Curriculum Vitae

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Office Mailing Address:
Box 208200
135 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06520-8200
E-mail address: keith.chen@yale.edu
Office Phone:
203 432-6049
Office Fax: 203 432-6974

Education:
   Bachelors of Science with honors in Mathematics; Stanford University, 1998
      Thesis: Non-Archimedean Probabilities and the Foundations of Rationality

   Ph.D. Harvard University Department of Economics, 2003
      Thesis: Bargaining Behind Bars: Peer and Strategic Interactions in Theory and Data

Current Position:
   Associate Professor of Economics: Yale School of Management, Cowles Foundation, & Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Research Fields:
   Primary Fields: Behavioral & Experimental Economics and Applied Microeconomics
   Secondary Fields: The Micro-foundations of Preferences and Biases

Teaching Fields:
   Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Bargaining and Negotiations

Grants and Awards:
   2008: American Law and Economics Review Distinguished Article Prize of 2008
   2006-present: National Science Foundation research grant
   2006-2007: Behavioral economics research grant, Russell Sage Foundation
   2005-2007: Neuroeconomics; Whitebox Advisors Research Grant, Yale ICF, Behavioral Finance Initiative
   2004-2006: Capuchin Research; Whitebox Advisors Research Grant, Yale ICF, Behavioral Finance Initiative
   2004: Behavioral Economics Field-Study Research Grant, Yale Institution for Social and Policy Studies

Research, Professional, and Other Activities:
   2004-present: Referee for the:
      American Economic Review, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the RAND Journal of Economics.
   2003-present: Research Associate, Cowles Foundation
   1999-2003: Resident Tutor of economics in Cabot House, Harvard University
   1996-98: Stanford University Psychology Department,
      Primary Researcher for cross-cultural social justice survey
   1996-98: Raced on the national-championship Stanford cycling team

Teaching Experience:
   2005-present: Behavioral Economics and Strategy; Yale School of Management
   2004-present: Negotiating Strategy; Yale School of Management
   2003-present: Economic Analysis; Core course, Yale School of Management
   2000-02: Preparatory math course for graduate students, Harvard Department of Economics
   2000-02: Preparatory math course for graduate students, Harvard Business School

External Presentations, 2004-Present:
   SQA Neurofinance Conference (5-30-08)
   American Bar Association, Behavioral Economics and Ethical Decision Making (5-29-08)

   Mind, Brain, and Society Conference, Todai-Yale Universities (4-25-08)
   Cornell University, Economics Department Seminar (4-11-08)
   The Institute for Quantitative Research in Finance (4-1-08)
   Cornell University, Behavioral Economics and Decision Research Workshop (1-29-08)
   Cornell University, Behavioral Economics Seminar (10-23-07)
   Yale School of Public Health (9-17-07)
   NBER Law and Economics Summer Institute (7-26-07)
   Yale ISPS (4-24-07)
   Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (4-03-07)
   Wesleyan University, Economics Seminar (10-11-06)
   New York University, IO Day (9-15-06)
   University of California Berkeley, Summer Institute in Competitive Strategy (6-29-06)
   Carnegie Mellon Decision Sciences Seminar (2-28-06)
   Wharton Decision Processes Seminar (11-21-05)
   University of California Berkeley, Psychology and Economics Seminar (10-18-05)
   University of Chicago, Applications of Economics Workshop (4-11-05)
   Yale Law School Law, Economics and Organizations Seminar (4-7-05)
   University of Connecticut, Anthropology Seminar (2-10-05)
   Brown, Applied-Microeconomics Seminar (9-23-04)
   Caltech, Neuroscience Seminar (5-13-04)
   University of California San Diego, Applied-Microeconomics Seminar (5-12-04)

Papers:
   For my latest papers, abstracts, and drafts, please see my Papers page.