Profile

Profile

Matt joined Newcastle University Business School in 2021 as a Lecturer in Economics.

He researches in the fields of experimental and behavioural economics, and behavioural operations. Topics include auctions and procurement, risk preferences, fairness and social dilemmas.

Matt has teaching interests in environmental and ecological economics.

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Roles and responsibilities

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

He is module leader for the second-year undergraduate modules Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy and Economic Evaluation & Investment.

He also acts as the School Exchange Coordinator at NUBS, providing support for 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).

Languages

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

Current work

I am an experimental and behavioural economist, with research topics including auctions and procurement, risk preferences, fairness and social dilemmas.

My research interests overlap with the field of behavioural operations.

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Main expertise

I am part of the Newcastle Experimental and Behavioural Economics Research group at the Business School.

My main research areas are as follows:

• Experimental and Behavioural Economics
• Auctions and Procurement
• Risk and social preferences
• Behavioural Operations

Current Undergraduate modules

• ECO2013: Economic Evaluation & Investment (Module Leader & Lecturer)
• ECO2020: Ecological Economics & Environmental Policy (Module Leader & Lecturer)
• ECO2015: Applied Economics (Project Supervisions)
• ECO3001: Advanced Microeconomics (Seminar Instructor)

• Articles

  • Gu A, Walker MJ, Yoo HI. Narrow framing in risk aversion experiments: further evidence from a wide replication. Journal of Applied Econometrics 2026, 41(1), 127-133.
  • Aczel B, Szaszi B, Clelland H, Kovacs M, Moreh C, Walker M, et al. Investigating the analytical robustness of the social and behavioural sciences. Nature 2026, 652, 135-142.
  • Walker MJ, Hyndman K. Late payments, higher prices? An experimental investigation of competitive procurement. Decision Sciences 2025, 56(6), 598-621.
  • Kamei K, Sharma S, Walker MJ. Collective sanction enforcement: New experimental evidence from two societies. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2025, 237, 107138.
  • Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. Contingent payments in procurement interactions: Experimental evidence. European Economic Review 2024, 170, 104886.
  • Walker MJ, Katok E, Shachat J. Trust and Trustworthiness in Procurement Contracts with Retainage. Management Science 2023, 69(6), 3157-3758.
  • Guo Y, Shachat J, Walker MJ, Wei L. On the generalizability of using mobile devices to conduct economic experiments. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 2023, 106, 102057.
  • Haruvy E, Heinrich T, Walker MJ. Separating probability weighting and risk aversion in first-price auctions. Economics Letters 2022, 221, 110891.
  • 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, pp.145-151.

• 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.

• Report

  • Chilton S, Souza Monteiro D, Mussio I, Walker M, Weber TO. Behavioural Testing: Examining the impact of video advice on agri-environmental scheme collaborative outcomes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Newcastle University, 2024.