Wesley Pech

Assistant Professor of Economics

Department of Economics
Wofford College 

Office: Main Building 301

Phone Number: (864) 597-4368

E-mail Address: pechwj@wofford.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Teaching

ECO 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (Spring 2012) - Problem Set 1

ECO 422 - Game Theory (Spring 2012) - Problem Set 1 - Problem Set 2 - Problem Set 3 - Problem Set 4 - Problem Set 5 - Problem Set 6

ECO 450 - Senior Seminar (Spring 2012) - Articles - Problem Set 1 - Problem Set 2 - Problem Set 3 - Problem Set 4 - Problem Set 5

Research Interests

Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Game Theory, Decision-Making.

Publications

“Behavioral Economics and the Basic Income Guarantee”, 2010, Basic Income Studies, 5(2), 1-17.

“Behavioral Economics and the Economics of Keynes” (with Marcelo Milan), 2009, Journal of Socio-Economics, 38(6), 891-902.

Working Papers 

“Team Production, Residual Claimancy, and Inequality Aversion”, Revise and resubmit, Journal of Socio-Economics.

“The Role of a Principal and Different Contract Types in Promoting Efficiency in Team Production: An Experimental Investigation.”

"Decision Control Rights under Incomplete Contracts: Evidence from the Lab" (with Michael Carr and Philip Mellizo).

"The Role You Play Changes Your Attitudes: Self-Serving Bias in A Public Goods Game with Punishment."

"A Transcontinental Trust Game Experiment" (with Philip Swicegood).

"Incorporating Models of Social Preferences into an Intermediate Microeconomic Theory Class."

"A Game-Theoretic Model of Penalty Kicks in Soccer: The Case of the Paradinha."

Research in Progress

“An Experimental Analysis of "Pay-What-You-Want" Pricing Mechanisms” (with Philip Mellizo).

"Inequality, Intentions, and Social Preferences: An Experimental Investigation."

"Prospect Theory and Positional Goods" (with James Brashear).