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Research Interests

  • Behavioral & Experimental Economics
  • Neuroeconomics
  • Food Economics

Professional Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Economics, Universitat de Barcelona. September 2023 – Present.
  • Visiting Lecturer, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Tennessee Knoxville. January 2023 – May 2023.
  • Lab Manager at the Human Behavior Lab, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University. September 2018 – May 2023.
  • Graduate Assistant Researcher, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University. September 2016 – December 2022.
  • Research Associate at the Center on Conflict and Development, Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University. September 2014 – September 2016.
  • Economist Intern, Office of Economics, United States International Trade Commission. June 2013 – August 2013.

Education

  • Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University, 2023
    Chair: Marco A. Palma
  • M.I.A., International Development and Economic Policy, Texas A&M University, 2014
  • B.A., Economics and French, Texas A&M University, 2012

Research

Working Papers

  1. Valdez Gonzalez, N.I., Gaviria, A., and A.M. Espin. "Reducing the gender differences in willingness to compete: A cross-country pre-registered experiment
  2. Valdez Gonzalez, N.I., Palma, M.A., and Y. Xu. “The effect of bright light exposure on reciprocity” [link]

Publications

Peer-Reviewed

  1. Valdez Gonzalez, N.I., Brown, A.L., and M.A. Palma. 2025. “Social-benefits stigma and subsequent competitive behavior.” [link] Economic Inquiry, 1-23.
  2. Valdez Gonzalez, N.I., Kee, J.Y., M.A. Palma, and J.R. Pruitt. 2024. "The Relationship between Monetary Incentives, Status, and Physical Activity." [link] Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 108, 102155.
  3. Liu, H., Qu, N., Valdez Gonzalez, N.I., M.A. Palma, Chen, H., Xiong, J., Choubey, A., Li, Y., Li, X., Yu, M., Liu, H.,Tu, L., Zhang, N., Yin, N., Conde, K.M., Wang, M., Bean, J.C., Han, J., Scarcelli, N.A., Yang, Y., Saito, K., Cui, H., Tong, Q., Sun, Z., Wang, C., Cai, X., Lu, L., He, Y. and Y. Xu. 2024. “A light-responsive neural circuit suppresses feeding.” [link]Journal of Neuroscience, 44(30).

Other Articles

  1. Kibriya, S., Tkach, B., Ahn, J., Valdez Gonzalez, N., Xu, Z., & Y. Zhang. 2016. “The Effects of School-Related Gender-Based Violence on Academic Performance: Evidence from Botswana, Ghana, and South Africa.” USAID.

Works in Progress

  1. "Transparency as a tool for increasing productivity” (with V. Vitaku)
  2. "Social norms of intergenerational care” (with P. Brañas and C. Patxot)
  3. "The concept of altruism in human neuroscience: A scoping review" (with M. Aisa-Gomez, M. Tejada, L. Eudave, G. Arrondo, J. Bernacer, M. Martinez)