
Associate Professor, Economics
grantwc@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Teaching & Research Interests
- Game theory
- Health economics
- Design of randomized experiments
- Economic history
Education
- Ph.D. University of North Carolina
- Post-doc. Duke University
- B.A. Davidson College
Positions Held
- Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, James Madison University, 2006-2012
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University, 2004-2006
- Research Fellow, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp., 2004-2006
- Research Fellow, Mid-Atlantic Medical Services Inc., 2003
- Post-doctoral Fellow, Center on Drugs and Public Policy, University of Maryland, 2003
- Research Assistant, Bank of America, Department of Economic and Financial Research, 1997
Select Publications
Grant, W.C. (2022). Transparent Players: the Use of Narrative Voices in Game Theory. Journal of Economic Methodology.
Grant, W.C. (2020). Trusting a Double Agent. Defence and Peace Economics.
O'Roark, J.B. & Grant, W.C. (2018). Games Superheroes Play: Teaching Game Theory with Comic Book Favorites. Journal of Economic Education
Grant, W.C. & Anstrom, K.J. (2009). Minimizing Selection Bias in Randomized Trials: a Nash Equilibrium Approach to Optimal Randomization. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.
"The Burden of Hepatitis-C Virus Infection in Children: Estimated Direct Medical Costs Over a Ten-Year Period." Journal of Pediatrics: Elsevier.