» Affiliate and Associate Programs

Chapman’s Economic Science Institute (ESI) is proud to sponsor affiliate and associate programs that complement our rich research environment. Currently we host lectures every week, presented by these diverse scholars from within the Chapman community and the academic community as a whole.

Our goal is to mesh economics with anthropology, archaeology, genetics, philosophy, accounting and religion to examine fundamental issues in the birth and development of economic institutions, as well as providing market frameworks within which attendees can solve today’s socioeconomic problems. The experimental viewpoint is also used to examine more traditional topics such as market organization, individual preferences, trust, etc. ESI affiliates come from Chapman, across the U.S. and abroad.

We cross-disciplinary boundaries teaching courses in the Law School and initiating innovative joint research projects with the Schools of Science and Business and the departments of philosophy and religion in the College of Humanities.

  • Affiliates
  • Associates
  • Our affiliates program invites and funds scholars from other academic surroundings to make extended visits to conduct research and interact with the growing set of Experimental Economics researchers in the Argyros Business School.

    Terry Anderson, Ph.D., Property & Environmental Research Center (PERC) - Senior Fellow; Stanford University, Hoover Institution - John and Jean De Nault Senior Fellow

    Jasmina Arifovic, Ph.D., Simon Fraser University (Canada) - Professor of Economics & Associate Chair of the Department of Economics  

    Diego Aycinena Abascal, Ph.D., Universidad del Rosario (Colombia), Faculty of Economics - Associate Professor of Economics; Economic Science Institute, Chapman University - Visiting Research Professor

    T. Parker Ballinger, Ph.D., Stephen F. Austin State University, Nelson Rusche College of Business - Professor of Economics

    Sudipta Basu, Ph.D., Temple University, Fox School of Business - Professor of Accounting & Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Programs & Robert Livingstone Johnson Senior Research Fellow

    Michael R. Baye, Ph.D., Indiana University, Kelley School of Business - Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy & Professor in Business & Adjunct Professor of Economics

    Hernán Bejarano, Ph.D., CIDE (Mexico), Department of Economics - Assistant Professor of Economics; Chapman University, Economic Science Institute - Research Associate Professor

    Alessandra Cassar, Ph.D., University of San Francisco, Department of Economics - Professor of Economics & Director of Econ Lab Without Borders & Member of the Executive Committee of the Economic Science Association

    Pablo Brañas Garza, Ph.D., Universidad Loyola Andalucía (Spain) - Professor of Behavioural Economics

    Alexander Brown, Ph.D., Texas A&M University, Department of Economics - Professor of Economics

    Carey Caginalp, Ph.D., Chapman University, Economic Science Institute - Visiting Affiliated Scholar; University of Pittsburgh, Department of Mathematics - Volunteer Research Associate

    Gunduz Caginalp, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Department of Mathematics - Professor

    Timothy Cason, Ph.D., Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Distinguished Professor of Economics & Robert and Susan Gadomski Chair in Economics & Director of the Vernon Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory

    Sean Crockett, Ph. D., Baruch College, Department of Economics and Finance - Associate Professor of Economics

    Cary Deck, Ph.D., The University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business - Professor of Economics & Director of the Behavioral Business Research Laboratory; Chapman University, Economic Science Institute - Research Professor

    David Dickinson, Ph.D.,  Appalachian State University, Department of Economics - Professor

    John Duffy, Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, - Professor of Economics

    Jim Engle-Warnick, Ph.D., McGill University (Canada) - Associate Professor of Economics & Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies

    Antonio Espin Martin, Ph.D., Universidad de Granada (Spain), Department of Social Anthropology - Personal Researcher of International Projects

    Daniel Friedman, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz, Economics Department, Distinguished Professor & Founder and Director of LEEPS Lab

    Nikolaos Georgantzis, Ph.D., Burgundy School of Business (France) - Professor of Experimental Economics & Director of the Wine and Spirits Business Lab; Universitat Jaume I (Spain) - Professor of Economic Theory and Experimental Economics

