Ananish Chaudhuri University of Auckland   Department of Economics 660 Owen G Glenn Building 12 Grafton Road Auckland, 1142 New Zealand   a.chaudhuri@auckland.ac.nz   http://yoda.eco.auckland.ac.nz/~acha192/   Biographical Sketch: I received my B.S.in Economics from Presidency College, Calcutta, M.A. from JNU, New Delhi and Ph.D. from Rutgers University. I am currently an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Auckland. Prior to this I taught at Washington State University and Wellesley College. My research focuses on the role of trust and reciprocity in strategic decision-making. I also do theoretical and empirical work in contracts with applications to land tenancy and franchising. My research has been published in the Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economica, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Psychology among others.   Primary Research Focus: Experimental Economics, Contracts   JEL Areas: C9 : Design of Experiments: General D8 : Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General