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1996-2001
Harvard University,
1992-1995
Tel-Aviv University,
Graduated Summa cum Laude.
1989-1992
Tel-Aviv University,
Graduated with
honors.
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P O I N T M E N T S
2010-present
Caltech, Division of Humanities
and Social Sciences: Full Professor.
2008-2010
Caltech, Division of
Humanities and Social Sciences: Associate Professor (with tenure).
2005-2008
Caltech, Division of
Humanities and Social Sciences: Associate Professor (without tenure).
2001-2005 UCLA, Department of Economics: Assistant Professor.
2001-2002 Yale University, Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation: Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral fellow.
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Fall 2008
New York University,
Department of Economics: Visiting Scholar.
2004-2005 Caltech, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences: Visiting Assistant Professor.
2001-2002 Yale University, Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation: Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral fellow.
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S S I O N A L
A S S O C I A
T I O N S
2011-present The Journal of Economic Literature: Member of the Board of Editors.
2009-present The American Economic Review: Member of the Board of Editors.
2007-present The B.E. Press Journals in Theoretical Economics: Associate Editor.
2005-2009 The Economic Journal: Associate Editor.
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U B L I C A T I O N S
1. "Homophily in Peer Groups," joint with Mariagiovanna Baccara, 2013, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Volume 5(3), 1-30.
2.
"A
Field Study on Matching with Network Externalities," joint with Mariagiovanna
Baccara,
Ayse Imrohoroglu, and Alistair Wilson, 2012, The
American Economic Review, Volume
102(5), 1773-1804 (lead article).
3. "An Experimental Study of Collective Deliberation," joint with Jacob K. Goeree, 2011, Econometrica, Volume 79(3), pages 893-921.
4. "Network
Games" (joint with
Andrea Galeotti, Sanjeev Goyal, Matthew O. Jackson, and Fernando
Vega-Redondo), 2010, The Review
of
Economic Studies, Volume 77(1), pages 218-244.
5.
"The
1/d Law of Giving," joint with
Jacob K. Goeree, Margaret A. McConnell, Tiffany Mitchell, and Tracey Tromp,
2010, American
Economic Journal:
Microeconomics, Volume 2(1), 183-203.
6. "Costly Expertise" (joint with Dino Gerardi), 2008, The American Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings), Volume 98(2), pages 187-193.
7. "Information Acquisition in Committees" (joint with Dino Gerardi), 2008, Games and Economic Behavior, Volume 62, pages 436-459.
8. "Diffusion
of Behavior and Equilibrium Properties in Network
Games" (joint with Matthew O.
Jackson), 2007, The American
Economic Review (Papers and Proceedings),
Volume 97(2), pages
92-98.
9. "Social Networks and the Diffusion of Behavior" (joint with Matthew O. Jackson), 2007, Yale Economic Review, Volume 3(2), pages 42-47.
10.
“Deliberative Voting”
(joint
with Dino Gerardi), 2007, Journal of Economic Theory, Volume 134, pages
317-338.
11. "Diffusion
on Social Networks" (joint with
Matthew O. Jackson), 2006, Economie Publique, Volume 16(1), pages
69-82.
12. “What's in a
Surname?
The Effects of Surname Initials on Economists'
Success” (joint with
Liran
Einav), 2006, Journal
of Economic
Perspectives,
Volume 20(1), pages
175-188.
13. “Frequent Social Comparisons,
Self-Esteem, and Negative Emotions and Behaviors:
The Dark Side of Social Comparisons” (joint
with Judith White, Ellen Langer and Johnny
Welch),
2006,
Journal of Adult Development,
Volume 13(1),
pages 36-44.
14.
“Games with Espionage” (joint with
Eilon Solan), 2004, Games and Economic
Behavior,
Volume
47(1), pages 172-199.
15. “Repeated Games with Incomplete Information on One
Side: The Case of Different
Discounting Factors” (joint with Ehud
Lehrer),
1999, Mathematics of
Operations Research,
Volume
24(1), pages 204-218.
16. “A Note on Repeated Games with Non-Monotonic Value,” 1997, International Journal of Game Theory, Volume 7, pages 229-234.
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17. "The
Interplay between Theory and Experiments,"
forthcoming in The Methods of Modern Experimental Economics
(edited by Guillaume Frechette and
Andrew Schotter), Oxford University Press.
18.
