James A. Best
Assistant Professor of Economics
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- University of Edinburgh - Ph D (Economics) - 2014
- University of Edinburgh - M Sc (Economics) - 2009
- University of York - BA Hons (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) - 2008
Research
Information, communication and the economy.Publications
Working Papers
Persuasion for the Long-Run
(author(s): James Best, Daniel Quigley)
2017
Capital Management and Inequality
(author(s): James Best, Keshav Dogra)
2017
Anti-Social Learning: The Effect of Social Learning on Cooperation
(author(s): James Best)
2016
Self-Fulfilling Price Cycles
(author(s): James Best, John Hardman Moore)
2014
Identifying the Determinants of Intergenerational Mobility
(author(s): James Best)
2014
Awards and Honors
- John Fell Fund - Grant for experimental work on “Social Learning and Norms of Cooperation" (2017)
- Career Development Fellowship (2014)
- Edinburgh School of Economics - Research and Teaching Scholarship (2012)
- Economic Social Research Council - PhD Scholarship (2009)