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Michael McBride is a Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), holding courtesy professorships in Logic and Philosophy of Science and Religious Studies. He also serves as Director of the Experimental Social Science Laboratory. His education includes a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A. in Economics from Yale University (2002, 1999, 1997) and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California (1997).
His research spans interdisciplinary topics including religion and economics, game theory, social norms, and experimental economics. He explores how cognitive processes like theory of mind influence cooperation, the dynamics of religious group formation, and conflict resolution mechanisms. Recent work examines evolutionary aspects of dominance hierarchies and the interplay between emotions and social behavior.
McBride’s affiliations include multiple UCI centers: Center for Global Peace and Conflict Studies, Center for the Study of Democracy, Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences, and the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program. He also collaborates with external institutions like the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.
His experimental studies focus on traffic management, dark networks, and adversarial game dynamics. Notable themes in his work include the role of free-riders in religious institutions, the efficacy of security games, and the impact of monetary incentives on cognitive processes.