"Diffusion,
Strategic Interaction, and Social Structure"
(joint with Matthew O. Jackson), in the Handbook of Social
Economics (edited by Benhabib,
Bisin, and Jackson), Elsevier.
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19. "Collective Self-Control," joint with Alessandro Lizzeri.
20. "Government Policy with Time Inconsistent Voters," joint with Alberto Bisin and Alessandro Lizzeri.
21. "What Makes Voters Turn Out: The Effects of Polls and Beliefs," joint with Marina Agranov, Jacob K. Goeree, and Julian Romero.
22. "Choosing Peers: Homophily and Polarization in Groups," joint with Mariagiovanna Baccara.
23. "An Experimental Study of Decentralized Matching," joint with Federico Echenique.
24. "Present Bias and Collective Dynamic Choice in the Lab," joint with Matthew O. Jackson.
25. "Collective Dynamic Choice: The Necessity of Time Inconsistency," joint with Matthew O. Jackson.
26. "Sequential Deliberation," joint with Alessandro Lizzeri.
27.
"Child-Adoption
Matching: Preferences for Gender and Race," joint with Mariagiovanna Baccara, Allan Collard-Wexler, and Leonardo
Felli, mimeo.
28. "Clearinghouses
for Two-Sided Matching: An Experimental Study," joint with Federico
Echenique and Alistair Wilson, Caltech Social
Science Working Paper Number 1315.
29. "Decentralized Matching with Aligned Preferences," joint with Muriel Niederle, NBER Working Paper Number 14840.
30. "Get
Out the (Costly) Vote: Institutional Design for Greater Participation,"
joint with Dino Gerardi, Margaret A. McConnell, and
Julian Romero.
31. "Experiments on Decisions Under Uncertainty: A Theoretical Framework," joint with Eran Shmaya.
32. "Conformity in the Lab," joint with Jacob K. Goeree.
33. “Safety in Markets: An Impossibility Theorem for Dutch Books,” joint with David Laibson.
34. “I'll See It When I Believe It: A Simple Model of Cognitive Consistency."
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35.
Explorations in Pragmatic Economics, George A. Akerlof, Oxford University Press, 2007, The Journal of
Economic Literature, Volume 45(2),
pages 429-432.
36.
A Theory of Case-Based Decisions, Itzhak Gilboa and David
Schmeidler,
113 (485), pages F191-F192.
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E L L O W S H I P S,
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R A N T S, A N D A W A R D S
2010-2013 NSF grant SES 0963583, "Matching in Decentralized Markets."
2006-2010
NSF grant SES 0551014, "Laboratory Studies of Collective Decision Making" (joint with
Jacob Goeree).
2007
Ente Luigi Einaudi Fellowship for Research Activities.
2002-2005 UCLA Academic Senate Awards.
2001-2002 Cowles Foundation postdoctoral
fellowship,
2000-2001 Eliot dissertation completion
fellowship.
1999-2000 Alfred P. Sloan doctoral dissertation
fellowship.
1996-1998 Harvard University scholarship.
1995 Yaakov Blecher award,
1994
School of Mathematics' teaching award, Tel-Aviv University.
Co-Organizer, Workshop on Experimental Game Theory, Stony Brook, Summer 2013.
Program Committee, Econometric Society Winter Meetings, Chicago, 2012.
Co-Organizer, NYU-Caltech Conference,
New Directions in Applied
Microeconomics: Theory and Evidence, July 2010, 2011.
Co-Organizer,
Theory Mini-Conference Series, Caltech:
* Mini-Conference on Repeated Games, November 18, 2005
*
Mini-Conference on Political Economy, February 24-25, 2006
*
Mini-Conference on Social Networks, May 11-12, 2007
* Mini-Conference on Matching, February 29-March 2, 2008
Steering Committee, Political Networks Organization, 2008-present.
Program Committee, Econometric Society
Winter Meetings,
Organizer, Mini-Conference in Laboratory Research, UCLA, Spring 2003.
Co-Organizer, Art of Science Competition, Caltech, Spring 2008, 2009, 2010.
Referee for:
American Economic Review, American Political
Science Review,
B.E. Journals in Theoretical
Economics,
Econometrica,
Economics Bulletin, Economics Letters, Economic Journal, European Economic
Review,
Games and
Economic Behavior, International Economic Review,
International Journal of Game Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior
and
Organization,
Journal of Economic Theory,
Journal of the European Economic Association,
Journal of Political
Economy, Journal of Public Economics, Mathematics of Operations Research,
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Quarterly
Journal of Economics,
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, RAND Journal of
Economics, Social
Choice and Welfare, Review
of Economic Studies,
Open University Press, Israeli Science Foundation, National Science Foundation, European Research
Council, Princeton
University
Press.