    Lorenz Goette, Ph.D., Universität Bonn (Germany), Institute for Applied Microeconomics - Full Professor; National University of Singapore, Department of Economics - Professor & Provost's Chair

    Joaquin Gomez-Minambres, Ph.D., Lafayette College, Department of Economics, Assistant Professor of Economics

    Brian Gunia, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Carey Business School - Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Programs

    Tom Hazlett, Ph.D., Clemson University, College of Business -  H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics 

    Roberto Hernan Gonzalez, Ph.D., Burgundy School of Business (France) - Professor

    Kai A. Konrad, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Germany) - Director

    Praveen Kujal, Ph.D., Middlesex University London (England) - Professor of Economics & Head of Department of Economics; Chapman University, Economic Science Institute - Research Affiliate

    Anthony Kwasnica, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business -  Professor of Business Economics & Director of Laboratory for Economics Management and Auctions

    Kevin McCabe, Ph.D., George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School - Professor of Economics and Law

    Matthew McCarter, Ph.D., The University of Texas at San Antonio, Associate Professor of Management

    Deirdre McCloskey, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago - Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics and History & Professor Emerita English and Communication

    Alberto Mingardi, Ph.D., Università di Lingue e Comunicazione a Milano (Italy) - Assistant Professor of the History of Political Thought; Istituto Bruno Leoni (Italy) - Director General; Cato Institute - Adjunct Scholar

    James J. Murphy, Ph.D., University of Alaska Anchorage, College of Business and Public Policy - Professor of Economics & Rasmuson Chair of Economics 

    Ryan Oprea, Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara - Professor of Economics

    Sébastien Pouget, Ph.D., Université Toulouse 1 Capitole (France) - Professor of Finance

    Lucas Rentschler, Ph.D., Utah State University, Department of Economics and Finance - Associate  Professor & Director of the Experimental Economics Program & Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Growth and Opportunity, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School – Privacy Fellow 

    Thomas Rietz, Ph.D., University of Iowa, Henrie B. Tippie College of Business - Soumyo Sarkar Professor of Finance & Departmental Executive Officer of the Finance Department

    Brian Roberson, Ph.D., Purdue University, Krannert School of Management - Professor of Economics & Director of Graduate Studies in Economics

    John Rust, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Professor of Economics; The Brattle Group - Senior Advisor

    Jason Shachat, Ph.D., Durham University Business School, Professor of Experimental Economics

    Roman Sheremeta, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management - Associate Professor of Economics & Faculty Director of the MBA Programs

    Andrew Smyth, Ph.D., Boise State University - Assistant Professor of Economics

    Robert Sugden, Ph.D., University of East Anglia (England), School of Economics - Professor of Economics

    Charles J. Thomas, Ph.D., Chapman University, Economic Science Institute & Argyros School of Business and Economics - Affiliated Research Scientist; Clemson University, John E. Walker Department of Economics - Visiting Associate Professor

    Benjamin Trumble, Ph.D., Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change - Assistant Professor & Center for Evolution and Medicine Affiliated Faculty

    Gregory Waymire, Ph.D., Emory University, Goizueta Business School - Professor of Accounting & Asa Griggs Candler Chair 

    Artie Zillante, Ph.D., The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Belk College of Business - Professor & Chair of Economics

  • Our Associates program encourages scholars from diverse backgrounds within the Chapman community to examine fundamental socioeconomic issues.

    Terence Burnham, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Associate Professor of Finance

    Gokcen Coskuner-Balli, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Associate Professor of Marketing

    Mark DeSantis, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Associate Professor of Finance

    Cristina Nistor, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Assistant Professor of Marketing

    Glenn Pfeiffer, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Professor of Business

    Jared Rubin, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Professor of Economics; Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society, Co-Director 

    Enrique Seoane-Vazquez, Ph.D., School of Pharmacy, Professor of Pharmaceutical Economic Regulation and Policy

    Timothy Shields, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Associate Professor of Accounting

    Abel Winn, Ph.D., Argyros School of Business and Economics, Associate Professor of Managerial Economics, Associate Dean, Research and Administration