Marco Castaneda

Marco Castaneda is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Tyler, affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. His research spans microeconomic theory, health economics, and nonprofit organizational dynamics.

• Ph.D. in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis (2000)
• M.A. in Economics, Washington University in St. Louis (1997)
• B.A. in Economics and Mathematics, University of Alaska at Juneau (1995)

Castaneda's work focuses on Microeconomics, particularly Game Theory, Economics of Organization, and Health Economics. He has explored strategic behavior in nonprofit donor markets, the hold-up problem in repeated contracts, and health insurance impacts on medical consumption.

His publications from 2000–2021 highlight trends in Health Economics (e.g., insurance effects on medical procedures, uninsured healthcare consumption), Nonprofit Organization Economics (e.g., donor markets, organizational theories), and Game Theory (e.g., strategic reorganizations, simultaneous truels).