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Email

n.erkal@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor
Department of Economics
Education
PhD
University of Maryland, College Park
Masters (Coursework)
University of Maryland, College Park
Bachelors Degree
Macalester College
ORCID

0000-0002-2671-1412

Prof Nisvan Erkal

Professor
Department of Economics

47 Scholarly works
11 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    Scarcity of Ideas and Optimal R&D Policy
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2023.03362
  • 2025

    Book Chapter

    Gender and (inaccurate) beliefs
    DOI: 10.4337/9781802207736.00071
  • 2024

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Changing Institutions to Mitigate Gender Leadership Gaps: Power of Defaults
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Do women receive less blame than men? Attribution of outcomes in a prosocial setting
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2023.04.003
  • 2022

    Journal article

    By chance or by choice? Biased attribution of others’ outcomes when social preferences matter
    DOI: 10.1007/s10683-021-09731-w
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Economics of Biased Beliefs: Implications for Diversity Gaps in Workplaces
  • 2017

    Research Grant

    Optimal Prize Structures in the Innovation Context
Nisvan Erkal

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
Best Paper Award for 2022 Leadership Quarterly
2021
Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)
2014
Faculty of Business and Economics - Dean’s Prize for Exceptional Distinction in Research University of Melbourne
2012
Faculty of Business and Economics - Dean’s Certificate for Research Excellence University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2022

    Journal article

    Leadership selection: Can changing the default break the glass ceiling?
    DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2021.101563
  • 2022

    Journal article

    Putting relational contract theory to the test: experimental evidence
    DOI: 10.1007/s10683-021-09707-w
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Replication: Belief elicitation with quadratic and binarized scoring rules
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2020.102315
  • 2020

    Journal article

    Aggregative games and oligopoly theory: short‐run and long‐run analysis
    DOI: 10.1111/1756-2171.12322
  • 2018

    Journal article

    Monetary and Non-Monetary Incentives in Real-effort Tournaments
    DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.10.021
  • 2017

    Book Chapter

    Reimagining innovation theory: Suzanne Scotchmer and the ideas model
    DOI: 10.1017/9781316443057.018

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Governance, Diversity, and Information Design in Teams
  • 2026

    Research grants (other domestic)

    2026 Asia-Pacific Meeting of the Economic Science Association

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