Post-doctoral Fellow

West Lafayette, Indiana, UNITED STATES

Keywords: design of experiments, agent-based computational economics, monetary policy

JEL Classifications:

C63         Computational Techniques • Simulation Modeling

C9           Design of Experiments

E42         Monetary Systems • Standards • Regimes • Government and the Monetary System • Payment Systems

E5           Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit

E7           Macro-Based Behavioral Economics

The Department of Economics at Purdue University invites applications for a two-year post-doctoral fellow position at the interface of macroeconomics, computational, and experimental economics. This position requires a Ph.D. in Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

The primary research agenda will focus on applications of agent-based models in conjunction with laboratory experiments to study adoption and competition between multiple currencies. The responsibilities will include conducting experimental studies, programming agent-based simulations, writing grant applications (previous experience is a plus), preparing research papers for publication in academic journals, etc. In addition, during the first year, up to 12.5 percent of the postdoctoral appointment will involve teaching a course of the candidate’s own area of expertise, while during the second year, up to 25 percent of the postdoctoral appointment will involve managing the Vernon Smith Experimental Economics Laboratory.