David Kingsley

David Kingsley is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, affiliated with the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. His expertise lies in Experimental Economics, Environmental Economics, and Public Policy. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Colorado Boulder (2007), an MA in Economics from the same institution (2004), and a BS in Business from the University of New Hampshire (2001).

Dr. Kingsley's research focuses on strategic decision-making within social dilemmas, particularly public goods and common pool resource management. He investigates how institutions and behavioral factors influence cooperative behavior, with funding from organizations like the U.S. Forest Service and the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics. His work has been published in journals such as the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Applied Economics Letters, and Journal of Environmental Economics Policy.

His recent research trends emphasize experimental investigations into cooperation mechanisms, norm enforcement, and institutional design. He has explored topics like self-serving bias in dictator games, communication effects in public goods, and the impact of endowment heterogeneity on punishment dynamics. His studies often bridge theoretical models with real-world policy applications.

Awarded the Departmental Teaching Award in 2012, Kingsley has secured grants for projects such as 'Experimental Games in Entrepreneurial Finance' (with Michael Ciuchta) and 'Formal vs. Informal Sanctioning Institutions in Public Goods Games.' He collaborates with initiatives like SWIMMER and contributes to interdisciplinary teams addressing climate change and global studies.

His work frequently involves lab experiments analyzing behavioral responses under different institutional frameworks, with a focus on how communication, punishment, and endowments shape cooperative outcomes in resource management scenarios.