Stephanie Thomas
Lecturer
School of Economics and Finance
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Stephanie is a recent PhD graduate from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada and is excited to join the Curtin team. With research interests including Experimental Economics, Health Economics, Environmental Economics and Applied Nonparametric Analysis, she looks forward to continuing to develop innovative methods for investigating economic behaviour. As well, she hopes to inspire students to use the principles of economics to gain insights into a variety of interactions taking place in the world around them. Current projects include developing new methods for analysing health preference data, and leading an interdisciplinary collaboration to develop a virtual world in which to study preferences and behaviours -- work she looks forward to continuing at the Curtin HIVE
Research Interest
"Environment and Resource Economics,Experimental Economics,Health Economics,Econometric and Statistical Methods"
Publications
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Buckley N, K Cuff, J Hurley, S Mestelman, S Thomas, D Cameron (2015) "Support for public provision of a private good with top-up and opt-out: A controlled laboratory experiment." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 111: 177-196.
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Buckley N, K Cuff, J Hurley, S Mestelman, S Thomas, D Cameron (2016) "Should I stay or should I go? Exit options within mixed systems of public and private health care finance." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 131: 62-77.
