Joyce E. Berg
Emeritus Professor in Accounting
Current Positions
- Emeritus Professor, Accounting
Education
- PhD in Accounting, University of Minnesota
- MBA, University of Minnesota
- BSB in Accounting, University of Minnesota
Research Interests
- Design of Incentive Systems
- Internet Markets and Market Design
- Prediction Markets
- Experimental Markets
- Iowa Electronic Markets
- Management Accounting
Selected Awards & Honors
- President's Award for Technology Innovation - University of Iowa, 2000
- Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year - University of Iowa Fraternity and Sorority Life Program, 2012
- Best Paper Award - Experimental Economics, Accounting and Society: Conference in Memory of John Dickhaut, 2012
- Pioneer Hi-Bred Research Fellow - Tippie College of Business, 2007
- Pioneer Hi-Bred Research Fellow - Tippie College of Business, 2006
- Pioneer Hi-Bred Research Fellow - Tippie College of Business, 2005
Selected Publications
- Berg, J. E. & Rietz, T. (2019). Longshots, Overconfidence, and Efficiency on the Iowa Electronic Market. International Journal of Forecasting. 35 (1) pp. 271-287.
- Berg, J. E., Penney, C. E., & Rietz, T. A. (2015). Partisan Politics and Political Prospects: Evidence from the Iowa Electronic Markets. PS: Political Science & Politics. 48 (4) pp. 573-578.
- Berg, J. E. & Rietz, T. A. (2014). Market Design, Manipulation and Accuracy in Political Prediction Markets: Lessons from the Iowa Electronic Markets. PS: Political Science & Politics. 47 (2) pp. 293-296.
- Berg, J. E., Rietz, T. A., & Dickhaut, J. (2013). The “Play-Out” Effect and Preference Reversals: Evidence for Noisy Maximization. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 94 pp. 160-171.
- Ramchandran, K., Nayakankuppam, D., Berg, J. E., Tranel, D., & Denburg, N. L. (2011). Market mechanisms protect the vulnerable brain. Neuropsychologia. 49 (9) pp. 2533-2540.
- Berg, J. E., Geweke, J. F., & Rietz, T. A. (2010). Memoirs of an Indifferent Trader: Estimating Forecast Distributions from Prediction Markets. Quantitative Economics. 1 (1) pp. 163.
- Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J., & Rietz, T. A. (2010). Preference Reversals: The Impact of Truth-Revealing Monetary Incentives. Games and Economic Behavior. 68 (2) pp. 443-468.
- Berg, J. E., Neumann, G. R., & Rietz, T. A. (2009). Searching for Google's Value: Using Prediction Markets to Forecast Market Capitalization Prior to an Initial Public Offering. Management Science. 55 (3) pp. 348-361.
- Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J. W., & Kanodia, C. (2009). The Role of Information Asymmetry in Escalation Phenomena: Empirical Evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 69 (2) pp. 135-147.
- Berg, J. E., Dickhaut, J., & Rietz, T. A. (2008). On the Performance of the Lottery Procedure for Controlling Risk Preferences In Handbook of Results in Experimental Economics. (Vols. 1) pp. 1087-1097.
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Berg, J. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Rietz, T., Berg, J., Gruca, T., & Forsythe, R. Active Learning in Undergraduate Education Using the Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM). National Science Foundation (NSF). Funded. January 2000 - December 2003.
- Berg, J. (Co-Principal), Principal Investigator(s): Rietz, T., Berg, J., Gruca, T., & Forsythe, R. Enhancing Economic Literacy Through the Iowa Electronic Market. United States Department of Education. January 1997 - December 2000.
Working Papers
- Berg, J. E. & Rietz, T. A. (2013). Do Unto Others: A Theory and Experimental Test of Interpersonal Factors in Decision Making Under Uncertainty.