Jay Corrigan joined Kenyon's Economics Department in 2002 after completing his Ph.D. at Iowa State University. His research focuses primarily on estimating the value consumers place on new product traits. Corrigan has estimated the premium American shoppers are willing to pay for "Fair Trade Certified" products, the value Filipino consumers place on genetically modified "golden rice", and the impact graphic warning labels have on the demand for cigarettes. Corrigan is also interested in environmental economics, the economics of the public sector, and pedagogical issues related to active classroom learning.

Areas of Expertise

Laboratory and field auction experiments, environmental and resource economics, agricultural economics, public sector economics

Education

Ph.D. Iowa State University
B.A. Grinnell College

Selected Publications

"Estimating the Impact of Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Cigarette Package Warning Labels and the Potential Added Impact of Plain Packaging: Evidence from Experimental Auctions Among Adult Smokers," with James Thrasher, Matthew Rousu, David Hammond, and Ashley Navarro, Health Policy, September 2011.

"The Pollution Game: A Classroom Exercise Comparing Emissions Taxes and Tradable Permits," Journal of Economic Education, January 2011.

"Comparing Open-Ended Choice Experiments and Experimental Auctions: An Application to Golden Rice," with Dinah Pura Depositario, Rudy Nayga, Ximing Wu, and Tiffany Laude, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 2009.

"Testing Whether Field Auction Experiments are Demand Revealing in Practice," with Matthew Rousu, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, August 2008.

"Posted Prices and Bid Affiliation: Evidence from Experimental Auctions," with Matthew Rousu, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, November 2006.

"The Effect of Initial Endowments in Experimental Auctions," with Matthew Rousu, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, May 2006.

"Local Residential Sorting and Public Goods Provision: A Classroom Demonstration," with Keith Brouhle, Rachel Croson, Martin Farnham, Selhan Garip, Luba Habodaszova, Laurie Johnson, Martin Johnson, and David Reiley, Journal of Economic Education, Fall 2005.

Courses Taught

ECON 101 Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 102 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 336 Environmental Economics
ECON 347 Economics of the Public Sector
ECON 397/497 Honors Seminar
ECON 440 Capstone Seminar in Public Policy