2013
Stanford University, London School of Economics, University of Essex,
UIniversity of Toronto, Columbia University,
Hebrew University, UC San Diego.
2012
Boston College,
Brown University, George Mason University, Caltech (Watson Lecture), Roy Seminar -
Paris,
European University Institute, Ohio State University, Bocconi University,
Duke University, UC Berkeley, Cornell
University.
2011
University of Arizona, The
Boston Federal Reserve Bank, Caltech (university wide seminar day speaker), UC
Berkeley,
University of Toronto, Sciences Po, Northwestern
University.
2010
Simon Fraser University, UC San Diego, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Instituto de
Analisis Economico,
Washington
University, University of Southern California (Computer Science), Arizona
State University,
Rice
University, University of Western Ontalrio,
Tel-Aviv University.
2009
Stanford University - Graduate School of Business (Political Economy and
Theory), University of Chicago - Harris, Koc
University,
Claremont - McKenna College, UC Berkeley, Caltech.
2008
New York University
(Experimental Economics and Political Economy), Princeton University,
Carnegie-Mellon University,
University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at Dallas, UC San Diego (Economics and Calit2), Loyola Marymount
University, UC Riverside,
Yale University.
2007
INSEAD, Harvard
University - MIT (joint theory seminar), University of Southern California
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Marshall School of
Business, Caltech (university wide seminar day speaker), Columbia University
(Political Economy and Economic Theory),
UC Berkeley (Psychology and Economics and Economic Theory), University of
Pennsylvania, Texas A&M, Harvard
University (Behavior in Games and Markets seminar), Soreq Nuclear Center, Tel-Aviv University.
2006
University
of British Columbia,
Caltech.
2004
Universite Paris I, UC Berkeley, UCLA,
Universite Catholique
de Louvain – CORE,
2003 UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Stanford University, Tel-Aviv
University,
2002
2001 UC Berkeley, UCLA, Caltech,
Before 20
Nemmers' Prize Conference for Daron Acemoglu, Northwestern University, Spring 2013.
Workshop in Experimental Economics,
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Fall 2012.
Summer School on Algorithmic
Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, Summer 2012.
Priorat Workshop in Theoretical
Political Economy,
Behavioral Economics Annual Meeting
(BEAM), Yale University
Santa Barbara Conference on
Experimental Economics, UC Santa Barbara,
Spring 2012.
Stanford
Institute for Theoretical Economics (Experimental Economics),
Theory, Experiments, and Applications
(D-TEA), Paris, France, Summer 2011.
Maastricht - Behavioral and Experimental Economics Symposium, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Summer 2011 (plenary speaker).
Matching and Price Theory, University of Chicago, Spring 2011.
Econometric Society World Congress, Shanghai, China, Summer 2010.
SAET Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Summer 2010.
Applied Economics Workshop, Petralia Sottana, Italy, Summer 2010.
Roth and Sotomayor: Twenty Years After, Duke University, Spring 2010.
Murray S. Johnson Conference on Bounded Rationality in Economic Theory, UT Austin, Spring 2010.
Conference on the Methods of Modern Experimental Economics, New York University, Fall 2009.
Workshop on Networks, Quebec, Canada, Fall 2009.
Southwest Economic Theory Conference, Caltech, Winter 2009.
Mini-conference in Political Economy,
University of Montreal, Canada, Fall 2008.
The Third World Congress
of the Game Theory Society, Northwestern,
Summer 2008 (semi-plenary speaker).
Networks in Political Science, Harvard University, Spring 2008.
Mini-workshop on Information in Economics, Brown University, Spring 2008.
Social Economics Workshop, Stanford University, Spring 2008.
American Economic Association, Winter 2008.
Network-based Strategies and Competencies, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2007.
CRES Economic Theory and Experimental Conference, Washington University, Fall 2007.
ESA World Meeting at LUISS, Rome, Italy,
Summer 2007 (plenary speaker).
European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (Political Economy), Gerzensee, Summer 2007.
American Law and Economics Annual Conference, Harvard University, Spring 2007.
The John M. Olin and McIntire School of Commerce Conference on Law and Finance, University of Virginia, Spring 2007.
