Academic Background
Yale University, Ph.D. (Economics) 1991
Cambridge University, B.A. with 1st Class Honours (Mathematics and
Economics) 1985
Academic Employment
Princeton University: Professor of Economics, 2005-2007; Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Economics 2007-
Yale University: Professor of Economics, 1998-2005; Ford Foundation
Professor of Economics 2004-2005; Irving Fisher Professor of
Economics 2005
University of Pennsylvania: Assistant Professor, 1991-1996; Associate
Professor, 1996-1998
(with
Dirk Bergemann) Robust Mechanism Design. World
Scientific Publishing, 2012.
(with Franklin Allen and Andrew Postlewaite) "Finite Bubbles with Short Sales Constraints and Asymmetric Information," Journal of Economic Theory 61 (1993), 206-229.
"Trade with Heterogeneous Prior Beliefs and Asymmetric Information," Econometrica 62 (1994), 1327-1347.
"Revising Knowledge: A Hierarchical Approach," in Theoretical Aspects of Reasoning about Knowledge, Proceedings of the Fifth Conference, edited by R. Fagin. Morgan Kaufman (1994), 160-174.
(with Rafael Rob and Hyun Song Shin) "p-Dominance and Belief Potential," Econometrica 63 (1995), 145-157.
"Inflation Dynamics and the Parallel Market for Foreign Exchange," Journal of Development Economics 46 (1995), 295-316.
"The Common Prior Assumption in Economic Theory," Economics and
Philosophy 11 (1995), 227-253. Reprinted in Davis, J.
Recent Developments in Economic Methodology Volume II, edited by J. Davis,
Edward Elgar Publishing (2006).
(with Stephen Coate) "On the Form of Transfers to Special Interests," Journal of Political Economy 103 (1995), 1210-1235. Reprinted in Rational Choice Politics: Volume 2 Voting, Elections and Pressure Politics, edited by T. Dewan, K. Dowding and K. Shepsle, Sage Publications (2009).
(with Andrew Postlewaite and Hyun Song Shin) "Depth of Knowledge and the Effect of Higher Order Uncertainty," Economic Theory 6 (1995), 453-467.
"The Logic of Belief and Belief Change: A Decision Theoretic Approach," Journal of Economic Theory 69 (1996), 1-23.
"Speculative Investor Behavior and Learning," Quarterly Journal of Economics 111 (1996), 1111-1133.
(with Atsushi Kajii) "Common p-Belief: The General Case," Games and Economic Behavior 18 (1997), 73-82.
(with Jayasri Dutta) "The Revelation of Information and Self-Fulfilling Beliefs," Journal of Economic Theory 73 (1997), 231-244.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Rationality and Efficacy of Decisions under Uncertainty," Economic Theory 9 (1997), 309-324.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Approximate Common Knowledge and Co-ordination: Recent Lessons from Game Theory," Journal of Logic, Language and Information 6 (1997), 171-190.
"Risk, Uncertainty and Hidden Information," Theory and Decision 42 (1997), 235-269.
"Alternative Notions of Knowledge," in Epistemic Logic and the Theory of Games and Decisions, edited by M. Bacharach, L.-A. Gérard-Varet, P. Mongin and H. Shin. Kluwer Academic Press (1997), 217-234.
(with Atsushi Kajii) "The Robustness of Equilibria to Incomplete Information," Econometrica 65 (1997), 1283-1309.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Unique Equilibrium in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Attacks," American Economic Review 88 (1998), 587-597; reprinted in New Research in Financial Markets, edited by B. Biais and M. Pagano, Oxford University Press (2002); in Credit, Intermediation and the Macroeconomy: Models and Perspectives, edited by S. Bhattacharya, A. Boot and A. Thakor, Oxford University Press (2004); and in Financial Crises, edited by F. Allen and D. Gale, Edward Elgar Publishing (2008).
(with Atsushi Kajii) "Payoff Continuity in Incomplete Information Games," Journal of Economic Theory 82 (1998), 267-276.
"Approximate Common Knowledge Revisited," International Journal of Game Theory 28 (1999), 385-408.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Risk Management with Interdependent Choice," Oxford Review of Economic Policy 15 (1999), 52-62; reprinted in the Bank of England's Financial Stability Review 7, 141-150.
(with Stephen Coate) "Policy Persistence," American Economic Review 89 (1999), 1327-1336.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "A Theory of the Onset of Currency Attacks," in Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Contagion and Consequences, edited by Agénor, Miller, Vines and Weber. Cambridge University Press (1999).
"Contagion," Review of Economic Studies 67 (2000), 57-78.
(with Costis Skiadas) "Rationalizable Trade," Games and Economic Behavior 31 (2000), 311-323.
"Political Correctness," Journal of Political Economy 109 (2001), 231-265.
(with Franklin Allen) "Game Theory and Finance Applications," in Advances in Business Applications of Game Theory, edited by Chatterjee and Samuelson. Kluwer Academic Press (2001). Second Edition, forthcoming in 2013.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Rethinking Multiple Equilibria in Macroeconomics," NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2000, 139-161. M.I.T. Press (2001).
(with George Mailath) "Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring," Journal of Economic Theory 102 (2002), 189-228. Reviewed in NAJ: Not a Journal 2.
"Faulty Communication: Some Variations on the Electronic Mail Game,"
Advances in Theoretical Economics 1-1 (2002), Article 5.
