Katri K. Sieberg

Professor of North American Studies

School of Social Science and Humanities, FIN-33014 University of Tampere, Finland

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Academic Employment

  • Professor of North American Studies, School of Social Science and Humanities, University of Tampere, Finland, 2012-
  • Erkko Professor of North American Studies, North American Studies Program, School of Social Science and Humanities, University of Tampere, Finland, 2007-2012.
  • Docent, Department of Political Science, University of Turku.
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, 2009-2011.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Binghamton University, 2002-2009.
  • Research Consultant, Broome County District Attorney, Crime Analysis for the Binghamton Police Department. 2004-2006.
  • Fulbright Scholar, 2002-2003, Center for North American Studies, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, 2001-2002.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, College of William and Mary, 2000-1.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Government, College of William and Mary, 1999-2000.
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Northwestern University, 1998-1999.
  • Research Consultant, Economics and Criminology, Book Contract, Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden, 1993-1998.

Education

  • Ph.D. Political Science, New YorkUniversity,September, 1998
  • Visiting Student,University of Chicago, Political Science, 1996-7.
  • Visiting Scholar, University of North Carolina, Political Science, 1995-1996
  • MS Political Scienceand Economics, California Institute ofTechnology1992
  • BA, Anthropology andFrench Studies, Northwestern University 1990

Areas of Specialization

  • Formal Game Theory/ Methodology
  • Experimental Economics
  • Healthcare Economics

Publications

Articles

  • Sieberg, Katri, David Clark, Charles A. Holt, Timothy Nordstrom, and William Reed. 2013. “An Experimental Analysis of Asymmetric Power in Conflict Bargaining,” Games, 4: 375-397.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2013. “Information and Cooperation,” Homo Oeconomicus 29(4).
  • McDonald, Michael and Katri K. Sieberg. 2011. “Probability and Plausibility of Cycles in Three-party Systems: A Mathematical Formulation and Application.” British Journal of Political Sciencevolume 41, issue 03, pp. 681-692.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2010. “Building a Dictator: A Social Choice Analysis of the Line Item Veto,” in Essays in Honor of Hannu Nurmi, Volume II. Holler, M. J., A. Nohn, and H. Vartiainen, Eds. (Peer Reviewed).Homo Oeconomicus, Vol. 28 (1/2): 123-142.
  • Heller, William B. and Katri K. Sieberg. 2010. "Honor Among Thieves: Cooperation as a Strategic Response to Functional Unpleasantness", The European Journal of Political Economy.
  • Heller, William B. and Katri K. Sieberg. 2008. “Functional Unpleasantness: The Evolutionary Logic of Righteous Resentment,” Public Choice.
  • Saari, Donald G. and Sieberg, Katri K. 2003, "Are part wise comparisons reliable?" Research in Engineering Design.
  • Eckel, Catherine, Jean Ensminger, Roland Fryer, Ronald Heiner, Melayne Morgan McInnes, Gavin Samms, Katri Sieberg, Sara Solnick, Rick Wilson. 2003. “Bobbing for Widgets: Compensating Wage Differentials,” Journal of Economic Education.
  • Saari, Donald G. and Sieberg, Katri K. 2001. “The Sum of the Parts Violates the Whole,” American PoliticalScience Review, Vol. 95, No. 2, June, 415-433.
  • Saari, Donald G. and Sieberg, Katri K. 2001. “Some Surprising Properties of Power Indices,” Games and Economic Behavior, Fall, pp. 241-263.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 1998.“Applications of the Collective Action Problem for Political Science Dilemmas,” Ph.D. dissertation.
  • Saari, Katri K. 1992. “An Analytical Analysis of Crime and Its Prevention,” Discussion Paper commissioned and published by the Institutet för Framtidsstudier, Stockholm, Sweden.

Books

  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2005. Criminal Dilemmas: Understanding and Preventing Crime, Second Edition. Springer-Verlag.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2001. Criminal Dilemmas: Understanding and Preventing Crime. Springer-Verlag.

Peer Reviewed Book Chapters

  • Lisa R. Anderson, Charles A. Holt, Katri K. Sieberg and Allison Oldham. 2015. "An Experimental Study of Jury Voting Behavior," in Norman Schofield and Gonzalo Caballero eds.Political Economy of Governance: Institutions, Democratic Performance and Elections, Springer Verlag.
  • Sieberg, Katri. 2014. “Resistance is Futile!: Impacts of Repression on Dissident Activity.” in The Serious Game of Politics, Festschrift for Matti Wiberg, Tapio Raunio and Hannu Nurmi, Eds, Finnish Political Science Association.
  • Shvetsova, Olga, and Katri K. Sieberg. 2013. ”Deciding How to Choose the US Healthcare System,” in Norman Schofield, Gonzalo Caballero and Daniel Kselman, eds. Advances in Political Economy: Institutions, Modelling and Empirical analysis,Springer Verlag, 145-166.

