Faculty – Roman Sheremeta

Roman Sheremeta is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He is also a Research Affiliate at the Economic Science Institute at Chapman University and an associate editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Dr. Sheremeta received the Ph.D. in Economics from Purdue University in 2009. He is a recipient of many research and teaching awards, including Robert W. Johnson Award for his dissertation research, as well as multiple grants, including the National Science Foundation and the Max Planck Institute grants. His primary fields of interest are experimental economics and game theory, with applications that extend into a number of areas including behavioral economics, conflict resolution, industrial organization, public economics and labor economics. He has published over 40 academic papers in a wide variety of economic, management, psychology and political science journals, including Management Science, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Peace Research, and Journal of Conflict Resolution. According to Google Scholar, his research has been cited over 1300 times. According to RePEc, Dr. Sheremeta is ranked among the Top Young Economists worldwide. He is also included in the Forbes list of Top Economic Thinkers of Ukrainian descent.

PhD, Purdue University, 2009
MS, Purdue University, 2006
BA, Precarpathian National University, 2004
BA, National Technical University, 2003

Interests and Courses

Research

Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Public Economics, Labor Economics

Teaching

Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Game Theory, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, Principle of Microeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics

Recent Courses and Syllabi

• Economics of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• Game Theory: The Economics of Thinking Strategically
• Intermediate Micro Theory: Calculus-Based

Selected Publications

• McCarter , M., Samek, A., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
  Divided Loyalists or Conditional Cooperators? Creating Consensus About Cooperation in Multiple Simultaneous Social Dilemmas (vol. 39, pp. 744-771). Group and Organization Management.
• Schniter, E., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
  Predictable and Predictive Emotions: Explaining Cheap Signals and Trust Re-Extension (vol. 8, pp. 1-18). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
• Chowdhury , S., Sheremeta, R., Turocy, T. (2014).
  Overbidding and Overspreading in Rent-Seeking Experiments: Cost Structure and Prize Allocation Rules (vol. 87, pp. 224-238). Games and Economic Behavior.
• Samak, A., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
  Recognizing Contributors: An Experiment on Public Goods (vol. 17, pp. 673-690). Experimental Economics.
• Kimbrough , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2014).
  When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents (vol. 99, pp. 96-108). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Kimbrough, E., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
  Why Can’t We Be Friends? Entitlements and the Costs of Conflict (vol. 51, pp. 487-500). Journal of Peace Research.
• Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2014).
  Three-Player Trust Game with Insider Communication (vol. 52, pp. 576-591). Economic Inquiry.
• Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments (vol. 27, pp. 491-514). Journal of Economic Surveys.
• Shupp , R., Sheremeta, R., Schmidt, D., Walker, J. (2013).
  Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence (vol. 39, pp. 257-267). Journal of Economic Psychology.
• Chowdhury , S., Lee, D., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  Top Guns May Not Fire: Best-Shot Group Contests with Group-Specific Public Good Prizes (vol. 92, pp. 94-103). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• McCarter, M., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  You Can’t Put Old Wine in New Bottles: The Effect of Newcomers on Coordination in Groups (vol. 8, pp. 1-9). PLoS ONE.
• Mago , S., Sheremeta, R., Yates, A. (2013).
  Best-of-Three Contest Experiments: Strategic Versus Psychological Momentum International Journal of Industrial Organization.
• Schniter , E., Sheremeta, R., Sznycer, D. (2013).
  Building and Rebuilding Trust with Promises and Apologies (vol. 94, pp. 242-256). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2013).
  Do Liars Believe? Beliefs and Other-Regarding Preferences in Sender-Receiver Games (vol. 94, pp. 268-277). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Rietz, T., Sheremeta, R., Shields , T., Smith, V. (2013).
  Transparency, Efficiency and the Distribution of Economic Welfare in Pass-Through Investment Trust Games (vol. 94, pp. 257-267). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Kimbrough, E., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  Side-Payments and the Costs of Conflict (vol. 31, pp. 278-286). International Journal of Industrial Organization.
• Samak, A., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  Simultaneous Decision-Making in Competitive and Cooperative Games (vol. 51, pp. 1311-1323). Economic Inquiry.
• Chowdhury , S., Kovenock, D., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
  An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games (vol. 52, pp. 833-861). Economic Theory.
• Cason , T., Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2013).
  Communication and Efficiency in Competitive Coordination Games (vol. 76, pp. 26-43). Games and Economic Behavior.
• Deck, C., Sheremeta, R. (2012).
  Fight or Flight? Defending Against Sequential Attacks in the Game of Siege (vol. 56, pp. 1069-1088). Journal of Conflict Resolution.
• Cason , T., Savikhin, A., Sheremeta, R. (2012).
  Behavioral Spillovers in Coordination Games (vol. 56, pp. 233-245). European Economic Review: European Economic Review.
• Price, C., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
  Endowment Effects in Contests (vol. 111, pp. 217-219). Economics Letters: Economics Letters.
• Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
  Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests (vol. 112, pp. 216-219). Economics Letters.
• Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
  A Generalized Tullock Contest (vol. 147, pp. 413-420). Public Choice: Public Choice.
• Sheremeta, R. (2011).
  Contest Design: An Experimental Investigation (vol. 49, pp. 573-590). Economic Inquiry.
• Sheremeta, R. (2011).
  Perfect-Substitutes, Best-Shot, and Weakest-Link Contests between Groups (vol. 27, pp. 5-32). Korean Economic Review.
• Cason, T., Masters, W., Sheremeta, R. (2010).
  Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study (vol. 94, pp. 604-611). Journal of Public Economics.
• Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2010).
  Can Groups Solve the Problem of Over-Bidding in Contests? (vol. 35, pp. 175-197). Social Choice and Welfare.
• Sheremeta, R. (2010).
  Expenditures and Information Disclosure in Two-Stage Political Contests (vol. 54, pp. 771-798). Journal of Conflict Resolution: Journal of Conflict Resolution.
• Sheremeta, R. (2010).
  Experimental Comparison of Multi-Stage and One-Stage Contests (vol. 68, pp. 731-747). Games and Economic Behavior.
• Sheremeta, R. (2009).
  Essays on Experimental Investigation of Lottery Contests (pp. 1-197). ETD Collection for Purdue University.
• Rubin, J., Kimbrough , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T.
  Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
• Rubin, J., Sheremeta, R.
  Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks Management Science.
• Samek, A., Sheremeta, R.
  When Identifying Contributors is Costly: An Experiment on Public Goods Southern Economic Journal.
• Dechenaux, E., Kovenock, D., Sheremeta, R.
  A Survey of Experimental Research on Contests, All-Pay Auctions and Tournaments Experimental Economics.
• Kydd , A., Holt, C., Razzolini, L., Sheremeta, R.
  The Paradox of Misaligned Profiling: Theory and Experimental Evidence Journal of Conflict Resolution.
• Price, C., Sheremeta, R.
  Endowment Origin, Demographic Effects and Individual Preferences in Contests Journal of Economics and Management Strategy.
• Mago , S., Samak, A., Sheremeta, R.
  Facing Your Opponents: Social Identification and Information Feedback in Contests Journal of Conflict Resolution.
• Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R.
  Strategically Equivalent Contests Theory and Decision.

