Associate Professor
Department of Economics
Weatherhead School of Management
Research Affiliate
Economic Science Institute
Associate Fellow
Purdue University Teaching Academy
Roman Sheremeta, Ph.D., is an associate professor of economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University and a research affiliate at the Economic Science Institute at Chapman University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from Purdue University and is a recipient of many research and teaching awards, including the 2018 Smith Ascending Scholar Prize, as well as multiple grants, including the National Science Foundation and the Max Planck Institute grants. Sheremeta was listed as a Top Economic Thinker of Ukrainian descent by Forbes in 2015, a top-rated young economist in the world according to the IDEAS ranking in 2018, and recognized as the Best 40 Under 40 Professors by Poets and Quants in 2019.
His research has been published in more than 60 leading scholarly journals in economics, business, psychology, and political science, and featured in a variety of popular media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, NBC News, NPR, and Science Daily. The focus of his research is in experimental economics and game theory, with applications to behavioral economics, conflict resolution, industrial organization, labor economics, and public economics. Sheremeta has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Economic Psychology, Games, and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Since his appointment at the Weatherhead School of Management in 2013, Sheremeta has taught courses on negotiation, managerial economics, behavioral economics, game theory, and microeconomics. He received a mentoring award from the Wolstein Society in 2015 and the Weatherhead Emerging Impact Award in 2015 and 2019.
Initially Appointed: 2013
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
- Experimental Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Game Theory
- Microeconomics
- Managerial Economics
- Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Courses Taught
Economics for Managers
Economics of Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Game Theory: The Economics of Thinking Strategically
Office Hours
By Appointment Only
Research Information
Research Interests
- Experimental Economics
- Behavioral Economics
- Conflict, Conflict Resolution
- Game Theory
- Industrial Organization
- Public Economics
- Labor Economics
Awards and Honors
Emerging Impact Award
2019
Weatherhead School of Management
Best 40 Under 40 Professors
2019
Poets & Quants
Vernon L. Smith Ascending Scholar Prize
2018
IFREE
Outstanding Reviewer
2015
Elsevier
Top Economic Thinkers
2015
Forbes
Emerging Impact Award
2015
Weatherhead School of Management
Recognition for Mentorship
2015
Wolstein Society
Top Economic Thinkers
2014
Forbes Ukraine
Certificate of Teaching Recognition
2012
Alpha Kappa Psi
Best Paper by a Young Researcher Award
2012
The John Dickhaut Conference
Outstanding Instruction Professor
2011
Chapman University
Associate Fellow
2009
Purdue University Teaching Academy
Award for Distinguished Teaching
2009
Krannert School of Management
Doctoral Student Service Award
2008
Krannert School of Management
Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Teaching
2008
Purdue University
Graduate Teacher Certificate
2008
Purdue University
Robert W. Johnson Award for Distinguished Research Proposal
2007
Purdue University
Award for Distinguished Teaching
2007
Krannert School of Management
Recognition for Teaching Excellence
2007
Krannert School of Management
Award for Distinguished Teaching
2006
Krannert School of Management
Recognition for Teaching Excellence
2006
Krannert School of Management
Recognition for Teaching Excellence
2004
Krannert School of Management
Award for Outstanding Research
2003
National Technical University
External Appointments
- Econometric Society. 2012 - Present
- European Economic Association. 2010 - Present
- Western Economic Association International. 2010 - Present
- American Economic Association. 2009 - Present
- Economic Science Association. 2008 - Present
- Editor, Guest/Special Issue, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018 - 2019
- Editor, Guest/Special Issue, Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017 - 2018
- Editor, Guest/Special Issue, Games, 2017
- Faculty Advisor, Public Speaking Club, 2016 - Present
- Editor, Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013 - 2018
Publications
- Majerczyk, M., Sheremeta, R., Tian, Y. (2019).
Adding Tournament to Tournament: Combining Between-Team and Within-Team Incentives (vol. 166, pp. 1-11). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Sheremeta, R. (2019).
The Attack and Defense Games (vol. 42, pp. 41-43). Behavioral and Brain Sciences. - Deck, C., Sheremeta, R. (2019).
The Tug-of-War in the Laboratory (vol. 60, pp. 1-12). European Journal of Political Economy. - Kovenock, D., Roberson, B., Sheremeta, R. (2019).
The Attack and Defense of Weakest-Link Networks (vol. 179, pp. 175-194). Public Choice. - Mago, S., Sheremeta, R. (2019).
