Ragan Petrie is an applied microeconomist who uses field and lab experiments to research topics in public and labor economics, including motives for charitable giving, gender differences in bargaining and competition, discrimination, economics of education and decision-making of children.
At the Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, she is a Professorial Fellow and Program Coordinator for the Public Economics research group.
She is also a Professor in the Department of Economics at Texas A&M University, was awarded a University Presidential Impact Fellow in 2019 and appointed a Cornerstone Faculty Fellow in Liberal Arts in 2018.
She holds the Elton Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts at A&M.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Credentials
Positions
Professorial Fellow
Melbourne Institute Of Applied Economic And Social Research
Member
Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP)
Board Member
Generosity for Life Initiative, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy
Board Member And Southern Representative
Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP)
Member
American Economics Association (AEA)
Education
Doctor of Philosopy
University of Wisconsin