South West Economic Theory Conference,
University of Southern California, Spring 2007.
Royal Economic Society Conference,
Warwick, U.K., Spring 2007.
American Economic
Association, Chicago,
Winter 2007.
European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (The Economics of Social Networks), Gerzensee, Summer 2006.
North American Summer Meetings of the Econometric Society, Minnesota, Summer 2006.
Royal Economic Society Conference, Nottingham, U.K., Spring 2006.
American Economic
Association,
Winter Meetings of the Econometric
Society,
North American Economic
Science Association,
Mini-conference on
Deliberation and Collective Choice, Northwestern, Spring 2005.
Third PIER-IGIER
International Conference on Economic Theory,
PIER Conference on
Political Economics,
The Second World Congress
of the Game Theory Society,
Society of Economic
Dynamics Annual Meeting,
American Economic
Association,
North American Summer
Meetings of the Econometric Society, Northwestern, Summer 2003.
Mini-conference in
Laboratory Research, UCLA, Spring 2003.
South West Economic Theory
Conference,
Behavioral Public Finance
Conference,
Society
for Economic Design Conference on Economic Design,
Stanford
Institute for Theoretical Economics (Psychology and Economics),
The First World Congress of the Game Theory Society (Games
2000),
Young Economists’ Conference,
Summer in Tel-Aviv Conference,
Russell Sage Behavioral Economics Summer
Institute,
"Advanced Economic Theory (Matching and Social Networks)," graduate course, Caltech, Fall 2009, Winter 2012, 2013.
“Political Economy," graduate course, Caltech, Fall 2009, Winter 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013.
“Formal Theories in Political Science,” undergraduate course, Caltech, Spring 2005, 2006.
“Scientific
Writing and Oral Presentation in the Social Sciences,”
undergraduate course, Caltech, Spring 2006,
Fall
2009,
Winter 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013.
“Special Topics in Formal Theory and Quantitative
Methods: Modeling and Political Economy,”
graduate course
(cross-listed
in economics and political science), UCLA, Winter 2004.
“Information, Uncertainty, and Games,”
graduate course, UCLA, Fall 2002,
2003.
“Organization of the Firm,” undergraduate
course (business-economics program), UCLA,
Fall 2002, 2003.
“Advanced Microeconomics (Topics in
Intertemporal Choice),” graduate course, Yale University,
Fall 2001.
“Psychology and Economics,” graduate
mini-course,
“Psychology and Economics,” graduate
mini-course,
“Mathematics A and B for Economists,”
undergraduate courses, Tel-Aviv University, 1994-1996.
“Game Theory,” undergraduate course, Open University, Fall 1995.
2005: Anat Bracha (Yale PhD), MIT post-doc, assistant professor at Tel-Aviv University
2006: Seda Ertac (UCLA PhD), Chicago post-doc, assistant professor at Koc
University
Shuhei Kurizaki (UCLA Political Science PhD), Harvard pre-doc, instructor
at Texas A&M
2007: Lauren Feiler (Caltech PhD), assistant professor at Carleton College
Amar Hamoudi (UCLA PhD),
Woodrow Wilson Career Post-doc, University of Michigan
Yi Zhang (UCLA PhD),
assistant professor at Singapore Management University
2008: Alexander L. Brown (Caltech PhD), assistant professor at Texas A&M
2009: Margaret A. McConnell (Caltech PhD), Harvard post-doc, assistant professor at Harvard School of Public Health
2010: Julian Romero (Caltech PhD), assistant professor at Purdue University
2011: Andrea Robbett (Caltech PhD), assistant professor at Middlebury College
Alistair Wilson (NYU
PhD), assistant professor at University of Pittsburgh
2012: Luke Boosey (Caltech PhD), assistant professor at Florida State University
SangMok Lee (Caltech
PhD), assistant professor at University of Pennsylvania
Elizabethine Bodine-Baron (Caltech
Electrical Engineering
PhD), associate engineer at RAND
Muruvvet Buykukboyaci
(Caltech PhD), assistant professor at METU
2013: Emerson Melo (Caltech PhD), post-doc at Cornell University
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O N – A C A D E M I
C E X P E R I E N C E
Full service in a research unit doing Operations
Research and Systems Analysis, Israeli Defense Forces, 1992-1994.
Research project concerned with the problem of
determining optimal compounds of gravel and cement by methods of Maximal
Entropy,
Math
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