Glenn Dutcher

Glenn Dutcher

Associate Professor
Economics

Research and Teaching Interests
Microeconomics, Applied Game Theory, Labor/Personnel Economics, Behavioral Economics,
Experimental Economics, Innovation and Creativity, Health Economics

Dr. Dutcher received his PhD in Economics in 2011 from Florida State University. His research focuses on
monetary and non-monetary factors affecting decisions, utilizing insights from game theory and
behavioral economics. His current NIH-funded project examines the decision-making processes of
transplant surgeons and nephrologists to understand better how policy can improve the efficiency of
the transplantation system.

Education

  • The Florida State University, Ph.D. in Economics, August 2011.
  • The Florida State University, M.A. Economics, 2010
  • The University of Central Missouri, BS in Economics with a minor in Business Administration, 2006.

Recent Publications:

  • Blanco, E., Dutcher, E. G., & Haller, T. (2020). Social dilemmas with public and private insurance against losses. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 180, 924-937.
  • Dutcher, E. G., & Rodet, C. S. (2020). Learning by Doing What? A Critical Analysis of Organizational Learning-by-Doing. A Critical Analysis of Organizational Learning-by-Doing (October 16, 2020).
  • Dutcher, E. G., Green, E. P., & Kaplan, B. (2020). Using Behavioral Economics to Increase Transplantation Through Commitments to Donate. Transplantation, 104(12), 2467-2468.
  • Angerer, S., Dutcher, E. G., Glätzle-Rützler, D., Lergetporer, P., & Sutter, M. (2021). The formation of risk preferences through small-scale events (No. 2021-24). Working Papers in Economics and Statistics.
  • Dutcher, E. G., & Rodet, C. S. (2021). Remotely Creative? What Happens When Creative Teams Work Apart? 1. What Happens When Creative Teams Work Apart, 1.
  • Dutcher, G. (2021). Financial Times Quotes Dutcher on Creativity and Serendipitous Conversations. Financial Times, 1, 20-2021.
  • Dutcher, E. G., & Rodet, C. S. (2021). Learning by doing what? Learning and knowledge transfer in the creative domain. Working paper.
  • Dutcher, G. E., Oexl, R., Ryvkin, D., & Salmon, T. (2021). Competitive versus cooperative incentives in team production with heterogeneous agents (No. 2021-26). Working Papers in Economics and Statistics.
  • Dutcher, G., & Rodet, C. S. (2022). Which two heads are better than one? Uncovering the positive effects of diversity in creative teams. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 31(4), 884-897.
  • Dutcher, G., & Rodet, C. S. (2022). Creative capital generation: The role of diverse teams, Experience and Communication. Experience and Communication.
  • Dutcher, G., & Saral, K. (2022). Remote work and team productivity.
  • Dutcher, E. G., & Saral, K. J. (2024). Revenue-Sharing Teams with Remote Workers (No. w33321). National Bureau of Economic Research.
  • Dutcher, E. G., Salmon, T. C., & Saral, K. J. (2024). Is “real” effort more real?. Experimental Economics, 27(5), 1001-1032.
  • Green, E., Dutcher, E. G., Schold, J. D., & Stewart, D. (2025). The dynamics of deceased donor kidney transplant decision making: insights from studying individual clinicians’ offer decisions. American Journal of Transplantation.
  • Glenn Dutcher, E., Oexl, R., Ryvkin, D., & Salmon, T. C. (2025). Do competitive bonuses ruin cooperation in heterogeneous teams?. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 34(1), 67-101.

Working Papers

  • Surgeon and Center-Level Variation in Kidney Transplant Offer Decision-Making with Ellen P. Green, Darren Stewart, and Jesse Schold  (r&r at American Journal of Transplantation)
  • The impact of beliefs on effort in telecommuting teams. with Krista Jabs Saral the Economic Journal (revisions requested)
  • Linking Doctors’ Hypothetical with Retrospective Choices on Deceased Donor Kidney Offers. with Ellen P. Green, Darren Stewart, and Jesse Schold
  • Creative capital generation: the role of diverse teams, experience, and communication. with Cortney Rodet.
  • The formation of risk preferences through small-scale events. with Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer and Matthias Sutter
  • Remotely Creative? What happens when creative teams work apart? With Cortney Rodet.
  • The role of ability and cheating in shaping contest outcomes. with Daniela Glätzle-Rützler and Dmitry Ryvkin.
  • Consistency in Group Bias. with Anna Rita Bennato and Regine Oexl
  • Economic instability and discrimination. with Anna Rita Bennato and Regine Oexl
  • Productivity effects of discrimination in the workplace. An experiment on identity, favoritism, and
  • work effort.

Grants – Awarded

  • 2024-2028 – Co-I, R01, four-year grant ~$1.8 million: Heterogeneity in decisions to accept or reject deceased donor kidneys. National Institute of Health and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The initial review placed us in the top 14% with a score of 27. The grant has been awarded and is pending budget approval.
  • 2023 – 2024 – Co-I $15,000 ESRD patient beliefs about dialysis and kidney transplantation. OURC/Baker Funds. Awarded, but declined due to moving to UNC Charlotte
  • 2021 – Co-I, $449,864 Uncovering Behavioral Biases in Accepting and Rejecting Deceased Kidneys: Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce the Discard Rate of Viable Kidneys. National Institute of Health and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.
  • 2020 – Co-PI 2896€ (~$3415) The impact of economic uncertainty on discriminatory behavior, EECON, University of Innsbruck
  • 2020 $17,902 grant to study behavioral biases in accepting and rejecting deceased kidneys –competitive JumpStart grant Arizona State University
  • 2017 Co-PI of a $8,000 to study how creative and non-creative tasks are learned – Ohio University Research Committee Grant.
  • 2016 Co-PI of a 2,400 € grant to study help or sabotage in heterogeneous teams – Hypo Tirol Bank Research Promotion Award
  • 2014 – Co-PI of a 10,570 € (~$14,300) grant to study deception and sabotage in tournaments –Tiroler Wissenschaftfonds
  • 2014 – Co-PI of a 5,000 CHF (~$5,000) grant to study the effects telecommuting has on team productivity – Webster University, Geneva, Switzerland 2011 – 2012
  • 2012 – Co-PI of a $4150 grant to better understand the potential causes of aid failure – Level II, The University of Central Missouri 2010 – 2012
  • 2012 – Co-PI of a 2,500 € (~$3,400) grant to study the causes and effects of cheating resulting from selection into contests – Hypo Tirol Bank Research Promotion Award

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