Curriculum Vitae.            Click here to download CV

• References
• Timothy Cason, Distinguished Professor & Robert and Susan Gadomski Chair in Economics, Purdue University.
• John List, Homer J. Livingston Professor of Economics, The University of Chicago.
• Jim Andreoni,  Professor of Economics, The University of California - San Diego.
  
• Steven Levitt, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, the University of Chicago.
  
• David S. Ebert (computer science/visualization), Silicon Valley Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University.
  

• Academic Appointments
  
• 2011-current Griffin Postdoctoral Research Scholar at The University of Chicago
  
• 2010-2011 Post-Doctoral Scholar at The University of Chicago (Advisor: John List)
  

• Education
  
• Ph.D. Economics, Purdue University, March 2010
  
• Committee Chair: Tim Cason;
  
• Committee: John Barron, David S. Ebert, Justin Tobias
  
• M.S. Economics, Purdue University, December 2006
  
• B.S. Economics, Purdue, May 2005, summa cum laude & honors diploma
  

• Research and Teaching Interests
• Research: Experimental and Behavioral Economics, Public Economics, Applied Economics, Health Economics, Visual Analytics
• Teaching: Microeconomics, Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, Game Theory, Public Economics

• Refereed Publications - Economics
  
• Tim Cason, Anya Savikhin and Roman Sheremeta, "Behavioral Spillovers in Coordination Games," European Economic Review, forthcoming.
  
• Georg Schaur, Chong Xiang and Anya Savikhin, "Factor Uses and the Pattern of Specialization," Review of International Economics, 2008.

• Refereed Publications - Visual Analytics 
• Anya Savikhin, Hon Cheong Lam, Brian Fisher and David Ebert, "An Experimental Study of Financial Portfolio Selection with Visual Analytics for Decision Support," Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences (HICSS), 2011.
• Stephen Rudolph, Anya Savikhin and David S. Ebert, "FinVis: Applied Visual Analytics for Personal Financial Planning," IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2009.
• Anya Savikhin, Ross Maciejewski and David S. Ebert, "Applied Visual Analytics for Economic Decision-Making," IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2008.
  

• Other Publications
• Anya Savikhin, "The Application of Visual Analytics to Financial Decision-Making and Risk Management: Notes from Behavioral Economics," Financial Records and Information Management, Springer, Business and Economics Label, forthcoming.
  

• Job Market Papers
  
• [JMP1] "Visibility of Contributors and Cost of Information: An Experiment on Public Goods," with Roman Sheremeta, under review.
• [JMP2] "Is there a Gender Gap in Preschoolers' Competitiveness? An Experiment in the U.S."
  

• Working Papers
  
• "The Impact of Incentives and Educational Messages on Child Food Choice," with John List
• "An Experimental Study of Reputation with Heterogeneous Goods," under review.
• "Simultaneous Decision-Making in Competitive and Cooperative Environments," with Roman Sheremeta, under review.
• "Motivating Contributions in an Online Community: Rewards, Social Messages and Observation Cues," with Gerhard Klimeck, under review.
• "The Effect of Information and Recognition on Contest Bids," with Shakun Datta Mago and Roman Sheremeta.
• "An Experimental Study of Information Search with Interactive Technology," with Ji Soo Yi, Sung-Hee Kim and Inkyoung Hur.
• "The Effect of Interactive Visual Displays on Financial Decisions: An Experimental Study," with David S. Ebert.

• Selected Academic Grants
  
• Co-Investigator of Grant from the Cornell Center for Behavioral Economics in Child Nutrition Programs (BEN). Funding: $34,154. Title: Using Behavioral Economics to Improve Child Food Choice: The Impact of Informational Signals. (PI: John List), 2011-2012
• Co-Investigator of Grant from the Financial Literacy Center, Social Security Administration. Subaward Amount: $49,207. Title: 5 Steps to Financial Planning Success. (PIs: Annamaria Lusardi and Arie Kapteyn), 2010-2011.
• Co-Investigator of Grant from the Center for Financial Security at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Social Security Administration. Subaward Amount: $16,310. Title: Field Experiment of Financial Literacy Interventions. (PIs: Stephanie Moulton, Michael Collins), 2010-2011.
• Co-Investigator of Grant from the Science of Science of Innovation Policy, National Science Foundation. Funding: $376,984. Title: TLS: Applied Visual Analytics for Economic Decision Making. (PI: David Ebert), 2009-2012.
• Co-Investigator of Research Grant from the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics. Funding: $3,100. Title: An Expeirmental Study of Trust and Reputation with Differently-Valued Goods. (PI: Tim Cason).