# Marissa  Lepper

**Source**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/people/lepper-marissa/
**Parent**: https://agecon.tamu.edu/ms-agricultural-economics-thesis/

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:   Assistant Professor

Office:
:   210E AGLS

Email:
:   [[email protected]](https://agecon.tamu.edu/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0e636f7c677d7d6f20626b7e7e6b7c4e6f69207a6f637b206b6a7b)

Phone:
:   979-393-0929

## Education

Undergraduate Education
:   BA Economics and Psychology, Trinity University (2015)

Graduate Education
:   MA Economics, University of Texas at Austin (2017)
:   PhD Economics, University of Pittsburgh (2023)

## Areas of Expertise

- Behavioral Economics
- Experimental Economics
- Intertemporal choice

## Professional Summary

Marissa Lepper, PhD, is a behavioral economist who uses laboratory and online experiments, surveys, and empirical methods to study questions with implications for the labor market and financial decision-making. Her current research centers on exploring topics related to the economics of information and intertemporal choice, particularly the causes and impacts of impatient behavior.