Joshua Foster
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ivey Business School

I ask questions within the intersection of experimental economics, behavioural economics, and mechanism design. I'm currently obsessed with pro-social preferences all-pay contests crowdfunding mechanisms auctions and natural language models.

A behavioral cost to inventory shortages

[manuscript] Behavioral demand effects when buyers anticipate inventory shortages

I dont need to outrun the bear...I just need to outrun you!

[manuscript] Defense against an opportunistic challenger: theory and experiments

A neoclassical test of social preferences

[manuscript] Putting social preferences to work: can revealed preferences predict real effort provision?