Christabel Akhigbe
Christabel Akhigbe

PhD Student

University of Michigan

About Me

Hi! I am an Economics PhD student at the University of Michigan.

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Interests
  • Behavioral Economics
  • Industrial Organization
  • Development Economics
Education

  • B.A. Economics

    Kent State University

  • B.A. Computer Science

    Kent State University

Work in Progress
Regret and Responsibility in Decision Making

Exploring how anticipated regret and perceived responsibility shape choices under uncertainty.

2025

Self-Deception in Academic Performance

Investigating whether overconfidence correlates with academic achievement and how signaling one's true ability influences outcomes and beliefs.

2025

Experience

  1. Graduate Student Instructor

    University of Michigan

    ECON 398 - Strategy (Winter 2025)

    ECON 101 - Principles of Microeconomics (Fall 2024)

  2. Research Assistant

    University of Michigan

    David Miller (2024)

    Dean Yang (2024)

  3. Research and Data Analyst

    New Growth Group LLC, Cleveland

Education

  1. B.A. Economics

    Kent State University
    Senior Project: Emigration and Development - What Happens to Countries when People Leave? (Supervised by Dr. Jooyoun Park)
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  2. B.A. Computer Science

    Kent State University
    Capstone Project: ArchLib - Front-End and Database Developer for the University’s Archeology department’s library website.
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Skills
Python
STATA
SAS
C++
R
MATLAB