Strategic Interaction in the Sex Market

(with John Morrow)

(Interactive Example w/Chicago Data)

There have been few attempts to empirically explain the pursuit of short term relationships and sex in a formal context. Previous work has lamented the paucity of empirical studies which utilize incentive driven behavior to draw conclusions and recommend policy. We provide an empirical approach derived from a game theoretic model of social interaction and apply it to a population of high interest. Specifically, we apply the approach to a population of sexually active men who have sex with men (MSM) in a large metropolitan area and derive qualitative conclusions regarding how individuals behave in the marketplace for sex.

The Restroom of King Francis I (The Good and The Beautiful after Marcel Duchamp)

The King's Restroom is a Duchamp-inspired experiment in decision-making and framing in art. It contextualizes a urinal/Fountain and Mona Lisa/L.H.O.O.Q. in diagonally oppositional institutional settings, evoking the question how evaluation is conditioned on private perspectives and institutional frameworks. (read more).