DEVESH RUSTAGI

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Goethe University Theodor W. Adorno Platz 4, 60323 Frankfurt Main, Tel: +49 69 798 34803 Email: [email protected] Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/deveshrustagi/ ______

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

April 2013 – present Assistant Professor (W1) of Applied Microeconomics, Goethe University Frankfurt

April 2013 – present Associate Director, Frankfurt Laboratory of Experimental Economics (FLEX), Goethe University Frankfurt

Feb 2015 – present Senior Research Fellow, Center for Development Research (ZEF) Bonn University

PREVIOUS ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Jan 2010 – March 2013 Senior Researcher and Lecturer, ETH Zurich

March 2007 – Dec 2009 Research and Teaching Assistant, ETH Zurich.

EDUCATION

2010 Ph.D. Economics, ETH Zurich Thesis: Behavioral Heterogeneity and Human Cooperation 1st Prize from the German Development Bank (KfW)

2005 M.A. Development Studies1 TU Dortmund and Ardhi University Tanzania

2002 M.A. Development Studies1 University of Pune, 2002 (distinction)

1997 B.A. Commerce (Honors), University of Delhi

ACADEMIC VISITS

Sep. 2015 University of California, San Diego June 2009 University of British Columbia, Vancouver

1 Development Planning and Management.

1 PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS

Leader Punishment and Cooperation in Groups: Experimental Field Evidence from Commons Management in Ethiopia (with M. Kosfeld), American Economic Review, 105, 747-783 (2015).

Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management (with S. Engel and M. Kosfeld), Science, 330, 961-965 (2010).

Highly Cited Paper (Web of Science)

SUBMITTED PAPERS AND MANUSCRIPTS

Reputation, Honesty, and Cheating in Informal Milk Markets in India (with M. Kröll).

Waiting for Napoleon? Democracy and Norms of Reciprocity across Social Groups (with M. Veronesi).

Culture, Institutions, and Commons Management Outcomes.

Markets, Religiosity, and Norms of Cooperation.

ONGOING PROJECTS

Discrimination, human capital, and health outcomes (with R. Ramachandran and E. Soldani)

Pre-colonial institutions and leader accountability

Cultural group selection and the evolution of cooperation

Stability of social preferences (with M. Kosfeld)

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“New Wildlife Policy, Local Attitudes, and Wildlife Distribution in JUKUMU Wildlife Management Area”, in Laube, W. and Eguavoen, I. (Ed.) Negotiating Local Governance, ZEF Development Studies, Bonn, 2010.

“What Kidunda Dam Will Destroy: The Ecological and Socio-economic Value of Gonabis Buffer Zone, Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania”. GTZ Wildlife Division Discussion Paper No. 45, Dar es Salaam, 2005.

2 AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2017 EDI (Economic Development and Institutions Grant), Co-Principal Investigator (GB 53,000).

2015 SAFE Grant for the project on “Diffusion of Cooperation” Principal Investigator (Euro 55,708).

2013 SAFE Grant for the project on “Cheating in Informal Markets” Principal Investigator (Euro 42,150).

2011 Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (ZIL) for “Diffuse and Leader-based Sanctioning Mechanisms”, Principal Investigator (CHF 20,000).

2010 Post-Doc Fellowship, Swiss Centre for International Agriculture (CHF 114,848).

2010 Young Academics Award (1st Prize), KfW Development Bank in cooperation with German Economic Association (VfS).

2009 Nomination for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award (ETH Zurich Silver Medal).

2008 Ph.D. Research Fellowship, RFPP (CHF 77,000).

2007 Preparatory Doctoral Study Grant, NIDECO Zurich (CHF 24,000).

2007 Grant for Travel and Field Research in Ethiopia, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research via ZEF Bonn (Euro 5000).

2007 Grant for Field Experiments in Ethiopia, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development via ZEF Bonn (Euro 5000).

2005 Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

2003 Fellowship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

2002 1st Position and Distinction in the M.A Program, 2002.

3 INVITED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

2018 University of Goettingen, Sciences Po, University of Zurich - Empirical, University of Zurich - Behavior

2017 NYU, Brown, University of Zurich

2016 Development Economics Network Berlin (DENeB), Workshop on Natural Experiments and Controlled Field Studies (LMU), Heinz Nixdorf Symposium (), Department of Economics (Marburg).

2015 Aarhus University, Empirical Economics LMU Munich, Nova School of Business and Economics, Micro Workshop LMU Munich, Stockholm School of Economics, Thurgau Institute of Economics, University of Cologne, University of Lausanne, University of Namur, University of California Davis, Rady School, University of California San Diego, University of Zurich, Wageningen University (Development Economics).

2014 University of Warwick (NGO conference), GIGA Institute Hamburg, Bonn University (Applied Microeconomics), University of Verona (Department of Economics), KFW Frankfurt.

2013 Tilburg University (Workshop Economic Governance and Organizations), Bonn University (Centre for Development Research), Marburg University (Workshop on The Economics of Formal and Informal Institutions)

2012 University of Nottingham (Department of Economics), ETH Zurich, University of Zurich (Experimental and Behavioral Economics), EAERE Conference (Prague), Development Economics Conference of the German Economic Association (Bonn)

2011 Models of Social Interaction – Game Theory and Society, ETH Zurich, HEC Lausanne (Faculty of Business and Economics)

2010 Goethe University Frankfurt (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration), ETH Zurich (Energy, Environment and Resource Economics), Development Economics Conference of the German Economic Association (Hannover)

2009 UBC Vancouver (Department of Economics), UBC Vancouver (Canada Research Chair in Culture, Cognition, and Evolution), UCLA (Behavior, Evolution and Culture), 11th International BIOECON Conference (Venice), International Meeting of the Economic Science Association (ESA)

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TEACHING

Goethe University Frankfurt, Masters and Ph.D.

Courses: Institutions, Experimental Methods in Economics

Seminars: Behavioral Field Experiments, Leadership in Groups and Organizations, History and Economic Development

Center for Development Research (ZEF Bonn University), Ph.D.

Incorporating Experimental Approaches in Research Design (taught annually)

ETH Zurich and University of Bonn, Ph.D. / Masters

Behavioral Commons Management, Social Preferences and Collective Action

SUPERVISION

Zahra Sharafi, Ph.D. Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt (Second supervisor)

Markus Kröll, Ph.D. Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt (Second supervisor)

Johanna Günther, Masters thesis, Goethe University Frankfurt (Primary supervisor)

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

2005 – 2007 Junior Researcher, Centre for Development Research, Bonn University

2005 Research Intern, GTZ Wildlife Division, Tanzania

2002 – 2003 Principal Investigator, YUVA Consulting (NGO), India, 2002 - 2003

1995 – 1999 Field Officer, Vatavaran (NGO), India

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Referee: American Political Science Review, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Journal, Economics Letters, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Public Economics, Management Science, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Science, World Development, National Science Foundation (US), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.

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