Dr. David Huffman

Biography

David Huffman is the Ashley Family Professor of Behavioral Economics at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. He serves as the editor-in-chief of Frontiers in Behavioral Economics, co-editor of Experimental Economics, and associate editor for Management Science. Huffman is an IZA Fellow and a member of the CESifo network, as well as an associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford. He previously held a distinguished professorship at the University of Pittsburgh and was an associate professor at the University of Oxford, where he also served as a tutorial fellow at St. Catherine's College. He earned his PhD in economics from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA with high honors in economics from Oberlin College. Huffman's research focuses on the intersection of behavioral economics, labor economics, and personnel economics, with work published in prestigious journals including the American Economic Review and the Review of Economic Studies. His research examines human decision-making, particularly preferences regarding risk, time, social interactions, and trust, and how these factors vary across cultures. He uses methodologies such as field experiments and econometric analysis, incorporating machine learning and natural language processing techniques in his research.

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