Lise Vesterlund is a
behavioral and
experimental economist, and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the
University of Pittsburgh. She is a research associate at the
National Bureau of Economic Research. From 1997 to 2001, she was assistant professor at the
Iowa State University. She is on the board of editors of the
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and of the
Experimental Economics journal. Since 2018, she is a visiting professor at the
Norwegian School of Economics.
Education
Vesterlund earned a B.A. in economics from the
University of Copenhagen in 1990, and a Ph.D. in economics from the
University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1997.
Research
Her research mainly focuses on charitable giving and gender differences in the labor market. She has published in leading journals such as the
Quarterly Journal of Economics and the
American Economic Review
The ''American Economic Review'' is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Economic Association. First published in 1911, it is considered one of the most prestigious and highly distinguished journals in the field of ec ...
and her work has been quoted over 10000 times.
In her most quoted paper
(with
Muriel Niederle
Muriel Niederle (born 1970) is a professor in the Department of Economics at Stanford University. Niederle teaches courses at Stanford University focusing specifically on experimental economics and market design. Muriel Niederle is interested in ...
), "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?", they examine in a laboratory environment how men and women react differently to competition. They find that men prefer competition as they tend to be overconfident.
Her research has been featured in news outlets including the
New York Times, the
Washington Post,
The Atlantic,
Bloomberg,
Time magazine, and
CNBC.
Selected works
* Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (2003/06). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902.
* Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312.
* Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101.
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Behavioral economists
University of Pittsburgh faculty
American women economists
21st-century American economists
Iowa State University faculty
University of Copenhagen alumni
University of Wisconsin–Madison College of Letters and Science alumni
21st-century American women