Overview
Background
Dr Zachary Breig received his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2017 and is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Economics. He is a member of UQ's Centre for Unified Behavioural and Economic Sciences and is the manager of the CUBES laboratory.
Dr Breig specialises in the fields of behavioural economics, game theory, and decision theory. His research has been published in the Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Letters, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Availability
- Dr Zachary Breig is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, San Diego
Works
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2025
Other Outputs
Data : Heuristics and Biases in Home Care Package Resource Allocation
Kenny, Danelle, Comans, Tracy and Breig, Zachary (2025). Data : Heuristics and Biases in Home Care Package Resource Allocation. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b2b5de7
2025
Journal Article
Decisions, decisions: observations of resource allocation under consumer-directed care
Kenny, Danelle, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Breig, Zachary, Friesen, Lana and Comans, Tracy (2025). Decisions, decisions: observations of resource allocation under consumer-directed care. Healthcare, 13 (5) 516, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/healthcare13050516
2024
Journal Article
Revealing risky mistakes through revisions
Breig, Zachary and Feldman, Paul (2024). Revealing risky mistakes through revisions. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 68 (3), 227-254. doi: 10.1007/s11166-024-09429-3
2023
Journal Article
Heuristics, biases, and decisions in resource allocation for home care packages under consumer directed care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis
Kenny, Danelle, Nguyen, Kim-Huong, Friesen, Lana, Breig, Zachary and Comans, Tracy (2023). Heuristics, biases, and decisions in resource allocation for home care packages under consumer directed care: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023 4157055, 1-16. doi: 10.1155/2023/4157055
2022
Journal Article
Repeated contracting without commitment
Breig, Zachary (2022). Repeated contracting without commitment. Journal of Economic Theory, 204 105514, 105514. doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2022.105514
2021
Journal Article
Agency breadth and political influence
Breig, Zachary and Downey, Mitch (2021). Agency breadth and political influence. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 188, 253-268. doi: 10.1016/j.jebo.2021.05.009
2020
Journal Article
Prediction and model selection in experiments
Breig, Zachary (2020). Prediction and model selection in experiments. Economic Record, 96 (313) 1475-4932.12533, 153-176. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12533
2019
Journal Article
Endogenous and exogenous commitment
Breig, Zachary (2019). Endogenous and exogenous commitment. Economics Letters, 183 108577, 108577. doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108577
2019
Other Outputs
Why Do We Procrastinate? Present Bias and Optimism
Breig, Zachary, Gibson, Matthew and Shrader, Jeffrey (2019). Why Do We Procrastinate? Present Bias and Optimism. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.3445511
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence, Information and Communication in Financial Markets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shino Takayama
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Doctor Philosophy
Heuristics and Biases in Budgeting Decisions for Home Care Packages Under Consumer-Directed Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Len Gray, Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen, Professor Tracy Comans
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Essays on Information and Financial Markets
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shino Takayama
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Three Essays on Industrial Organisation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Vera te Velde, Professor Claudio Mezzetti, Dr Heiko Gerlach
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