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Lecturer, Grade B, University of Aberdeen

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• 2004Lecturer, Grade A, University of Aberdeen

• 2002Research Fellow, University of Bristol

• 2000Postdoctoral Fellow, Training and Mobility of Researchers Program of the European Community for a research network action called the "European Network for the Development of Experimental Economics and its Application to Research on Institutions and Individual Decision Making (ENDEAR)", Center for the Study of Rationality, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Academic Education (1994-2000, 1987-1992)

• 2000'Ph.D.', Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Committee: Dean Corbae, Hidehiko Ichimura, Jack Ochs, Jean-Francois Richard

• 1992'Diplom' in Economics, FU Berlin

• 1989'Vordiplom' in Economics, WWU Münster

Academic Visits

• March 2010, October 2009, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena

• December 2006, December 2004 - January 2005, December 2003, April 2003, Center for the Study of Rationality, Jerusalem

• November 2005, The Centre For Market And Public Organisation (CMPO), Bristol

• October 2003, September 2002, June-July 2000, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Berlin

Areas of Research

Experimental Economics, Econometrics and Game Theory

Selected Publications

1. Ziegelmeyer, A., Frédéric, Koessler, Bracht, J., Winter, E., Fragility of Information Cascades: An Experimental Study Using Elicited Beliefs, forthcoming in Experimental Economics
   

2. Bracht, J., Feltovich, N., Whatever you say, your reputation precedes you: observation and cheap talk in the trust game, Journal of Public Economics, Volume 93, Issues 9-10, October 2009, 1036-1044
   

3. Bracht, J., Figuières, C., Ratto, M., Relative performance of two simple incentive mechanisms in a public goods experiment, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 92, Issues 1-2, February 2008, 54-90
   

4. Bracht, J., Feltovich, N., Efficiency in the trust game: an experimental study of precommitment, International Journal of Game Theory, Vol. 37, Issue 1, April 2008, 39-72
   

External Grants

1. Sponsorship to attend the Developments in Economics Education conference from the Scottish Economic Society, 2009

2. The British Academy, Small Research Grant, Role of the Source of Information in Trust Games, 2008-2009

3. The British Academy, Overseas Conference Grant, North American Winter Meetings of the Econometric Society, 2008

4. Scottish Economic Society, Small Grants Scheme, Side Payments in the Trust Game, 2007

5. The British Academy, Small Research Grant with Nick Feltovich (University of Houston), Efficiency in Trust Games, 2005-2006

6. Scottish Economic Society, Small Grants Scheme, Intentions and Incentives in the Escrow Game, 2005

7. Royal Economic Society, Small Budget Scheme, Preplay Signaling and Efficiency in the Trust Game, 2005

8. The British Academy, Overseas Conference Grant, Economic Science Association, International Meeting, 2005

Invited Seminars

SOAS, University of London, November 2009

Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, October 2009

University of Bath, March 2009

University of St.Andrews, Young Scholars Seminar Series, May 2008

University of Exeter, Meeting of the Higher Education Academy, November 2006

University of Stirling, Departmental Seminar, Stirling, September 2006

Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Microeconomics Seminar, Barcelona, June 2004

University of Edinburgh, May 2004

University of Exeter, Economics Lunchtime Workshop, February 2004

University College London, Economic Theory Seminar, February 2004

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Empirical Seminar, December 2003

Rice University, Empirical Seminar, November 2003

Koc University, Istanbul, Spring 2002

University of Alicante, Spring 2002

Tel Aviv University, Spring 2002

University of Haifa, Spring 2002

University of Innsbruck, Spring 2002

University of Aveiro, Spring 2002

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Empirical Seminar, Spring 2001

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Spring 2001

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Spring 2001

CERGE & EI, November 2000

Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB), Summer 2000

University Bern, Institute of Sociology, Summer 2000

Training (Title, Tutor, Date)

Masterclasses, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, London:

Nonlinear Dynamic Panel Data Models, Manuel Arellano, March 2007

Stochastic Decision Processes, John Rust, November 2006

Understanding Consumer Behaviour, Richard Blundell, June 2006

Nonparametric and Semiparametric Methods, Oliver Linton, May 2006

Estimation of Nonlinear Panel Data Models, Whitney Newey, May 2004

Partial Identification of Probability Distributions, Charles Manski, March 2004

Applied Econometrics of Differentiated Products, Jerry Hausman, February 2004

Semi- and Non-parametric Econometrics, James L. Powell, May 2003

Administrative Duties

Associate Director Scottish Experimental Economics Laboratory, 2007-2009