James A. Best

Assistant Professor of Economics

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Education

• 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)