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Professor Nick Feltovich

 Organisation: Department of Economics
Title: Professor
Qualifications: PhD in economics, 1997 University of Pittsburgh; BS in mathematics, 1991 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 

 

Nick Feltovich's main research area is experimental economics, but his research has spanned a wide range of topics, including bargaining, auctions, industrial organisation, learning, public good provision and labour markets. He has published his research in top general interest and field journals including Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, International Journal of Game Theory, Southern Economic Journal and Experimental Economics. He is currently an associate editor for European Economic Review.

Nick undertook his PhD at University of Pittsburgh, under the supervision of Professor Alvin Roth (now at Harvard University). Prior to arriving at Monash, he spent 10 years at University of Houston and 4 years at University of Aberdeen; at the latter, he was director of SEEL, Aberdeen's experimental economics laboratory.

 
Office: Clayton Campus
Room E857A, Building 11
Monash University Vic 3800
Telephone: +61 3 9902 0790
Fax: +61 3 9905 5476
E-mail: nicholas.feltovich@monash.edu
Home page: http://users.monash.edu.au/~nfelt/

 
Research Interests: Experimental economics, game theory, behavioural economics, decision making

 
Selected Publications: Feltovich, N., & Swierzbinski, J. (2011). The role of strategic uncertainty in games: an experimental study of cheap talk and unstructured bargaining in the Nash demand game. European Economic Review, 55, 554-574.

Buchheit, S., & Feltovich, N. (2011). Experimental evidence of a sunk-cost paradox: a study of pricing behavior in Bertrand-Edgeworth duopoly. International Economic Review, 52, 317-347.

Duffy, J., & Feltovich, N. (2010). Correlated equilibria, good and bad: an experimental study. International Economic Review, 51(3), 701-721.

Bracht, J., & Feltovich, N. (2009). Whatever you say, your reputation precedes you: observation and cheap talk in the trust game. Journal of Public Economics, 93(9-10), 1036-1044.

Duffy, J., & Feltovich, N. (2006). Words, deeds, and lies: strategic behaviour in games with multiple signals. Review of Economic Studies, 73(3), 669-688.

Feltovich, N. (2003). Nonparametric tests of differences in medians: comparison of the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney and robust rank-order tests. Experimental Economics, 6(3), 273-297.

Feltovich, N., Harbaugh, R., & To, T. (2002). Too cool for school? Signalling and Countersignalling. RAND Journal of Economics, 33(4), 630-649.

Duffy, J., & Feltovich, N. (2002). Do actions speak louder than words? An experimental comparison of observation and cheap talk. Games and Economic Behavior, 39(1), 1-27.

Feltovich, N. (2000). Reinforcement-based vs. beliefs-based learning in experimental asymmetric-information games. Econometrica, 68(3), 605-641.

Duffy, J., & Feltovich, N. (1999). Does observation of others affect learning in strategic environments? An experimental study. International Journal of Game Theory, 28(1), 131-152.