Lise Vesterlund

Lise Vesterlund is a behavioral and experimental economist, and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh.^[1] She is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.^[2] From 1997 to 2001, she was assistant professor at the Iowa State University.^[3] She is on the board of editors of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy^[4] and of the Experimental Economics journal.^[5] Since 2018, she is a visiting professor at the Norwegian School of Economics.^[6]

Lise Vesterlund
Alma mater	University of Copenhagen University of Wisconsin–Madison
Occupation(s)	Behavioral and experimental economist

Education

Vesterlund earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Copenhagen in 1990, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1997.^[7]

Research

Her research mainly focuses on charitable giving and gender differences in the labor market. She has published in leading journals such as the Quarterly Journal of Economics^[8][9] and the American Economic Review^[10] and her work has been quoted over 10000 times.^[11] In her most quoted paper^[11] (with Muriel Niederle), "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?", they examine in a laboratory environment how men and women react differently to competition. They find that men prefer competition as they tend to be overconfident.^[9] Her research has been featured in news outlets including the New York Times,^[12] the Washington Post,^[13] The Atlantic,^[14] Bloomberg,^[15] Time magazine,^[16] and CNBC.^[17]

Selected works

• Andreoni, James; Harbaugh, William; Vesterlund, Lise (2003/06). "The Carrot or the Stick: Rewards, Punishments, and Cooperation". American Economic Review. 93 (3): 893–902.^[10]
• Andreoni, James; Vesterlund, Lise (2001-02-01). "Which is the Fair Sex? Gender Differences in Altruism". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 116 (1): 293–312.^[8]
• Niederle, Muriel; Vesterlund, Lise (2007-08-01). "Do Women Shy Away From Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?". The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 122 (3): 1067–1101.^[9]