Jennifer Pate, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Biography
Education
Purdue University
Ph.D.
Economics
2005
Purdue University
M.S.
Economics
2002
University of California at Davis
B.A.
Economics
2001
Social
Areas of Expertise
Industry Expertise
Accomplishments
Economic Science Association Co-Organizer and Host Institution
2019 North American ESA Meeting, Los Angeles, California
Loyola Marymount University
Economics Teacher of the Year, 2020
Economics Teacher of the Year, 2015
Economics Teacher of the Year, 2011
President of the LMU Faculty Senate
May 2013-May 2015
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
John Popiden Distinguished Faculty Service Award, 2014
Loyola Marymount University
Crimson & Blue Awards, Outstanding Professor, 2011
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Economics Honor Society, 2000
Golden Key
National Honor Society, 2000
Order of Omega
Honor Society, 2000
Affiliations
- Visiting Fellow, University of Arizona, May 2023-present
- American Economic Association
- National Association of Forensic Economics
- Economic Science Association
- The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
Event Appearances
Invited Speaker; University of Virginia
Fit for the Role: Gender, Confidence, and Willingness to Stand for Election April 2023
Economic Science Association North America Meetings; Santa Barbara, CA
Lying Out of Obligation: Cheap Talk in an Ultimatum Game with Outside Obligations November 2022
Invited Speaker; Wellesley College
Fit for the Role: Gender, Confidence, and Willingness to Stand for Election October 2022
Economic Science Association World Meetings; Boston, MA
Lying Out of Obligation: Cheap Talk in an Ultimatum Game with Outside Obligations June 2022
Economic Science Association Regional Meeting; Tucson, AZ
Experimental Evidence on the Role of Outside Obligations in Wage Negotiations October, 2021
Conference Presentation; Los Angeles, CA
Coordination and Priming in a Threshold Volunteer’s Dilemma Game October 2019
Conference Presentation; Vancouver, Canada
Once, Twice, Three Times a Candidate July 2019
Invited Speaker; University of Richmond
Getting Past the Gender Gap in Political Ambition October 2018
Invited Speaker; Purdue University
Getting Past the Gender Gap in Political Ambition April 2018
Conference Presentation; University of California, San Diego
Temptation and Cheating: Experimental Evidence June 2017
Conference Presentation; University of Virginia
Cost Asymmetry and Incomplete Information in a Volunteer's Dilemma Experiment September 2016
Please See CV
for a complete list of event appearances.
Research Grants
Research Grant
The International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE)
November 2019
Summer Research Grant
Loyola Marymount University
2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016
Faith and Justice Research Grant
Loyola Marymount University
2008
Small Grants Program in Behavioral Sciences
Russell Sage Foundation
2006
Dissertation Research Grant
Purdue Research Foundation
2004-2005
Experimental Research Grant
Burton D. Morgan Center for Entrepreneurship
2004
Courses
Econ 4500
Industrial Organization
Econ 4340
Experimental and Behavioral Economics
Econ 3480
Economics in Film and Fiction
Econ 3520
The Economics of Giving
Econ 1050
Introduction to Economics (1 semester, Micro and Macro)
Articles
Invisible Hurdles: Gender and Institutional Differences in the Evaluation of Economics Papers
Economic InquiryPate, Jennifer; Ersoy, Fulya
Forthcoming (2023)
Knowing the Competition: Gender, Qualifications, and Willingness to Run in Elections
Political Research QuarterlyFox, Richard; Pate Jennifer
forthcoming (2023)
Greed and Fear: Competitive and Charitable Priming in a Threshold Volunteer’s Dilemma
Economic InquiryMago, Shakun; Pate, Jennifer
61(1), 138-161.
High Time to Study the Relationship Between Marijuana and Economic Behavior
Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationDeck, Cary; Pate, Jennifer
198, 1-14, 2022
Getting Past the Gender Gap in Political Ambition
Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationPate, Jennifer; Fox, Richard
165, 166-183. 2018
Temptation and Cheating Behavior: Experimental Evidence
Journal of Economic PsychologyPate, Jennifer
67, 135–148, 2018
Cost Asymmetry and Incomplete Information in a Volunteer's Dilemma
Social Choice and WelfareHealy, Andrew J.; Pate, Jennifer G.
51, 465-4912, April 2018
Trust, Reputation, and Bidding Behaviour in Online Mystery Auctions
Applied Economics LettersChiou, Lesley; Pate, Jennifer
25:10, 702-706, July 2017
Can Teams Help to Close the Gender Competition Gap?
Economic JournalHealy, Andrew; Pate Jennifer
2011
Internet Auctions and Frictionless Commerce: Evidence from the Retail Gift Card Market
Review of Industrial OrganizationChiou, Lesley; Pate, Jennifer
36, 295-304, 2010
An Experimental Examination of Competitor-Based Price Guarantees
Journal of Economic Behavior and OrganizationDatta Mago, Shakun, Pate, Jennifer G.
70, 342-360, 2009
Markets: Gift Cards
The Journal of Economic PerspectivesPate, Jennifer
21:2, 227–238, Spring 2007