(with Sandeep Baliga) "Coordination, Spillovers and Cheap Talk," Journal
of Economic Theory 105 (2002), 450-468.
(with Hyun Song Shin) “The Social Value of Public Information,” American
Economic Review 92 (2002), 1521-1534.
"Coordination, Communication and Common Knowledge: A Retrospective
on the Electronic-Mail Game," Oxford Review of Economic Policy
18
(2002), 433-445.
(with Jeffery Amato and Hyun Song Shin) "Communication and Monetary
Policy," Oxford Review of Economic Policy 18 (2002), 495-503.
(with David Frankel and Ady Pauzner) "Equilibrium Selection in Global
Games with Strategic Complementarities," Journal of Economic Theory
108 (2003), 1-44.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Global Games: Theory and Applications," in Advances
in Economics and Econometrics (Proceedings of the Eighth World Congress
of the Econometric Society), edited by M. Dewatripont, L. Hansen
and S.
Turnovsky. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press (2003).
(with Amil Dasgupta, Giancarlo Corsetti and Hyun Song Shin) "Does One Soros Make a Difference? A Theory of Currency Crises with Large and Small Traders," Review of Economic Studies 71 (2004), 87-114.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Coordination Risk and the Price of Debt," European Economic Review 48 (2004), 133-153.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Liquidity Black Holes," Review of Finance 8 (2004), 1-18.
(with Takashi Ui) "Best Response Equivalence," Games
and Economic Behavior 49 (2004), 260-287.
(with Takashi Ui) "Generalized Potentials and Robust Sets of
Equilibria," Journal of Economic Theory 124 (2005), 45-78.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Heterogeneity and Uniqueness in Interaction
Games," in The Economy as an Evolving Complex System III,
edited
by L. Blume and S. Durlauf. Santa Fe Institute Studies in the
Sciences of Complexity. New York: Oxford University Press
(2005), 207-242.
(with Dirk Bergemann) "Robust Mechanism Design," Econometrica 73 (2005),
1771-1813. Reviewed in NAJ: Not a Journal 8.
(with Stephen Coate) "Policy Conditionality," in Globalization
and the Nation State: the Impact of the IMF and World Bank, edited
by J. Vreeland and G. Ranis. London: Routledge (2005),
36-50.
(with Hyun Song Shin). "Central Bank Transparency and the Signal
Value of Prices," Brookings
Papers on Economic Activity 2 (2005), 1-66.
(with Hanming Fang) "Multidimensional Private Value Auctions," Journal of Economic
Theory 126 (2006), 1-30.
(with Hyun Song Shin and Hui Tong) "Social Value of Information: Morris and Shin (2002) is Actually Pro Transparency, Not Con: Reply," American Economic Review 96 (2006), 453-455.
(with Hyun Song Shin). "Inertia of Forward Looking Expectations," American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 96 (2006), 152-157.
(with Franklin Allen and Hyun Song Shin) "Beauty Contests and Bubbles," Review of Financial Studies 19 (2006), 719-752. Reviewed in NAJ: Not a Journal 5.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Catalytic Finance: When Does It Work?" Journal of International Economics 70 (2006), 161-177.
(with Eddie Dekel and Drew Fudenberg) "Topologies on Types," Theoretical Economics 1 (2006), 275-309.
(with George Mailath) "Coordination Failure in Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring," Theoretical Economics 1 (2006), 311-340.
(with Eddie Dekel and Drew Fudenberg) "Interim Correlated Rationalizability," Theoretical Economics 2 (2007), 15-40.
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Optimal Communication," Journal of the European Economics Association Papers and Proceedings 5 (2007), 594-602.
(with Dirk Bergemann) "An Ascending Auction for Interdependent Values: Uniqueness and Robustness to Strategic Uncertainty," American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 97 (2007), 125-130.
(with Bernardo Guimaraes) "Risk and Wealth in a Model of Self-Fulfilling Currency Crises," Journal of Monetary Economics 54 (2007), 2205-2230.
(with Dirk Bergemann) "The Role of the Common Prior Assumption in Robust Implementation," Journal of the European Economic Association 6 (2008), 551-559.(with Dirk Bergemann) "Ex Post Implementation," Games and Economic Behavior 63 (2008), 527-566.
(with V. Bhaskar and George Mailath) "Purification in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma," Review of Economic Dynamics 11 (2008), 515-528.
"Global Games," in The New Palgrave
Dictionary of Economics (2008) edited by Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume; Palgrave Macmillan (2008), 676-681.
(with
George Mailath and V. Bhaskar) “A
Foundation for Markov Equilibria with Finite Social Memory,” forthcoming in the
Review of Economic Studies.
"Coordination and Timing," CARESS Working Paper 95-05, University of Pennsylvania.
(with Atsushi Kajii) "Refinements and Higher Order Beliefs: A
Unified
Survey," Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management
Science
Discussion Paper #1197, Northwestern University.
"Interaction Games: A Unified Analysis of Incomplete Information, Local
Interaction and Random Matching," Santa Fe Institute Working Paper
#97-08-072 E.
"Typical Types."
(with George Mailath and Andrew Postlewaite) "Laws and Authority."
"Continuous Consumption Rules with Non-Exponential Discounting."
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Common Belief Foundations of Global Games."
(with Hyun Song Shin) "Illiquidity Component of Credit Risk."