California Institute of Technology

Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences

John O. Ledyard
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Economics and Social Sciences
Photo of John O. Ledyard
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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