David Gill
James Brooke Henderson Professor
Economics
Education
D.Phil., Economics, University of Oxford
Journal Articles
- Gill, D. & Knepper, Z. & Prowse, V. & Zhou, J. (2024). "How cognitive skills affect strategic behavior: Cognitive ability, fluid intelligence and judgment." Games and Economic Behavior | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2024). "The creativity premium: Exploring the link between childhood creativity and life outcomes." Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Rosokha, Y. (2024). "Beliefs, learning, and personality in the indefinitely repeated prisoner's dilemma." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2023). "Strategic complexity and the value of thinking." Economic Journal | Related Website |
- Fe, E. & Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2022). "Cognitive skills, strategic sophistication, and life outcomes." Journal of Political Economy | Related Website |
- Clark, D. & Gill, D. & Prowse, V. & Rush, M. (2020). "Using goals to motivate college students: Theory and evidence from field experiments." Review of Economics and Statistics | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Kissova, Z. & Lee, J. and Prowse, V. (2019). "First-place loving and last-place loathing: How rank in the distribution of performance affects effort provision." Management Science | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2019). "Measuring costly effort using the slider task." Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2016). "Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium: A level-k analysis." Journal of Political Economy | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Thanassoulis, J. (2016). "Competition in posted prices with stochastic discounts." Economic Journal | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Stone, R. (2015). "Desert and inequity aversion in teams." Journal of Public Economics | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2014). "Gender differences and dynamics in competition: The role of luck." Quantitative Economics | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. & Vlassopoulos, M. (2013). "Cheating in the workplace: An experimental study of the impact of bonuses and productivity." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Prowse, V. (2012). "A structural analysis of disappointment aversion in a real effort competition." American Economic Review | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Sgroi, D. (2012). "The optimal choice of pre-launch reviewer." Journal of Economic Theory | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Stone, R. (2010). "Fairness and desert in tournaments." Games and Economic Behavior | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Thanassoulis, J. (2009). "The impact of bargaining on markets with price takers: Too many bargainers spoil the broth." European Economic Review | Related Website |
- Gill, D. (2008). "Strategic disclosure of intermediate research results." Journal of Economics and Management Strategy | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Sgroi, D. (2008). "Sequential decisions with tests." Games and Economic Behavior | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Lipsmeyer, C. (2005). "Soft money and hard choices: Why political parties might legislate against soft money donations." Public Choice | Related Website |
- Gill, D. & Sgroi, D. (2004). "Sequential decision-making and asymmetric equilibria: An application to takeovers." B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics | Related Website |
New Framework Shows How Theory-Of-Mind Ability in Childhood Affects Adult Outcomes
Understanding the relationship between childhood cognitive skills and adult outcomes has important implications for policymakers, educators, and even parents who strive to get their kids through school well-prepared to launch a successful career, professors Victoria Prowse and David Gill show.
Full story: New Framework Shows How Theory-Of-Mind Ability in Childhood Affects Adult Outcomes
Research Examines How Creativity Pays Off
Victoria Prowse and David Gill examine a study that has followed almost every individual born in the UK in March 1958 throughout their life and shows that their creativity as children predicts their success later in life.