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- S260 Pappajohn Business Building (PBB)
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Positions
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Professor of Finance
Tippie College of Business
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Department Executive Officer, Finance
Henry B. Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa
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Board of Directors
University of Iowa Strategic Initiatives Fund
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Research Affiliate
Economic Science Institute, Chapman University
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Fellow
TIAA-CREF Research Institute
Education
- PhD in Economics, The University of Iowa, 1988
- BA in Economics, University of Northern Iowa, 1983
Areas of Interest
- Behavioral Finance
- Experimental Economics and Finance
- Experimental Markets and Game Theory
Professional Development
- Training/Development Program (Leadership), BUILD (Building University of Iowa Leadership for Diversity) Certification, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, January 2019.
- Training/Development Program (Leadership), LGBTQ Save Zone Certification, University of Iowa, Iowa City, January 2019.
Selected Awards & Honors
- 2017 Tippie MBA Finance Professor of the Year, Tippie MBAA, 2017
- 2016 Tippie MBA Finance Professor of the Year, Tippie MBAA, 2016
- Best Paper Award, Experimental Economics, Accounting and Society: A Conference in Memory of John Dickhaut, Chapman University, January, 2012., 2012
- Best Paper by a Young Researcher Award, Experimental Economics, Accounting and Society: A Conference in Memory of John Dickhaut, Chapman University, January, 2012., 2012
- Undergraduate Leadership Council Student's Choice Award for Faculty Excellence Nominee, 2007
- Delta Sigma Pi, Faculty member of the Month Award, November, 2006
- Collegiate Teaching Award, University of Iowa, 1998
- State of Iowa House of Representatives Certificate of Recognition, State of Iowa House of Representatives, 1998
- Old Gold Summer Fellowship, Univeristy of Iowa, 1997
- J.L. Kellogg Research Professorship, Northwestern University, 1992
Selected Publications
- The 2020 (Re)Election According to the Iowa Electronic Markets: Politics, Pandemic, Recession and/or Protests?. (Vols. Early Access). (October 2020), pp. 1-5. Cambridge: PS: Political Science & Politics. & (2020).
- Longshots, Overconfidence and Efficiency on the Iowa Electronic Market. International Journal of Forecasting 35 271-287. & (2019).
- Trust, Reciprocity and Rules. Economic Inquiry 53 (3) 1526-1542. , , & (2018).
- Partisan Politics and Political Prospects: Evidence from the Iowa Electronic Markets. PS: Political Science & Politics 48 (4) 573-578. , & (2015).
- Mining Causal Topics in Text Data: Iterative Topic Modeling with Time Series Feedback. pp. 885-890. WSDM '13 The fifth ACM international conference on Web search and data mining. , , , , & (2013).
- Experimental Economics, Accounting and Society: In Memory of John Dickhaut. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 94 125-129. , & (2013).
- The “Play-Out” Effect and Preference Reversals: Evidence for Noisy Maximization. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 94 160-171. , & (2013).
- Transparency, Efficiency and the Distribution of Economic Welfare in Pass-Through Investment Trust Games. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 94 257-267. , , & (2013).
- InCaToMi: Integrative Causal Topic Miner Between Textual and Non-textual Time Series Data. pp. 2689-2691. Proceedings of the The 21st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. , , , , , & (2012).
- Can Portfolio Selection be Improved in Practice? Observations from Experimental Behavioral Finance. TIAA-CREF Trends and Issues 1-12. & (2010).
Selected Presentations
- Ownership Structure, Reputation Crises and Recovery: Theory and Experiment. Conference Presentation presented at American Finance Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. , & (2021, January)
- The (Re)Election of 2020: Current Events and Historical Perspectives from the Iowa Electronic Market. Panel presented at American Political Science Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, California. & (2020, September)
- Ownership Structure, Reputation Crises and Recovery: Theory and Experiment. Conference Presentation presented at North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Seattle, Washington. , & (2019, June)
- The Effect of Default Target Date Funds on Retirement Savings Allocations. Conference Presentation presented at TIAA Institute Fellows Conference, New York, New York. , , & (2019, June)
- Finance for non-financial managers in health care. Invited Lecture presented at Leadership Development Program, Iowa City, Iowa. (2019, March)
- Valuing a New Product. Oral presented at Seminar, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (2018, March)
- Behavioral Finance. Lecture presented at Tippie MBA Finance Career Academy, Iowa City. (2016, November)
- Asset Allocation: Experiment and Field Data. Oral presented at 2016 TIAA-CREF Fellows Symposium, New York, New York. , , , & (2016, June)
- Offering vs. Choice in Retirement Plans: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Investment Menus with Traditional and Life-Cycle Mutual Funds. Oral presented at University of Iowa Economics Department Alumni Conference, Iowa City, Iowa. , , & (2016, April)
- Offering vs. Choice in Retirement Plans: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Investment Menus with Traditional and Life-Cycle Mutual Funds. Oral presented at 2015 Fellows Symposium: Retirement Benefits for a 21st Cenury Workforce, New York, New York. , , & (2015, October)
Selected Grants & Contracts
- Rietz, Thomas A (Co-Principal), McDonald, Robert (Co-Principal), Richardson, David (Co-Principal), Kam, Tai (Co-Principal) Heterogeneity, Financial Literacy and Asset Allocation: A Study using Experimental and Field Data. Sponsored by TIAA-CREF Institute. Funded. September 1, 2014 - June 30, 2016.
- Rietz, Thomas A (Co-Principal), Noe, Thomas H. (Co-Principal), Rebello, Michael J. (Co-Principal) Firm Reputation Formation and Redemption: Theory and Experiment. Sponsored by The Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation. Funded. September 1, 2009 - August 1, 2015.
- McDonald, Robert L., Rietz, Thomas A (Co-Principal) Star Rankings and Optimal Asset Allocation: An Experimental Study. Sponsored by TIAA-CREF Research Institute. Funded. September 1, 2009 - August 1, 2012.
- Rietz, Thomas A (Co-Principal), Berg, Joyce E (Co-Principal), Gruca, Thomas S (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Robert (Co-Principal) Active Learning in Undergraduate Education Using the Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM). Sponsored by National Science Foundation. Funded. January 1, 2000 - January 1, 2003.
- Rietz, Thomas A (Co-Principal), Berg, Joyce E (Co-Principal), Gruca, Thomas S (Co-Principal), Forsythe, Robert (Co-Principal) Enhancing Economic Literacy Through the Iowa Electronic Market. Sponsored by U.S. Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education. January 1, 1997 - January 1, 2000.
Professional Service
- Montessori School of Iowa City; Board of Trustees, Board Membership, Nonprofit, August 2017.
- Montessori School of Iowa City; Board of Trustees, Board Membership, Nonprofit, June 2011 - August 2011.
Editorial & Review Activities
- American Economic Review, Referee.
- American Journal of Political Science, Referee.
- Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom, Referee.
- Economic Letters, Referee.
- Electronic Markets, Referee.
- Experimental Economics, Referee.
- Games and Economic Behavior, Referee.
- Interfaces, Referee.
- Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Special Issue Guest Editor, Other.
- Journal of Politics, Referee.