Zachary J. Grossman

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics

University of California, Santa Barbara

Research interests:

Psychology & Economics, Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Mechanism Design

Working papers:

Self-Signaling Versus Social-Signaling in Giving (updated November 2010)

A Second-Best Mechanism for Land Assembly with Jonathan Pincus and Perry Shapiro

Strategic Ignorance and the Robustness of Social Preferences

An Unlucky Feeling: Persistent Overestimation of Absolute Performance with Noisy Feedback with Dave Owens

Delegating to a Powerless Intermediary: Does it Reduce Punishment? with Regine Oexl

In Progress:

Social-Signaling with Anonymity: Rule-Rationality or Beliefs-Based Altruism

Self-Presentation in Experimental Markets

The Control Premium: Preferences for Payoff Autonomy with Dave Owens

Evaluating the Tradeoff Between Efficiency and Property Rights in Assembly Mechnisms

Inexpensive Talk with Gary Charness and David Cooper

Social Justice at the Cost of Efficiency in Land Acquisition with Jonathan Pincus and Perry Shapiro

Winter 2012 courses:

Econ 100B - OH: T 1:45 - 2:45 & R 11:30-12:30 (NOTE: If you cannot access Gauchospace because you have not yet enrolled in the course, you can find some preliminary course materials, including a syllabus, here.)