Staff Profile

Profile

Matt joined Newcastle University Business School in 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Experimental Economics from Durham University, and a BA (Hons) in Economics with Hispanic Studies from the University of Nottingham. His PhD was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Previously he was a visiting scholar at The University of Texas at Dallas.

He researches in the field of experimental and behavioural economics, with topics including auctions and procurement, risk preferences and social dilemmas. His research interests also overlap with the field of behavioural operations.

He has published in international academic journals such as Management Science, Games and Economic Behavior and European Economic Review.

Matt has teaching interests in environmental and ecological economics.

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Roles and responsibilities

Matt is affiliated to the Newcastle Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group.

He is module leader for the second-year undergraduate module Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy. He also teaches cost-benefit analysis to undergraduates and experimental economics methods to postgraduates.

He acts as the School Exchange Coordinator at NUBS, providing support for both outgoing study abroad and incoming exchange/visiting students.

Qualifications and certificates

• PhD, Economics, Durham University (2021).
• MSc, Experimental Economics, Distinction, Durham University (2017).
• BA (Hons), Economics with Hispanic Studies, First-class, The University of Nottingham (2014).

Languages

• English (native).
• Spanish (fluent).

Current work

I work in the field of experimental and behavioural economics, with research topics including auctions and procurement, risk preferences and social dilemmas.

My research interests also overlap with the field of behavioural operations.

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Main expertise

I am part of the Newcastle Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group at the Business School.

My main research areas are as follows:

• Experimental and Behavioural Economics
• Auctions and Procurement
• Risk and social preferences
• Behavioural Operations

Undergraduate modules

• ECO2013: Economic Evaluation & Investment
• ECO2020: Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy

Postgraduate modules

• NBS8615: Experimental Methods in Economics

• Articles

  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. Contingent payments in procurement interactions: Experimental evidence. European Economic Review 2024, 170, 104886.
  • Walker MJ, Katok E, Shachat J. Trust and Trustworthiness in Procurement Contracts with Retainage. Management Science 2023, 69(6), 3157-3758.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. On the generalizability of using mobile devices to conduct economic experiments. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2023, 106, 102057.
  • Haruvy E, Heinrich T, Walker MJ. Separating probability weighting and risk aversion in first-price auctions. Economics Letters 2022, 221, 110891.
  • Hyndman K, Walker MJ. Fairness and risk in ultimatum bargaining. Games and Economic Behavior 2022, 132, 90-105.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises. Journal of the Economic Science Association 2021, 7, 120-138.
  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. How the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted pro-social behaviour and individual preferences: Experimental evidence from China. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2021, 190, 480-494.

• Book Chapter

  • Heinrich T, Walker MJ. From the Field to the Lab: Professionals and Bidding Aggression. In: Sascha Füllbrunn and Ernan Haruvy, ed. Handbook of Experimental Finance. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022, pp.145-151.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. The Impact of an Epidemic: Experimental Evidence on Preference Stability from Wuhan. In: AEA Papers and Proceedings. 2021, American Economic Association.