Addison joined the Eco Department in September 2020. Prior to this, she was a post-doctoral researcher at Massey University (2020) and Auckland University (2016-2020). Addison was the manager of the Laboratory for Business Decision Making while she was at Auckland University. Addison is a member of Applied and Theoretical Economics and of the Centre for Mathematical Social Science since 2013. Addison’s research interests are in the field of microeconomic theory, decision theory and experimental economics.
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics, Massey University, 2016
Experience
BSc Economics Programme Director, International Business of Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, 07/2021-ongoing
Assistant Professor, Economics Department, International Business of Suzhou, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, 09/2020-ongoing
Post-Doctor on a Marsden Standard Grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, 03/2020-09/2020.
Lecturer, School of Economics, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, 03/2020-07/2020.
Post-Doctor on a Marsden Standard Grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand, Department of Economics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 03/2017-02/2020.
Manager, Laboratory for Business Decision Making (DECIDE), University of Auckland Business School, New Zealand, 10/2016-02/2020.
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 09/2016-02/2017.
Research interests
Decision Theory, Social Choice, Mathematical Economics, Behavioral Economics and Experimental Economics.
Articles
Published:
Empirical Tests of Stochastic Binary Choice Models, Theory and Decision, 2nd Sep 2021, accepted. (ABDC Ranking: A)
Note on Pivotality, Games 10(2), Special Issue on "Political Games: Strategy, Persuasion, and Learning", June 2019, 10020024. (ABDC Ranking: B)
Non-Congruent Views about Signal Precision in Collective Decisions (with S. Fabrizi & S. Lippert), B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 18(2), Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT) Special Issue, May 2018, 20160185. (ABDC Ranking: A)
Under Reviewing:
Unanimous Jury Voting with an Ambiguous Likelihood (with S. Fabrizi, S. Lippert & M. Ryan), 2021 (submitted to Theory and Decision, currently under review). (ABDC Ranking: A)
The Complementary Duet of Vehicular Diverging: An Experimental Approach (with S. Sheng), 2021 (submitted to Transportation Research Part A).
Working Paper:
An Experimental Analysis of Information Aggregation in Decision Markets (with A. Chaudhuri, P. Elkashef & T. Pfeiffer), 2020, May.
The Squiggle Pattern of Betweenness Violations, 2020, April.
Conference presentations
International Conferences:
International Philosophy, Political Science and Economics (PPE) Conference on Social Choice and Voting Theory, Kellogg Center or Philosophy Polities, and Economics, 17-19 June 2021.
20th Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference, Seoul National University, Korea, 14-17 June 2021.
Australia New Zealand Workshop in Experimental Economics, University of Auckland, NZ, 26-27 November 2018.
Australia New Zealand Workshop in Experimental Economics, Monash University, Australia, 25-26 November 2019.
International Summer School "Preference, Decisions and Games", Sorbonne University, France, 25-28 June 2019.
Decision: Theory, Experiments, and Applications (D-TEA) on "Ambiguity, Honoring David Schmeidler's 80th Birthday", Paris School of Economics, France, 3-5 June 2019.
8th Microeconomic Theory Workshop, Victoria University Wellington, NZ, 26 October 2018.
The Inaugural Laboratory for Business Decision Making (DECIDE) Workshop, University of Auckland Faculty of Business and Economics, NZ, 6 July 2018.
The Alexander von Humboldt Meeting on "Our Changing World in the South Pacific", Royal Society of New Zealand, Wellington, 17-19 November 2017.
7th Microeconomic Theory Workshop, Victoria University Wellington, NZ, 3 November 2017.
Centre for Mathematical Social Sciences (CMSS) One-Day Workshop, University of Auckland, NZ, 15 February 2017.
35th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, jointly hosted by Auckland University of Technology and the University of Auckland, NZ, 13-14 February 2017.
2nd Mathematical Sciences Symposium, Auckland University of Technology, NZ, 1-2 December 2016.
6th Microeconomic Theory Workshop, Victoria University Wellington, NZ, 21 October 2016.
5th World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 24-28 July 2016.