Academic and Professional Activities

• Econometric Society. 2012 - Present
• European Economic Association. 2010 - Present
• Western Economic Association International. 2010 - Present
• American Economic Association. 2009 - Present
• Economic Science Association. 2008 - Present
• Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013 - Present

Awards

• Top Economic Thinkers, Forbes Ukraine. (2014).
• Certificate of Teaching Recognition , Alpha Kappa Psi. (2012).
• Best Paper by a Young Researcher Award , the John Dickhaut Conference. (2012).
• Outstanding Instruction Professor, Chapman University. (2011).
• Associate Fellow , Purdue University Teaching Academy. (2009).
• Award for Distinguished Teaching, Krannert School of Management . (2009).
• Doctoral Student Service Award, Krannert School of Management. (2008).
• Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching, Purdue University. (2008).
• Graduate Teacher Certificate, Purdue University. (2008).
• Robert W. Johnson Award for Distinguished Research Proposal, Purdue University. (2007).
• Award for Distinguished Teaching, Krannert School of Management . (2007).
• Recognition for Teaching Excellence, Krannert School of Management . (2007).
• Award for Distinguished Teaching, Krannert School of Management . (2006).
• Recognition for Teaching Excellence, Krannert School of Management . (2006).
• Recognition for Teaching Excellence, Krannert School of Management . (2004).
• Award for Outstanding Research, National Technical University. (2003).