Ala Avoyan ალა ავოიანი


I am an Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure) at Indiana University. I received my PhD in economics at NYU.

My primary research interests are in experimental and behavioral economics as well as micro theory.

You can contact me at avoyan.ala@gmail.com and here is my CV.

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Publications

  1. Team work under Time Constraints (with Haoran He and Kelin Lu),
    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,     237, (2025).
  2. Behavioral Market Design For Online Gaming Platforms (with Robizon Khubulashvili and Giorgi Mekerishvili), Management Science, 71(6), (2025).
  3. Planned vs. Actual Attention (with Mauricio Ribeiro, Andrew Schotter, Elizabeth R. Schotter, Mehrdad Vaziri, Minghao Zou), Management Science, 70(5), (2024).
  4. A Road to Efficiency Through Communication and Commitment (with João Ramos),
    American Economic Review, 113(9), (2023).
  5. Paying for Inattention (with Giorgia Romagnoli),
    Economics Letters, 124, (2023).
  6. Attention In Games: An Experimental Study (with Andrew Schotter),
    European Economic Review, 124, (2020).

Working Papers

  1. How do Groups Speak and How are They Understood? (with Paula Onuchic)
  2. Choosing Between and Allocating Time Across Contracts: An Experimental Study
    (with Mauricio Ribeiro and Andrew Schotter)
    (R&R at American Economic Journal: Microeconomics)
  3. Optimal Disclosure on Crowdfunding Platforms
    (with Robizon Khubulashvili and Giorgi Mekerishvili)
  4. Commitment vs. Flexibility in Information Disclosure: the Case of Kickstarter
    (with Robizon Khubulashvili and Giorgi Mekerishvili)
  5. Communication In Global Games: Theory and Experiment

Works in Progress

  1. Strategic Uncertainty and Sequential Play (with Daniela Valdivia)
  2. Meta-Study: Past, Present, and Future of Minimum Effort Games