Sean M. Collins

Ph.D., Florida State University

• Microeconomics
• Financial Economics
• Experimental Economics

Dr. Collins is a Professor of Economics at Fordham University. In his research, he applies laboratory-based experimental methods to provide new insights into long-standing questions surrounding markets, microstructure, and decision-making under uncertainty. His work has posed a reconciliation of the classic “preference reversal” problem (Collins and James, 2015), offered an explanation for classic empirical market entry game results (Collins, James, Servátka, and Woods, 2017), expanded and refined a classic approach to understanding mispricing in financial markets (Collins and Brink, 2016), and made use of isomorphisms between new risk-elicitation procedures and auctions to decompose and isolate the effect of spatial representation (Collins and James, 2024). He teaches courses in microeconomics, financial economics, and ethics.

Journal Articles

Collins, S. M., & James, D. (2024). Hidden in plain sight: payoffs, probability, space, and time in isomorphic tasks. Games and Economic Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2024.03.005

Collins, S. M., James, D., Servátka, M., & Woods, D. (2017). Price-setting and attainment of equilibrium: posted offers versus an administered price. Games and Economic Behavior, 106, 277-293. doi:10.1016/j.geb.2017.10.012

Collins, S. M., & Brink, A. G. (2016). Fundamentals, momentum, and bubbles in experimental asset markets. Review of Behavioral Finance, 8(1), 17-38.  doi:10.1108/rbf-02-2014-0016

Collins, S. M., & James, D. (2015). Response mode and stochastic choice together explain preference reversals. Quantitative Economics, 6(3), 825-856. doi:10.3982/QE437

Collins, S. M., & Isaac, R. M. (2012). Holdout: existence, information, and contingent contracting. The Journal of Law and Economics, 55(4), 793-814. doi:10.1086/665830

Books and Book Chapters
Experiments in Financial Economics. Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 16. Edited by Sean M. Collins, R. Mark Isaac, and Douglas A. Norton. Bingley: Emerald Press, 2013.