New Hampshire Effect: Behavior in Sequential and Simultaneous Multi-Battle Contest (vol. 22, pp. 325-349). Experimental Economics. - Sheremeta, R. (2018).
Behavior in Group Contests: A Review of Experimental Research (vol. 32, pp. 683-704). Journal of Economic Surveys. - Rubin , J., Samek, A., Sheremeta, R. (2018).
Loss Aversion and the Quantity-Quality Tradeoff (vol. 21, pp. 292-315). Experimental Economics. - Rietz, T., Schniter , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2018).
Trust, Reciprocity and Rules (vol. 56, pp. 1526-1542). Economic Inquiry. - Clingingsmith, D., Sheremeta, R. (2018).
Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: Experimental Evidence on Conspicuous Consumption (vol. 21, pp. 877-904). Experimental Economics. - Ke, C., Page, L., Sheremeta, R. (2017).
Economics and Psychology of Contests Journal of Economic Psychology. - Caldara, M., McBride, M., McCarter, M., Sheremeta, R. (2017).
A Study of the Triggers of Conflict and Emotional Reactions (vol. 137, pp. 445-456). Games. - Cason , T., Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2017).
Asymmetric and Endogenous Within-Group Communication in Competitive Coordination Games (vol. 20, pp. 946-972). Experimental Economics. - Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2017).
Deception and Reception: The Behavior of Information Providers and Users (vol. 137, pp. 445-456). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Samek, A., Sheremeta, R. (2017).
Selective Recognition: How to Recognize Donors to Increase Charitable Giving (vol. 55, pp. 1489-1496). Economic Inquiry. - Mago, S., Sheremeta, R. (2017).
Multi-Battle Contests: An Experimental Study (vol. 84, pp. 407-425). Southern Economic Journal. - Sheremeta, R. (2016).
The Pros and Cons of Workplace Tournaments (vol. 302, pp. 1-10). IZA World of Labor. - Rubin, J., Sheremeta, R. (2016).
Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks (vol. 62, pp. 985-999). Management Science. - Samek, A., Sheremeta, R. (2016).
When Identifying Contributors is Costly: An Experiment on Public Goods (vol. 82, pp. 801-808). Southern Economic Journal. - Kydd , A., Holt, C., Razzolini, L., Sheremeta, R. (2016).
The Paradox of Misaligned Profiling: Theory and Experimental Evidence (vol. 60, pp. 482-500). Journal of Conflict Resolution. - Mago , S., Samak, A., Sheremeta, R. (2016).
Facing Your Opponents: Social Identification and Information Feedback in Contests (vol. 60, pp. 459-481). Journal of Conflict Resolution. - Ong, D., Chen , Z., Sheremeta, R. (2015).
The Gender Difference in the Value of Winning (vol. 137, pp. 226-229). Economics Letters: Economics Letters. - Rubin, J., Kimbrough , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2015).
Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution (vol. 112, pp. 33-45). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Schniter , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2015).
Conflicted Emotions Following Trust-based Interaction (vol. 51, pp. 48-65). Journal of Economic Psychology. - Dechenaux, E., Kovenock, D., Sheremeta, R. (2015).
A Survey of Experimental Research on Contests, All-Pay Auctions and Tournaments (vol. 18, pp. 609-669). Experimental Economics. - Price, C., Sheremeta, R. (2015).
Endowment Origin, Demographic Effects and Individual Preferences in Contests (vol. 24, pp. 597-619). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy. - Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R. (2015).
Strategically Equivalent Contests (vol. 78, pp. 587-601). Theory and Decision. - McCarter , M., Samek, A., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
Divided Loyalists or Conditional Cooperators? Creating Consensus About Cooperation in Multiple Simultaneous Social Dilemmas (vol. 39, pp. 744-771). Group and Organization Management. - Schniter, E., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
Predictable and Predictive Emotions: Explaining Cheap Signals and Trust Re-Extension (vol. 8, pp. 1-18). Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. - Chowdhury , S., Sheremeta, R., Turocy, T. (2014).
Overbidding and Overspreading in Rent-Seeking Experiments: Cost Structure and Prize Allocation Rules (vol. 87, pp. 224-238). Games and Economic Behavior. - Samak, A., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
Recognizing Contributors: An Experiment on Public Goods (vol. 17, pp. 673-690). Experimental Economics. - Kimbrough , E., Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2014).
When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents (vol. 99, pp. 96-108). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Kimbrough, E., Sheremeta, R. (2014).
