Professor, Economics

Department Executive Officer, Economics

Tippie-Rollins Chair in Economics, Economics

PhD, Princeton University

Experimental Economics

Entrepreneurship

Managerial Decision Making

Brandts, J. & Cooper, D. J. (In Press). (2023). Managerial Leadership, Truth-Telling, and Efficient Coordination. Economic Journal.

Cooper, D., Fatas, E., Morales, A. J., & Qi, S. (2024). The Types They Are a-Changin': An Experimental Study of Persistence of Types in Level-k Models. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. 16 (4) pp. 40-76.

Cooper, D. & Kagel, J. H. (2023). Using Team Discussions to Understand Behavior in IRPD Games. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. 15 (4) pp. 114-145. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20210012.

Cooper, D., Saral, K. J., & Villeval, M. (2021). Why Join a Team. Management Science. 67 (11) pp. 6980-6997. DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3817.

Cooper, D. & Hamman, J. (In Press). (2021). Leadership and Delegation of Authority In The Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Villeval, M. C. & Zimmerman, H. (Eds.) Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_122-1.

Cooper, D. & Saral, K. J. (In Press). (2021). Do Entrepreneurs Exhibit Different Preferences than Non-entrepreneurs? A Behavioral Economics Perspective In The Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag.

Cooper, D., Hamman, J. R., & Weber, R. A. (2020). Managing Social Credibility: An Experiment on Leadership and Coordination. Economic Journal. 130 pp. 2105 - 213. DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueaa059.

Professor, Economics, University of Iowa

Associate Editor, Management Science, August 2024.

Co-Editor, Economic Theory, October 2021.

Co-Editor, Economic Theory Bulletin, October 2021.

Editorial Board Member, Games and Economic Behavior, January 2017.