Michael A. Kuhn

Assistant Professor of Economics University of Oregon


Research

Publications

Who Feels the Calorie Crunch and When? The Impact of School Meals on Cyclical Food Insecurity - 2018. Journal of Public Economics, 116, 27-38.

Building Rational Cooperation on Their Own: Learning to Start Small - with James Andreoni and Larry Samuelson - forthcoming, Journal of Public Economic Theory

Decision-Environment Effects on Intertemporal Financial Choices: How Relevant are Resource-depletion Models? - with Peter Kuhn and Marie Claire Villeval - 2017. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 137, 72-89.

Measuring Time Preferences: A Comparison of Experimental Methods - with James Andreoni and Charles Sprenger - 2015. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 116, 451-464. click here to access the time preference elicitation kit

Experimental Methods: Extra-laboratory Experiments - Extending the Reach of Experimental Economics - with Gary Charness and Uri Gneezy - 2013. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 91, 93-100.

Experimental Methods: Between-subjects and Within-subject Design - with Gary Charness and Uri Gneezy - 2012. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 81: 1-8.

Working Papers

Cyclical Food Insecurity and Electronic Benefit Transfer - under review

Waiting to Choose - with Alex Imas and Vera Mironova - under review

Field Experiments of the Development of Time Preferences - with James Andreoni, John List, Anya Samek, and Charles Sprenger - under review

Understanding Outcome Bias: Asymmetric Sophistication and Biased Beliefs - with Andy Brownback - under review

Arbitrage or Narrow Bracketing?  Experimental Tests of Money as a Primary Reward - with James Andreoni, Christina Gravert, Silvia Saccardo, and Yang Yang

Exposure to Violence Predicts Impulsivity in Time Preference: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo - with Alex Imas and Vera Mironova

On Measuring Risk Preferences - with James Andreoni

Confidence and Contrition: Is Cheating Internalized in Performance Assessments? - with Nathan Adams and Glen Waddell


Work in Progress


The Impact of Waiting Periods on Food Subsidy Effectiveness - with Andy Brownback and Alex Imas