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Entitlements and the Costs of Conflict (vol. 51, pp. 487-500). Journal of Peace Research. - Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2014).
Three-Player Trust Game with Insider Communication (vol. 52, pp. 576-591). Economic Inquiry. - Sheremeta, R. (2013).
Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments (vol. 27, pp. 491-514). Journal of Economic Surveys. - Shupp , R., Sheremeta, R., Schmidt, D., Walker, J. (2013).
Resource Allocation Contests: Experimental Evidence (vol. 39, pp. 257-267). Journal of Economic Psychology. - Chowdhury , S., Lee, D., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
Top Guns May Not Fire: Best-Shot Group Contests with Group-Specific Public Good Prizes (vol. 92, pp. 94-103). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - McCarter, M., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
You Can’t Put Old Wine in New Bottles: The Effect of Newcomers on Coordination in Groups (vol. 8, pp. 1-9). PLoS ONE. - Mago , S., Sheremeta, R., Yates, A. (2013).
Best-of-Three Contest Experiments: Strategic Versus Psychological Momentum International Journal of Industrial Organization. - Schniter , E., Sheremeta, R., Sznycer, D. (2013).
Building and Rebuilding Trust with Promises and Apologies (vol. 94, pp. 242-256). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Sheremeta, R., Shields, T. (2013).
Do Liars Believe? Beliefs and Other-Regarding Preferences in Sender-Receiver Games (vol. 94, pp. 268-277). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Rietz, T., Sheremeta, R., Shields , T., Smith, V. (2013).
Transparency, Efficiency and the Distribution of Economic Welfare in Pass-Through Investment Trust Games (vol. 94, pp. 257-267). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Kimbrough, E., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
Side-Payments and the Costs of Conflict (vol. 31, pp. 278-286). International Journal of Industrial Organization. - Samak, A., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
Simultaneous Decision-Making in Competitive and Cooperative Games (vol. 51, pp. 1311-1323). Economic Inquiry. - Chowdhury , S., Kovenock, D., Sheremeta, R. (2013).
An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games (vol. 52, pp. 833-861). Economic Theory. - Cason , T., Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2013).
Communication and Efficiency in Competitive Coordination Games (vol. 76, pp. 26-43). Games and Economic Behavior. - Deck, C., Sheremeta, R. (2012).
Fight or Flight? Defending Against Sequential Attacks in the Game of Siege (vol. 56, pp. 1069-1088). Journal of Conflict Resolution. - Cason , T., Savikhin, A., Sheremeta, R. (2012).
Behavioral Spillovers in Coordination Games (vol. 56, pp. 233-245). European Economic Review: European Economic Review. - Price, C., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
Endowment Effects in Contests (vol. 111, pp. 217-219). Economics Letters: Economics Letters. - Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
Multiple Equilibria in Tullock Contests (vol. 112, pp. 216-219). Economics Letters. - Chowdhury, S., Sheremeta, R. (2011).
A Generalized Tullock Contest (vol. 147, pp. 413-420). Public Choice: Public Choice. - Sheremeta, R. (2011).
Contest Design: An Experimental Investigation (vol. 49, pp. 573-590). Economic Inquiry. - Sheremeta, R. (2011).
Perfect-Substitutes, Best-Shot, and Weakest-Link Contests between Groups (vol. 27, pp. 5-32). Korean Economic Review. - Cason, T., Masters, W., Sheremeta, R. (2010).
Entry into Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: An Experimental Study (vol. 94, pp. 604-611). Journal of Public Economics. - Sheremeta, R., Zhang, J. (2010).
Can Groups Solve the Problem of Over-Bidding in Contests? (vol. 35, pp. 175-197). Social Choice and Welfare. - Sheremeta, R. (2010).
Expenditures and Information Disclosure in Two-Stage Political Contests (vol. 54, pp. 771-798). Journal of Conflict Resolution: Journal of Conflict Resolution. - Sheremeta, R. (2010).
Experimental Comparison of Multi-Stage and One-Stage Contests (vol. 68, pp. 731-747). Games and Economic Behavior. - Sheremeta, R. (2009).
Essays on Experimental Investigation of Lottery Contests (pp. 1-197). ETD Collection for Purdue University. - Kimbrough, E., Laughren, K., Sheremeta, R.
War and Conflict in Economics: Theories, Applications, and Recent Trends Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. - Cason , T., Masters, W., Sheremeta, R.
