dynamic/stochastic behavior Oprea, R. Survival Versus Profit Maximization in a Dynamic Stochastic Experiment,” Econometrica, 2014, 82(6): 2225-2255. [pdf] Oprea, R., Friedman, D., Anderson, S. “Learning to Wait: A Laboratory Investigation,” Review of Economic Studies, 2009,76:3, 1103-1124. [pdf] Anderson, S., Friedman, D. and Oprea, R. “Preemption Games: Theory and Experiment,” American Economic Review, 2010, 100:4, 1778-1803. [pdf][appdx] Oprea, R. “Free Cash Flow and Takeover Threats: An Experimental Study,” Southern Economic Journal , 2008, 75:2, 351-366. [pdf] Magnani, J., Gorry, A. and Oprea, R. “Time and State Dependence in an Ss Decision Experiment,,” American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 2016, 8(1): 285-310. [pdf] Charness, G., Oprea, R., Yuksel, S. "How Do People Choose Between Biased Information Sources? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment" [pdf] continuous time/dynamic games Calford, E. and Oprea, R. “Continuity, Inertia and Strategic Uncertainty: A Test of the Theory of Continuous Time Games,” Econometrica, 2017, 85(3): 915-935. [pdf][appdx] Friedman, D. and Oprea, R. “A Continuous Dilemma,” American Economic Review, 2012, 102:1, 337-363. [pdf][appdx][data] Oprea, R., Henwood, K. and Friedman, D. “Separating the Hawks from the Doves: Evidence from Continuous Time Laboratory Games,” with Keith Henwood and Daniel Friedman. Journal of Economic Theory , 2011, 146:6, 2206-2225. [pdf] Friedman, D., Huck, S., Oprea, R. and Weidenholzer, S. “From Imitation to Collusion: Long-run Learning in a Low-Information Environment,” Journal of Economic Theory, 2015, 155: 185-205. [pdf] Huck, S., Leutgeb, J. and Oprea, R. "Payoff Information Hampers the Evolution of Cooperation," Nature Communications, May 2017 [link] Oprea, R., Charness, G. and Friedman, D. “Continuous Time and Communication in a Public-goods Experiment,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 108: 212-223. [pdf] Oprea, R., Wilson, B. and Zillante, A. “War of Attrition: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment on Market Exit,” Economic Inquiry, 2013, 41:4 2018-2027. [pdf] market dynamics Crockett, S., Friedman, D. and Oprea R. "General Equilibrium and Revealed Preferences: A Laboratory Experiment." [pdf] Crockett, S., Oprea, R., Plott, C. “Extreme Walrasian Dynamics: The Gale Example in the Lab,” American Economic Review, 2011, 101:7, 3196-3220. [pdf][appdx][data] Kendall, C. and Oprea, R. “Are Biased Beliefs Fit to Survive? An Experimental Test of the Market Selection Hypothesis," forthcoming, Journal of Economic Theory [pdf] Hanson, R., Oprea, R. and Porter, D. “Information Aggregation and Manipulation in an Experimental Market,” with Robin Hanson and David Porter. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2006, 60:1, 449-459. [pdf] Hanson, R. and Oprea, R. “A Manipulator Can Aid Prediction Market Accuracy,” Economica, 2009, 76, 304-314. [pdf] Magnani, J. and Oprea, R. "Why Do People Violate No-Trade Theorems? A Diagnostic Experiment" [revising] other work Oprea, R., Smith, V.L., Winn, A. “A Compensation Election for Binary Social Choice,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2007, 104:3, 1093-1096. [pdf] Pettit, J., Kephart, C., Friedman, D. and Oprea, R.“Software for Continuous Game Experiments,” Experimental Economics, 2014, 17:631-648. [pdf] Amaldoss, W., Ho, Teck-Hua, Krishna, A., Chen, K.Y., Desai, P., Iyer, G., Jain, S., Lim, N., Morgan, J., Srivasatava, J. “Experiments on Strategic Choices and Markets,” Marketing Letters, 2008, 19:13, 417-429. [pdf] | ryan oprea
professor of economics, uc santa barbara
I use experimental economics to study economic dynamics and disequilibrium behavior in competitive markets, individual choices, and games. You can find my curriculum vita here.
department of economics
classes and teaching
Economics 276a: The first of a two course sequence in experimental economics in the UCSB economics Ph.D. program. [site] Economics 176: An introduction to the use of laboratory methods in economics for undergraduates. [site] Economics 1: An introduction to microeconomics for undergraduates. Experimental economics reading group: An experimental/behavioral/theory reading group attended by faculty and grad students. editorial and service Associate Editor, American Economic Review, 2019- Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2018- Associate Editor, Experimental Economics, 2017- Executive Committee, Economic Science Association, 2018- Executive Committee, Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, 2016- some links
University of California, Santa Barbara UCSB Economics Department (where I work) EBEL (my experimental economics lab) Sign up for an EBEL experiment R (software I use to analyze data) Python NumPy, SciPy, Pandas, Matplotlib etc. (software I use for some quantitative work)  |