12th Conference on Logic and the Foundations of Game and Decision Theory (LOFT), Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 20-22 July 2016.
12th European Meeting on Game Theory, Syddansk Universitet, Odense, Denmark, 11-13 July 2016.
7th Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS) Summer Workshop, University of Auckland, NZ, 18-20 February 2016.
34th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 11-12 February 2016.
28th PhD Conference in Economics and Business, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 12-13 November 2015.
Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS) Seminar, University of Auckland, NZ, 23 May 2018.
Research Seminars:
Department of Economics Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, 15 March 2019.
School of Economics and Finance Seminar, Massey University, Albany Campus, NZ, November 2015.
Institute of Economics Seminar, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2 times), Germany, May & June 2016.
Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS) Seminar, University of Auckland, 23 May 2018.
Department of Economics Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin, 15 March 2019.
Department of Economics Seminar, University of Auckland, 09 October 2019.
Grants
University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund (FRDF) for research into "The sleeping giant on New Zealand roads: Impact of non-tailpipe emissions on local air pollution," 2020 (with S. Sheng), NZ$ 9,212.
IBSS Development Fund (SFP) for research into ''Aggregate Private Vehicle demand in China: A duet study of the seemingly unrelated regression approach with dynamic factor forecasting method,'' 2021-2022, RMB 67,200.
University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund (FRDF) for research into "Experimental Study of Congestion Pricing and the Role of Public Information," 2018-2020 (with S. Sheng), NZ$ 16,675.
University of Auckland Faculty Research Development Fund (FRDF) for research into "Testing Stochastic Choice for Implicit Expected Utility (IEU) Models in Laboratory Experiments," 2019, NZ$ 13,441.
Massey University Research Fund (MURF) for research into "Collective Deliberation under Ambiguity: Theory and Experimentation," 2015 (with S. Fabrizi), NZ$ 4,198.
Professional service activities
Chair, public talk on "asymptotic theory " ( by Zhuojiong Gan, XJTLU), XJTLU, Nov 2021." ( by Leo Lin, Washington University in St. Louis), XJTLU, Nov 2021.
Convenor, public talk on "binary outcome model and multinomial model:" ( by Leo Lin, Washington University in St. Louis), XJTLU, Nov 2021.
Organizer, 2021 Summer Math Camp, XJTLU, Jul 2021.
Session Convenor, 20th Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET) Conference, Seoul National University, 14-17 June 2020.
Host and speaker, the Inaugural Economics Theory Study Group Public Talk on “Paradoxes”, XJTLU, 29 April 2021.
Conference Session Chair, 7th International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), University of Auckland Energy Centre, 12-15 February 2020.
Co-organiser, New Zealand Microeconomics Study Group (NZMSG) Meeting, University of Auckland, 2019.
Centre for Mathematical Social Sciences (CMSS) Seminar Host for Yi-Hsuan (Ethan) Lin, University of Auckland, 2019.
Economics Seminar Host for Professor Pavlo Blavatskyy, University of Auckland, 2019.
Conference Session Chair and Paper Discussant, 35th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop, jointly hosted by Auckland University of Technology and the University of Auckland, 2017.
Conference Assistant, 3rd Applied and Theoretical Economics (ATE) Symposia on "Advances in Industrial Economics, Competition Policy and Regulation", University of Auckland, 14-15 December, 2015.
Conference Assistant, 1st Applied and Theoretical Economics (ATE) Symposia on "Competition Policy Issues: Theory Meets Practice", Massey University, 12-13 December, 2013.
Teaching activities
BUS003 Explore Business - Section: Economics and Finance
ECO309 Game Theory
ECO320 Advanced Macroeconomics
ECO407 Advanced Microeconomics Theory
Courses taught
Advanced Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, Experimental Methods, Public Economics, Industrial organization, Mathematics for Economics
Professional memberships
Founder and Member, Economic Theory Study Group (ESTG), Since 2021.
Member, Centre for Mathematical Social Sciences (CMSS), since 2016 .
Member, Applied and Theoretical Economics (ATE) Research Network, since 2016.
Member, Centre of Research Excellence (Te Punaha Matatini, TPM), since 2016.
