California Institute of Technology

Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

John O. Ledyard
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Economics and Social Sciences
Mailing Address:
MC 228-77
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
A.B., Wabash College, 1963; M.S., Purdue University, 1965; Ph.D., 1967; D.Lit.h.c., Purdue University. Professor, Caltech, 1985-2002; Davis Professor, 2002-. Executive Officer for the Social Sciences, 1989-92; Chair, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, 1992-2002.

Research Interests

Theory, incentive compatible mechanism design, electoral models with incomplete information, public management (Space Exploration), auction theory.

 

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