Currently
I am
continuing work on my PhD in the Economics
Department at the University
of California, San Diego.
Teaching:
I am a TA
for Econ 120C, Introductory Economics
Section
Meetings: Fridays 9-10am in PCY 109
Spring 2008
Office Hours: Fridays 1-3pm in Sequoyah 228
Research:
My research
interests include public, behavioral and experimental economics.
Currently I am working the perception of streaks in NBA shooting data
(tentatively titled “Beliefs, Actions and the Hot Hand Hypothesis,”
working paper should be up mid-April. I
also have an experimental project examining how subjects respond to signal
strength. In the field of public
economics, my focus is on charitable giving and savings behavior. My advisor is
James "Dr J" Andreoni.
Links
UCSD
Graduate Student Research Seminar – a seminar which I run that
features UCSD graduates student’s research in progress. Email me if
you’d like to present. The seminar meets weekly on Fridays from 10-11am
in Seq Hall 244.
Bagels and coffee are served.
Economics
Laboratory – our microeconomic laboratory, the lab director is James Andreoni, I am the lab manager. Experiments are run every quarter, if
you’d like to volunteer for future studies visit the Econlab
website.
Addresses
Email:
jmrao@ucsd.edu
Office:
Sequoyah 228
Mailing:
Justin Rao,
9500 Gilman Dr.
Intramural Sports
The dept regularly
participates in intramural sports, here is a list of
our recent results:
Winter 2008
Men’s Soccer: Team, Joel Watson Experience (Watson is the dept chair)
Record - 0-5
Spring 2007 Men’s Softball: Team, Pablos Record – 0-6
Spring 2007 Men's Indoor Soccer: Team - Seq United Record 3-2
Spring 2007 Coed Soccer: Team - Invisible Hands Record 4-1
Winter 2007
Men’s Soccer: Team – Sequoyah United Record 5-2
Fall 2006 Flag Football: Team – Granger’s Gunners Record 0-5
Spring 2006 Men's Team Tennis: Team - Legion of Doom Record 3-2
Fall 2005 Coed Team Tennis: Team - Legion of Doom Record 1-4