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Tim Cason is a Distinguished Professor of Economics and holds the Gadomski Chair of Economics at the Krannert School of Management, Purdue University. He serves as Director of the Vernon Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory (VSEEL), a leading research center in experimental economics. His academic career spans over three decades with significant contributions to understanding market behavior through controlled laboratory experiments.
Dr. Cason earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and his B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Indiana University, Bloomington. His strong quantitative background has enabled rigorous experimental approaches to economic questions.
Professor Cason's research focuses on experimental markets, environmental regulation, and antitrust issues, with particular emphasis on emissions trading systems used globally to reduce pollution. His work bridges theoretical economic models with real-world applications, demonstrating how human behavior affects market outcomes in environmental policy contexts. Through controlled laboratory experiments, he has provided crucial insights into coordination problems, strategic interaction, and institutional design.
His extensive publication record includes articles in premier journals such as Science, Journal of Political Economy, Econometrica, American Economic Review, and Review of Economic Studies. These publications reveal consistent themes in market design, environmental policy effectiveness, and behavioral responses to institutional structures.
- Distinguished Professor of Economics at Purdue University
- Gadomski Chair of Economics
- President of the Economic Science Association (2009-2011)
- Former Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Economics
- Past editor of the journal Experimental Economics
- Editorial board member for Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Management Science, and Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
As Director of VSEEL, Professor Cason oversees experimental research examining complex economic phenomena through controlled methods. His laboratory serves as an interdisciplinary hub where economists test theoretical predictions about market behavior, particularly in environmental contexts where traditional models may not fully capture strategic interactions.
