choices. In numerous contexts, learning from others leads individuals to herd and herding behavior generates social epidemics (e.g. market booms and crashes). My experimental work investigates the validity of the rational view of herding behavior with the ultimate goal of building behavioral models of social learning.
I have also worked on the price dynamics in parimutuel betting markets, the strategic formation of coalitions and networks, and methodological issues such as the effects of lottery-based incentives in large-scale experiments or the evaluation of Internet-based dynamic experiments.
My main topic of interest is social learning. An individual learns from another individual’s behavior because the behavior is motivated by some information which is private. The process of social learning is the diffusion of the private information to all individuals through the interactions of observations, learning and choices. In numerous contexts, learning from others leads individuals to herd and herding behavior generates social epidemics (e.g. market booms and crashes). My experimental work investigates the validity of the rational view of herding behavior with the ultimate goal of building behavioral models of social learning.
I have also worked on the price dynamics in parimutuel betting markets, the strategic formation of coalitions and networks, and methodological issues such as the effects of lottery-based incentives in large-scale experiments or the evaluation of Internet-based dynamic experiments.