Professor Ferdinand Vieider
Professor in Economics
Department of Economics
University of Reading
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr. Professor Ferdinand Vieider is currently working as a Professor in Economics in the Department of Economics, University of Reading , United Kingdom. Areas of Interest: Development Economics, Behavioural Economics, Decision making under risk and uncertainty, Policy Evaluation. Research Supervision I am interested in supervising research in decision theory and behavioural economics. I am especially interested in applying insights from individual decision-making under uncertainty and over time in the field. My focus is thereby predominantly, but not exclusively, on developing countries. This research takes the form of the modelling and measurement of individual decision making processes, and the application of insights gathered from such modelling exercises to design policy interventions. Examples of such applied projects include the design of savings programmes, uptake of insurance, and technology adoption. I am also interested in supervising fundamental research on the same issues, mostly involving the modelling of decision making processes and the measurement of parameters pertaining to those models.
Research Interest
Development Economics, Behavioural Economics, Decision making under risk and uncertainty, Policy Evaluation.
Publications
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Vieider FM, Beyene A, Bluffstone RA, Dissanayake S, Gebreegziabher Z, Martinsson P, Mekonnen A. Measuring risk preferences in rural Ethiopia. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 2016 Sep 27.
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Vieider FM. Certainty preference, random choice, and loss aversion: a comment on" Violence and Risk Preference: Experimental Evidence from Afghanistan". American Economic Review. 2017.
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Vieider FM, Villegasâ€Palacio C, Martinsson P, MejÃa M. Risk taking for oneself and others: A structural model approach. Economic Inquiry. 2016 Apr 1;54(2):879-94.
