Staff Profile

Profile

Matt Walker joined Newcastle University Business School in 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics. He holds a PhD in Economics and MSc in Experimental Economics from Durham University, and a BA (Hons) in Economics with Hispanic Studies from the University of Nottingham. His PhD was funded by Economic and Social Research Council Studentship (No. ES/R500963/1). Previously he was a visiting scholar at The University of Texas at Dallas.

Matt researches in the field of experimental economics, with research interests in auctions and procurement, trust, the design of incentive alignment schemes and sustainability.

Roles and responsibilities

Matt Walker is affiliated to the Newcastle Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group.

He is module leader for the Stage 2 modules Ecological Economics and Applied Economics.

Matt also acts as the joint School Exchange Coordinator at NUBS, providing support for both outgoing study abroad and incoming exchange/visiting students.

Qualifications and certificates

• PhD, Economics, Durham University (2021).
• MSc, Experimental Economics, Distinction, Durham University (2017).
• BA (Hons), Economics with Hispanic Studies, First-class, The University of Nottingham (2014).

Awards

• Outstanding Early Career Researcher Award, Economics, Newcastle University (2022).
• Outstanding Doctoral Thesis in Economics, Durham University (2021).

Languages

• English (native).
• Spanish (fluent).

Current work

I work in the field of experimental and behavioural economics, with research interests in auctions and procurement, trust, the design of incentive alignment schemes and sustainability.

For more details, see my personal website.

Main expertise

I am part of the Newcastle Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group at the Business School. My main research interests are as follows:

• Experimental and Behavioural Economics
• Auctions and Procurement
• Public Economics
• Behavioural Operations

Undergraduate modules

• ECO2020: Ecological Economics (10 credits) - Module Leader
• ECO2015: Applied Economics (10 credits) - Module Leader
• ECO2013: Economic Evaluation and Investment (20 credits)

• Articles

  • Walker MJ, Katok E, Shachat J. Trust and Trustworthiness in Procurement Contracts with Retainage. Management Science 2022, epub ahead of print.
  • Haruvy E, Heinrich T, Walker MJ. Separating probability weighting and risk aversion in first-price auctions. Economics Letters 2022, epub ahead of print.
  • Hyndman K, Walker MJ. Fairness and risk in ultimatum bargaining. Games and Economic Behavior 2022, 132, 90-105.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. Viral social media videos can raise pro-social behaviours when an epidemic arises. Journal of the Economic Science Association 2021, 7, 120-138.
  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. How the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic impacted pro-social behaviour and individual preferences: Experimental evidence from China. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2021, 190, 480-494.

• Book Chapter

  • Heinrich T, Walker MJ. From the Field to the Lab: Professionals and Bidding Aggression. In: Sascha Füllbrunn and Ernan Haruvy, ed. Handbook of Experimental Finance. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. In Press.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)

  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. The Impact of an Epidemic: Experimental Evidence on Preference Stability from Wuhan. In: AEA Papers and Proceedings. 2021, American Economic Association.