Newspaper Articles

  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2014. ”Obamacare: Problems and Potential,” Suomi-USA Magazine, February, League of Finnish American Societies.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2013. “Obamacare – Saving the Market, at a Price,” Kleio magazine, 3: 16-19. Historian ja yhteiskuntaopin opettajien liitto (HYOL ry)
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2009. “Are Insurance Lobbyists Bad for Your Health?” Suomi-USA Magazine, December, League of Finnish American Societies.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2009.“Yhdysvaltain terveydenhuolto on kaukana vapaasta kilpailusta,” (The illusion of free market competition in the United States’ health care system.)Helsingin Sanomat, 3 October, A2.
  • Sieberg, Katri. K. 2009. “What Can America Learn From Finland?” Suomi-USA Magazine, September, League of Finnish American Societies.
  • Regulation, not Criminalization” (Kriminalisering vs. Regulering) 2007. Editorial with Stian Skår Ludvigsen, printed in Morgenbladet, Norway, 20 April.

Other Publications

  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2013 “Obamacare: Saving the Market – at a Price” Kleio (HYOL jäsenlehti) 3/2013: 16-19.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2012. ’Comments on Nentjes’ “On the Right to Repeat Oneself”’ Homo Oeconomicus 29(3): 95–118
  • Sieberg, Katri K. and Olga Shvetsova. 2012. ”Kustannustehokkuuden ja kattavuuden ongelmat Yhdysvaltain terveydenhuollossa,” (Efficiency and coverage problems in United States’ Healthcare) Puheenvuoro, Hallinnon Tutkimus (Administrative Studies).
  • Clark, David H., Nordstrom, Timothy, Sieberg, Katri, Reed, William L. and Holt, Charles A., Some Experimental Results for a Quantal Response Bargaining Model of War (2010). APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper. Available at SSRN:
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2010 “Behavioral Game Theory,” The Encyclopedia of Political Science, CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications

Grants

  • Jane ja Aatos Erkkon Säätiö, American Studies Workshop, 2013-4, Grant total, €206,000.
  • Jane ja Aatos Erkkon Säätiö, American Studies Workshop, 2012, Grant total, €103,000.
  • Jane ja Aatos Erkkon Säätiö, American Studies Summer School, 2010-2011, Grant total, €210,000.
  • National Science Foundation, “Collaborative Research: Experimental Assessment of the Bargaining Model of War,” PIs: David Clark, Charles Holt, Timothy Nordstrom, William Reed, and Katri Sieberg. $300,000.
  • The Nordic Network on the Political Economy of Governance and Conflict (PEGC). “Game Theory in the Service of Public Policy and Conflict Resolution,” Summer Workshop/PhD Course, TurkuUniversity, Turku, Finland. 12-16 June, 2006. PIs: Scott Gates, (PRIO, Peace Research Institute of Oslo and the NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology) Katri K. Sieberg, BinghamtonUniversity. Grant total: 21,000 Euro.

Honors and Awards

  • Nominated for Vuoden 2010 Hyvä Opettaja:
  • Alfred Kordelinin Säätiön Palkinto Kannustuspalkinto, 6 November, 2009.
  • Dean’s Research Award, BinghamtonUniversity, Jan-May 2006.
  • Fulbright Award, Tampere Finland, 2002-2003.
  • Chi Omega Excellence in Teaching Award, 2000.
  • Graduate Fellowship 1996-1997
  • MacCracken Award, 1995-1996.
  • Richard N. Swift Graduate Fellowship 1994-1995
  • DAAD Scholarship - University of Regensburg, Germany. 1989

Internal Grants

  • Dean’s Workshop Series,BinghamtonUniversity,“Public Choice and Experimental Economics,” August, 2006-June, 2007, Grant total, $2,800.
  • Dean’s Research Semester, January 2006-June 2006.

Working Papers

  • Sieberg, Katri K. and Claudia Dahlerus. 2004. “Iron Fist or Kid Gloves: Repressive Targeting and Rebellious Responses.” Center on Democratic Performance, BinghamtonUniversity.
  • Sieberg, Katri K. 2003. “Resistance is Futile!: The Collective Action Problem and Successful Dissent.” Center on Democratic Performance, BinghamtonUniversity.

Book Reviews

  • Introduction to Game Theory. 2013. Stephen Schecter and Herbert Gintis,Princeton University Press.
  • Games and Decision Making, 2nd Edition. 2004.Written by Charalambos D. Aliprantis and Subir K. Chakrabarti, OxfordUniversity Press.
  • Macroeconomics. Written By Bradford J. DeLong, 2001. McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Courses Taught

Healthcare Economics * Game Theory * Microeconomics * Experimental Methods * Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory * Labor and Institutional Structure * Research Methods * Dictatorship * Graduate Comparative Politics * Criminal Justice * Comparative Politics * Post-Soviet Politics * Public Policy * American Government * Ethnic Conflict * Social Choice Theory * Canadian and Mexican Government * US Presidential Elections * Law and Economics * North American Studies Proseminar