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EDUCATION

 

Ph.D. in Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, July 2012 (expected).

Dissertation: “Essays on Strategic Communication.”

Job Market Paper: “Reference Dependence, Risky Projects and Credible Information Transmission,” 2011.

Committee Chairperson: Professor Stephen Morris.

M.A. in Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, 2009. Fields Exam: Economic Theory, Financial Economics.

M.Sc. in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, Summa cum Laude, 2006.

B.A. in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, Summa cum Laude, 2004.

 

AREAS OF INTEREST

 

Microeconomics, Political Economy, Behavioral Economics, Mechanism Design, Financial Economics.

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Undergraduate

Assistant Advisor for undergraduate’s junior thesis, Prof. M. Battaglini, S. Brunnermeier, J. Jurek, Princeton University, 2009-2011.

Teaching Assistant, Microeconomics, Junior Summer Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2011.

Teaching Assistant, Mircoeconomics, Prof. I. Moscati, Bocconi University, Princeton, NJ, 2006.

Graduate

Teaching Assistant, PhD-level Microeconomics, Prof. D. Abreu, S. Morris and J. Scheinkman, 2009-2011.

Teaching Assistant, M.Sc-level Game Theory, Prof. P. Battigalli, Bocconi University, 2007.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

Research Assistant to Professor Stephen Morris, 2011- present.

Research Assistant to Professor Marco Battaglini, 2010-2011.

Research Assistant to Professor Roland Benabou, 2009-2010.

Research Assistant to Professor Pierpaolo Battigalli, 2007.

 

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

 

Princeton University Graduate School Fellowship (2007-2012).

Bocconi University Graduate Merit Award (2004-2006).

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

Intern, European Investment Bank, Directorate of Financial Engineering and Advisory Services, Luxembourg, Summer 2005.

 

REFEREEING ACTIVITY

 

Journal of Economic Theory.

 

PAPERS AND WORK IN PROGRESS

 

“Reference Dependence, Risky Projects and Credible Information Transmission,” 2011, Job market paper.

“Electoral Speeches and Reference Dependence: Can Politicians' Announcements be Credible?,” 2011.

“Irrationality and War,” joint with A. Acharya, 2011 (submitted).

“A Contagion Model of Socialization and Public Opinion,” joint with A. Acharya, in progress.

“Strategic Communication with Multiple Audiences and Interdependent Actions,” in progress.

“Full Implementation with Incomplete Information and Hard Evidence,” in progress.

 

PUBLISHED PAPER

 

Interactive Epistemology and Solution Concepts for Games with Asymmetric Information,” The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, 11(1) Advances, page 6, joint with P. Battigalli, A. Di Tillio and A. Penta.

EDOARDO GRILLO

PhD Candidate in Economics at Princeton University

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