Winner-Take-All and Proportional-Prize Contests: Theory and Experiment Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Presentations
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Why are We SO Competitive?", Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Experimental Finance Association Conference, "Deception and Reception: The Behavior of Information Providers and Users", University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. North American ESA Conference, "Designing Contests Between Heterogeneous Contestants: An Experimental Study of Tie-Breaks and Bid-Caps in All-Pay Auctions", University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Northeast Ohio Economics Workshop, "Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: Experimental Evidence on Conspicuous Consumption ", Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. University Seminar, "Behavioral Factors of Economic Development", KNUTE, Kiev, Ukraine. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. University Seminar, "Educational System of the USA ", IFNTUOG, Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. University Seminar, "Methods of Economic Research", Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. University Seminar, "Ranking Universities and Journals", Stefanyk University, Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. International Conference on Game Theory, "The Attack and Defense of Weakest-Link Networks", Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Behavioral Models of Politics, "New Hampshire Effect: Behavior in Sequential and Simultaneous Election Contests ", University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Competition", University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics and Biology of Contests Conference, "Explaining Behavior in Contests", QUT, Brisbane, Australia. (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Impulsive Behavior in Competition: Testing Theories of Overbidding in Rent-Seeking Contests", Melbourne, Australia, (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Incentivizing Quantity and Quality of Output: An Experimental Investigation of the Quantity-Quality Trade-off", UTS, Sydney, Australia, (2016).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: Experimental Evidence on Conspicuous Consumption ", University of Pittsburgh, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. North American ESA Conference, "Impulsive Behavior in Competition", University of Taxes - Dallas, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Workshop in Honor of John Van Huyck, "Asymmetric and Endogenous Within-Group Communication in Competitive Coordination Games", Southern Methodist University, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, "Behavior in Group Contests", Evolution and Warfare Conference, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Science of Philanthropy Initiative, "The Impact of Taxes and Wasteful Government Spending on Giving", University of Chicago, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Summer Institute on Field Experiments, "How to Increase Giving", University of Chicago, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", University of Munich, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", University of Innsbruck, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", University Konstanz, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. SBEE Seminar, "Status and the Demand for Visible Goods: Experimental Evidence on Conspicuous Consumption ", University of Michigan, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Career Workshop, "Salary Negotiation", Case Western Reserve University, (2015).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Explaining Overbidding in Contests", Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. SPI Annual Conference, "How to Recognize Donors to Increase Charitable Giving", SPI, Chicago, IL. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Women in Business, "Negotiation and Gender", CWRU, Cleveland, OH. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Department Seminar, "Explaining Overbidding in Contests", CWRU, Cleveland, OH. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. IFREE Lecture, "Behavior in Contests", Chapman University, Orange, CA. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. North American ESA Conference, "Divided Loyalists or Conditional Cooperators? Creating Consensus About Cooperation in Multiple Simultaneous Social Dilemmas", ESA, Fort Lauderdale, FL. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Explaining Overbidding in Contests", Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Promoting Group Cooperation", Cleveland Fed Reserve, Cleveland, OH. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", U Bonn, Bonn, Germany. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", Erasmus U, Rotterdam, Netherlands. (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Career Workshop, "Salary Negotiation", CWRU, (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Global Ethical Leaders Society, "Ukrainian Conflict", CWRU, (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", Kent State U, (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. (Presenter & Author) AEA Meetings, "Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks", CWRU, (2014).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution", Florida State University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution", U East Anglia, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. North American ESA Conference, "Commitment Problems in Conflict Resolution", Case Western Reserve University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", U Exeter, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", U Wisconsin, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", U Michigan, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", Case Western Reserve University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Behavior in Contests", Claremont Graduate U, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Southwest Economic Theory Conference, "When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents", Chapman University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Tournaments, Contests and Relative Performance, "When Parity Promotes Peace: Resolving Conflict Between Asymmetric Agents", UC Merced, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Communication and efficiency in competitive coordination games", Penn State U, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Communication and efficiency in competitive coordination games", U Iowa, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Communication and efficiency in competitive coordination games", Texas A&M, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Economics Seminar, "Principal-Agent Settings with Random Shocks", Case Western Reserve University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. IFREE Workshop in Experimental Economics, "Behavior in Contests", Chapman University, (2013).
- Sheremeta, R. Research Seminar, "Communication and efficiency in competitive coordination games", UT Dallas, (2013).
Education
PhD
Purdue University
2009
MS
Purdue University
2006
Bachelor of Arts
Precarpathian National University
2004
Bachelor of Arts
National Technical University
2013