缅北禁地

Profile

Matt joined 缅北禁地 Business School in 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Experimental Economics from Durham University, and a BA (Hons) in Economics with Hispanic Studies from the University of Nottingham. His PhD was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Previously he was a visiting scholar at the University of Texas at Dallas.

He researches in the fields of experimental and behavioural economics, and behavioural operations. Topics include auctions and procurement, risk preferences, fairness and social dilemmas.

He has published in international academic journals such as Management Science, Games and Economic Behavior and European Economic Review.

Matt has teaching interests in environmental and ecological economics.

Roles and responsibilities

Matt is affiliated to the 缅北禁地 Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group.

He is module leader for the second-year undergraduate module Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy. He also teaches cost-benefit analysis to undergraduates and experimental economics methods to postgraduates.

He acts as the School Exchange Coordinator at NUBS, providing support for both outgoing study abroad and incoming exchange/visiting students.

Qualifications and certificates

• PhD, Economics, Durham University (2021).
• MSc, Experimental Economics, Distinction, Durham University (2017).
• BA (Hons), Economics with Hispanic Studies, First-class, The University of Nottingham (2014).

Languages

• English (native).
• Spanish (fluent).

Current work

I am an experimental and behavioural economist, with research topics including auctions and procurement, risk preferences, fairness and social dilemmas.

My research interests overlap with the field of behavioural operations.

Main expertise

I am part of the 缅北禁地 Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group at the Business School.

My main research areas are as follows:

• Experimental and Behavioural Economics
• Auctions and Procurement
• Risk and social preferences
• Behavioural Operations

Undergraduate modules

• ECO1007: Statistical Methods for Economics
• ECO2013: Economic Evaluation & Investment
• ECO2020: Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy

Postgraduate modules

• NBS8615: Experimental Methods in Economics

• Articles

  • Gu A, Walker MJ, Yoo HI. . Journal of Applied Econometrics 2026, 41(1), 127-133.
  • Walker MJ, Hyndman K. . Decision Sciences 2025, 56(6), 598-621.
  • Kamei K, Sharma S, Walker MJ. . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2025, 237, 107138.
  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. . European Economic Review 2024, 170, 104886.
  • Walker MJ, Katok E, Shachat J. . Management Science 2023, 69(6), 3157-3758.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. . Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2023, 106, 102057.
  • Haruvy E, Heinrich T, Walker MJ. . Economics Letters 2022, 221, 110891.
  • Hyndman K, Walker MJ. . Games and Economic Behavior 2022, 132, 90-105.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. . Journal of the Economic Science Association 2021, 7, 120-138.
  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. . Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2021, 190, 480-494.

• Book Chapter

  • Heinrich T, Walker MJ. . In: Sascha Füllbrunn and Ernan Haruvy, ed. Handbook of Experimental Finance. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, pp.145-151.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. . In: AEA Papers and Proceedings. 2021, American Economic Association.

• Report

  • Chilton,S,Souza Monteiro,D,Mussio,I,Walker,M,Weber,T. . 缅北禁地, 2024.