Stephen Leider

Professor of Technology and Operations
Jack D. Sparks-Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration

Education
PhD Harvard University 2009
MA Harvard University 2006
BA Case Western Reserve University 2003
Biography

Stephen Leider is the Jack D. Sparks-Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor of Business Administration, and Professor of Technology and Operations. In his research he uses experimental, theoretical and empirical methods to answer questions in behavioral economics and behavioral operations management. He is particularly interested in contracts and bargaining in supply chains, dynamic decision making in operational settings, and the use of technology to support productivity. He has also studied behavior in social networks, the role of promises and social norms, innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as individual decision-making about risk and uncertainty. Prior to joining Michigan, Leider received a BA in Economics from Case Western Reserve University and an MA and PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University.

Latest Faculty News & Research
Symbolic Awards in Buyer-Supplier Relations
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Published Date
2022
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Source
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Volume
24
Issue
2
Pages
1021-1039
The Impact of Decision Rights on Innovation Sharing
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Published Date
2022
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Source
Management Science
Volume
68
Issue
11
Pages
7898-7917
Running Online Experiments Using Web-Conferencing Software
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Jiawei Li, Damian Beil and Izak Duenyas
Published Date
2021
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Jiawei Li, Damian Beil and Izak Duenyas
Source
Journal of the Economic Science Association
Volume
7
Issue
-
Pages
167-183
Equity Contracts and Incentive Design in Start-Up Teams
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Evgeny Kagan and Bill Lovejoy)
Published Date
10/2020
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Evgeny Kagan and Bill Lovejoy)
Source
Management Science
Volume
66
Issue
10
Pages
4359-4919
Managerial Payoff and Gift Exchange in the Field
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Florian Englmaier)
Published Date
10/2019
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Florian Englmaier)
Source
Review of Industrial Organization
Volume
56
Issue
2
Pages
259-280
Can Trustworthiness in a Supply Chain Be Signaled?
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Published Date
9/2018
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Ruth Beer and Hyun-Soo Ahn)
Source
Management Science
Volume
64
Issue
9
Pages
3974-3994
Contracts and Capacity Investment in Supply Chains
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Andrew Davis)
Published Date
7/2018
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Andrew Davis)
Source
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
Volume
20
Issue
3
Pages
403-421
Ideation – Execution Transition in Product Development: An Experimental Analysis
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Evgeny Kagan and Bill Lovejoy
Published Date
5/2018
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Evgeny Kagan and Bill Lovejoy
Source
Management Science
Volume
64
Issue
5
Pages
2238-2262
Temptation in Vote-Selling: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the Philippines
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Allen Hicken, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang)
Published Date
3/2018
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Allen Hicken, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang)
Source
Journal of Development Economics
Volume
131
Issue
1
Pages
1-14
Bargaining in Supply Chains
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Bill Lovejoy)
Published Date
10/2016
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Bill Lovejoy)
Source
Management Science
Volume
62
Issue
10
Pages
3039–3058
Procedural Fairness and the Cost of Control
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Judd Kessler)
Published Date
06/2016
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Judd Kessler)
Source
Journal of Law, Economics & Organization
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
685-718
Reciprocity in Organizations: Evidence from the WERS?
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Florian Englmaier and Thomas Kolaska)
Published Date
5/2016
Authors
Stephen Leider (with Florian Englmaier and Thomas Kolaska)
Source
CESifo Economic Studies
Volume
62
Issue
3
Pages
522-546
Measuring Vote-Selling: Field Evidence from the Philippines
Authors
Allen Hicken, Stephen Leider, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang
Published Date
5/2015
Authors
Allen Hicken, Stephen Leider, Nico Ravanilla and Dean Yang
Source
American Economics Review: Papers and Proceedings
Volume
105
Issue
5
Pages
352-356
Contractual and Organizational Structure with Reciprocal Agents
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
5/2012
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
AEJ - Microeconomics
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
146-183
Incentive Schemes, Sorting and Behavioral Biases of Employees: Experimental Evidence
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
5/2012
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
AEJ - Microeconomics
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
184-214
Norms and Contracting
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
5/2011
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
Management Science
Volume
58
Issue
1
Pages
62-77
Kidneys for Sale: Who Disapproves and Why?
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
5/2010
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
American Journal of Transplantation
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
1221-1227
The Role of Experience in the Gambler's Fallacy
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
1/2010
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
Journal of Behavioral Decision Making
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
117-129
What Do We Expect From Our Friends?
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
3/2010
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
Journal of the European Economic Association
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
120
Directed Altruism and Enforced Reciprocity in Social Networks
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
11/2009
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
Quarterly Journal of Economics
Volume
124
Issue
4
Pages
1815-1851
The Effect of Timing and Safe Experience on a Warnings? Impact: Sex, Drugs, and Rock-n-Roll
Authors
Greg Barron, Stephen Leider and Jennifer Stack
Published Date
07/2008
Authors
Greg Barron, Stephen Leider and Jennifer Stack
Source
Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
Volume
106
Issue
2
Pages
125-142
The Handbook of Behavioral Operations
Authors
Karen Donohue, Elena Katok and Stephen Leider
Published Date
11/2018
Authors
Karen Donohue, Elena Katok and Stephen Leider
Source
Wiley Publishing
978-1-119-13830-3
The Handbook of Behavioral Operations
Authors
Stephen Leider
Published Date
11/2018
Authors
Stephen Leider
Source
Wiley Publishing
Pages
237-286
Behavioral Analysis of Strategic Interactions: Game Theory, Bargaining and Agency
Karen Donohue, Elena Katok and Stephen Leider