Dr. David Johnson

Dr. Johnson, Associate Professor of Economics, earned his Ph.D. from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Johnson teaches introductory microeconomics and macroeconomics, intermediate microeconomics, and MBA economics. Dr. Johnson’s research interests include firearms, criminal behavior, and behavioral/experimental economics.

In his free time, Dr. Johnson enjoys fishing, wrestling, and watching terrible movies.

Publications

Davis, B. J., and Johnson, D. B. (2015). Water cooler ostracism: Social exclusion as a punishment mechanism. Eastern Economic Journal, 41(1), 126-151.

Johnson, D. B., and Ryan, J. B. (2015). The interrogation game: Using coercion and rewards to elicit information from groups. Journal of Peace Research, 52(6), 822-837.

Johnson, D. B., and Oxoby, R. J. (2015). Can interaction be the primary focus of in-group biases?. Global Economics and Management Review, 20(1), 1-5.

Johnson, D. B. (2016). (Please Don't) Say It to My Face! The Interaction of Feedback and Distance: Experiments with Vulgar Language. Kyklos, 69(2), 336-368.

Johnson, D. B., and Salmon, T. C. (2016). Sabotage versus Discouragement: Which Dominates Post Promotion Tournament Behavior?. Southern Economic Journal, 82(3), 673-696.

Goerg, S. J., Johnson, D. B., and Rogers, J. D. (2017). Endowments, perceived similarity, and dictator giving. Economic Inquiry, 55(2), 1130-1144.

Clemons, K., Johnson, D. B., Kiger, A., and Putnam, J. (2018). Decreasing Campus Smoking with Punishments And Social Pressures. Contemporary Economic Policy, 36(4), 629-643.

Gibson, J., & Johnson, D. (2019). Are online samples credible? Evidence from risk elicitation tests. Atlantic Economic Journal, 47(3), 377-379.

Johnson, D., & Ryan, J. B. (2020). Amazon Mechanical Turk workers can provide consistent and economically meaningful data. Southern Economic Journal, 87(1), 369-385.

Gibson, J., & Johnson, D. (2021). Breaking Bad: When Being Disadvantaged Incentivizes (Seemingly) Risky Behavior. Eastern Economic Journal, 47, 107-134.

Johnson, D. B., & Rogers, J. (2023). First you get the money, then you get the power: the effect of cheating on altruism. Games, 14(3), 40.

Johnson, D. B., & Robinson, J. J. (2024). Gun dealer density and its effect on homicide. The Journal of Law and Economics, 67(1), 1-30.

Azevedo, C., & Johnson, D. (2024). Parallel Worlds? The Partisan Effects of COVID-19 on Real Estate. Eastern Economic Journal, 1-32.

Johnson, D. B., Robinson, J. J., Semenza, D. C., & Thompson, A. (2024). Where are the guns?. Journal of Criminal Justice, 95, 102289.

Chambers, C., Chambers, P., & Johnson, D. (2025). Charismatic species, matching, and demographics in conservation donations: An experimental investigation. Ecological Economics, 230, 108473.