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David C. Kingsley serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics within the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He holds additional affiliations with the Climate Change Initiative, SWIMMER program, and Global Studies department, and maintains an office in the Health & Social Sciences Building (Room 353).
Education:
- Ph.D. in Economics (2007), University of Colorado Boulder
- M.A. in Economics (2004), University of Colorado Boulder
- B.S. in Business (2001), University of New Hampshire
As a behavioral economist, Kingsley investigates strategic decision-making through laboratory experiments focused on social dilemmas like public goods and common pool resources. His research examines how self-imposed institutional rules and communication mechanisms foster cooperative behavior when individual self-interest conflicts with group welfare. Key contributions explore endogenous deterrence systems, peer punishment dynamics, and preference learning in experimental settings, bridging environmental economics and public policy design.
His publication record since 2008 reveals consistent focus on experimental methodologies across top journals including Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics and Land Economics. Recent work (2020) analyzes self-serving bias in dictator games, while earlier studies (2010-2018) establish foundational insights into institutional design for cooperation, with notable emphasis on payoff equivalence testing and costly sanctioning systems.
Awards:
- Departmental Teaching Award (2012) from UMass Lowell Department of Economics
Kingsley has secured significant research funding including USDA Forest Service grants and UMass Lowell Seed Grants, often collaborating with researchers like T.C. Brown and M. Ciuchta. His sponsored projects span experimental games in entrepreneurial finance, formal/informal sanctioning institutions, and preference learning mechanisms. Though student advising isn't documented, his Climate Change Initiative affiliation suggests engagement with sustainability-focused research teams and the Rist Institute for Sustainability and Energy.
