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- Degree: Ph.D.
- Year: 2002
- Institution and Location
  University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
- Major Discipline
  Economics and Agricultural & Applied Economics
- Degree: M.P.A.
- Year: 1993
- Institution and Location
  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- Major Discipline
  Economics and Public Policy
- Degree: B.A,
- Year: 1987
- Institution and Location
  University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL
- Major Discipline
  French

Ragan Petrie

Professor, Department of Economics

Department(s): Department of Economics
Campus: Texas A&M University

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Phone: 979-845-4593
E-mail: rpetrie@tamu.edu

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Research Topic(s)

Energy economics; Behavioral economics; Field experiments; Public economics; Individual decision making; Risk attitudes; Time preferences; Gender; Behavioral changes in energy usage; Interaction of information on behavior; Behavioral incentives

Research Summary

Ragan Petrie is an applied microeconomist who uses field and behavioral experiments to research topics in public and labor economics, especially as they relate to behavioral aspects of decision-making. She has worked on topics such as understanding what motivates individuals to give to charity, the economic preferences of children and how they relate to educational outcomes, behavioral choices in energy usage with real-time information on usage and monetary incentives, and gender differences in bargaining and competition. Much of her field research has included partnerships with nonprofits, private foundations, state government, and business.

Professional Background

2018-Present	Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2018-2022	Cornerstone Faculty Fellow in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
2018-Present	Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
2017-Present	Elton Lewis Faculty Fellowship in Liberal Arts, Texas A&M University
2017-2018	Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
2016-2018	Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Texas A&M University
2016-Present	Faculty, Economic Research Laboratory, Texas A&M University
2013 Fall	Visiting Scholar, Rady School of Management and Department of Economics, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA
2013 Spring	Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, New York University, New York, NY
2009-2016	Associate Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2009-2016	Faculty, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, George Mason University
2008 Fall	Visiting Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), George Mason University
2007 Fall	Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2002-2009	Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA

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