About
Dr. Timothy Shields is a tenured Associate Professor at Chapman University's Argyros College of Business & Economics and a research associate with the Economic Science Institute. His work bridges accounting systems with experimental economics, focusing on strategic behavior in group settings and trust dynamics.
- Education: Ph.D. in Accounting (2008), MBA, and BA from University of Minnesota and University of Nevada respectively
Shields' research examines how institutional features influence cooperative behavior through experimental methodologies grounded in economics and psychology. He has published in Management Science, Accounting Horizons, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, developing tools like the Ambiguity Generator (Haskell code under MIT license).
His recent publications analyze cooperation prediction in repeated Prisoner's Dilemmas, gender-based behavioral stereotypes, and trust dynamics in human-robot interactions. Awards include competitive grants from the American Accounting Association and Canadian academic institutions.
- Key research themes:
- Strategic coordination under ambiguity
- Trustworthiness signaling mechanisms
- Gender-specific behavioral predictions
- Dynamic vs static appearance cues
- Behavioral history impacts on reciprocity
