Uri Gneezy

Professor of Management & Strategy

Uri Gneezy is a professor of economics and strategy in the Rady School. His research, teaching, and consulting interests are in behavioral economics, strategy and negotiation. His work brings psychological elements into the study of economic interactions. Dr. Gneezy's main focus is on the effect of incentives on behavior of individuals and markets. He also studies gender differences, discrimination and ethics. Before joining the Rady School, Professor Gneezy was a faculty member at the University of Chicago, Technion and Haifa. He received his Ph.D. from the Center for Economic Research in Tilburg.

Papers in Journals

Gneezy, U. “Probability Judgment in Multi-Stage Problems: Experimental Evidence of Systematic Biases,” Acta Psychologica 93, 1996, 59-68.

Gneezy, U., and J. Potters “An Experiment on Risk Taking and Evaluation Periods,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXII, May 1997, 631-645.

Blume, A., and U. Gneezy “An Experimental Investigation of Optimal Learning in Coordination Games,” Journal of Economic Theory, 90, 2000, 161-172.

Dufwenberg, M., and U. Gneezy “Measuring Beliefs in an Experimental Lost Wallet Game,” Games and Economic Behavior, 30, 2000, 163-182.

Dufwenberg, M., and U. Gneezy “Price Competition and Market Concentration: An Experimental Study,” International Journal of Industrial Organization 18, 2000, 7-22.

Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini “A Fine is a Price,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol. XXIX, 1, part 1, 2000, 1-18.

Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini “Pay Enough or Don't Pay At All.” Quarterly Journal of Economics August 2000, 791-810.

Gneezy, U., W. Guth, and F. Verboven “Presents or Investments? An Experimental Analysis,” Journal of Economic Psychology, 21, 2000, 481-493.

Fershtman, C., and U. Gneezy “Discrimination in a Segmented Society: An Experimental Approach,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2001, 351-377.

Dufwenberg , Uri Gneezy , Werner Guth and Eric van Damme “Direct versus Indirect Reciprocity,” Homo Oeconomicus 2001, 19-30.

Dufwenberg, M., and U. Gneezy “Information Disclosure in Auctions: An Experiment” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 48, 2002, 431-444.

Fershtman, C., and U. Gneezy “Strategic Delegation: An Experiment,” RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 32, No.2, Summer 2001, 352-368.

Gneezy, U. and W. Guth “On Competing Rewards Standards: An Experimental Study of Ultimatum Bargaining,” Forthcoming in The Journal of Socio-Economics.

Anderhub, V., U. Gneezy, W. Guth, and D. Sonsino “On the Interaction of Risk and Time Preferences—An Experimental Study,” German Economic Review, Vol. 2, no 3, 2001, 239-253.

Bornstein, G. and U. Gneezy “Price Competition Between Teams.” Experimental Economics, Vol 5, 1, 2002, 29-38.

Bornstein, G., U. Gneezy, and R. Nagel “The effect of intergroup competition on group coordination: An experimental study,” Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 41, no 1, 2002, 1-25.

Gneezy, U., A. Kapteyn, and J. Potters “Evaluation periods and asset prices in a market experiment,” Journal of Finance, LVIII, 2, April 2003, 821-837.

Gneezy, U., M. Niederle, and A. Rustichini “Performance in competitive environments: Gender differences,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, August 2003, p. 1049-1074.

Gneezy, U., E. Haruvy, and A. Roth “Bargaining under a deadline: Evidence from the reverse ultimatum game,” Games and Economic Behavior, 2003, 45, 347-368.

Gneezy, U., E. Haruvy, and H. Yafe “The inefficiency of splitting the bill: A lesson in institution design” The Economic Journal, April 2004, 114, 265-280.

Charness, G. and Gneezy, U. “What's in a Name? Reducing the Social Distance in Dictator and Ultimatum Games.” Forthcoming in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

Gneezy, U., and A. Rustichini “Gender and competition at a young age,” American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, May 2004, 377-381.

Gneezy, U. “Deception: The role of consequences,” American Economic Review, March 2005, 384-394.

Fershtman, C, U. Gneezy, and F. Verboven “Discrimination and Nepotism: The Efficiency of the Anonymity Rule,” Journal of Legal Studies, June 2005, 371-394.

Gneezy, U. “Step-Level Reasoning and Bidding in Auctions,” Management Science, Vol 51, 11, November 2005, 1633-1642.

Gneezy, U and J. List “Putting Behavioral Economics to Work: Field Evidence on Gift Exchange,” Econometrica, Vol. 74, 5, September 2006, 1365-1384.

Gneezy, U., J. List and G. Wu “The uncertainty effect: When a risky prospect is valued less than its worst possible outcome.” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2006, 121, 4, 1283-1309.

Gneezy, U. and R. Smorodinsky “All pay auctions: An experimental study,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2006, 61, 255-275.

Dufwenberg, M, U. Gneezy, J.K. Goeree and R. Nagel “Price floors and competition,” Economic Theory, 2007, 33, 1, 211-224.

Crawford, V.P., U. Gneezy and Y. Rottenstreich “The Power of Focal Points is Limited: Even Minute Payoff Asymmetry May Yield Large Coordination Failures,” forthcoming in American Economic Review.

Andersen, S., E. Bulte, U. Gneezy and J.A. List “Do Women Supply more Public Goods than Men? Preliminary Experimental Evidence from Matrilineal and Patriarchal Societies,” forthcoming in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings.