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Alvaro Sandroni

Mechthild Esser Nemmers Professor of Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences

Ph.D. 1996, Economics, University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. 1994, Mathematics, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada; MA 1988, Mathematics, Instituto de Matematica Pura e Aplicada; BA 1986, Mathematics, Pontificia Universidade Catolica

 
Academic Positions Held
 

Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, 1992-1995
Lecturer and Teaching Assistant

   
Courses / Topics Taught
  Microeconomics
 
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
 

“Market Selection; Ethics and Voting Turnout: Theory and Applications,”
2001-2004 National Science Foundation.

“Rational and Semi-Rational Learning: Theory and Applications,”
(joint with Rann Smorodinsky).
1998-2001 National Science Foundation
1998-2001 Bi-National Science Foundation (US-Israel)
1998 Bergmann Memorial Research Grant.

1997 Bergmann Memorial Research Grant.

1997 William Polk Carey Prize in Economics for Best Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.

1996 Dean's Scholar, University of Pennsylvania.

1995 Hiram C. Haney Fellowship Award in Economics, University of Pennsylvania.

1995 Hiram C. Haney Award in Economics, University of Pennsylvania.

   
Research Areas
  Learning theory, asset pricing
   
Current Projects
  “A Theory of Participation in Elections,” to be revised and resubmitted to
American Economic Review (joint with Tim Feddersen).

“Markets Selection when Markets are Incomplete” revised and resubmitted to Journal of Mathematical Economics.

“Efficient Markets and Bayes’ Rule,”

“Strategic Voting and Costly Information Acquisition in Elections with Ethical Voters,” (joint with Tim Feddersen).

“Non-Bayesian Updating: A Theoretical Framework” (joint with Larry Epstein)

“An Economic Interpretation of Numerically Computed Equilibria” (joint with Karl Schmedders and Felix Kubler)

“The Overconfidence Problem in Insurance Market,” (joint with Francesco Squintani)

“Markets and Information,” (joint with Sandeep Baliga).

   
Representative Publications
 

"Markets Selection when Markets are Incomplete," forthcoming at Journal of Mathematical Economics.

(2003) “The Reproducible Properties of Correct Forecasts,” International Journal of Game Theory 32-1, 151-159.

(2003) “Belief-Based Equilibrium,” (joint with Rann Smorodinsky) Games and Economic Behaviour 47-1, 157-171.

(2003) “Market Selection and Asymmetric Information,” Review of Economic Studies 70-2 343-369 (joint with George Mailath).

(2003) “Calibration with Many Checking Rules,” (with Rann Smorodinsky and Rakesh Vohra) Mathematics of Operations Research 28-1, 141-153.

(2003) “Speculative Trade, Asset Prices and Investment Levels,” Economic Theory 21 2-3, 423-433.

(2000) “Do Markets Favor Agents Able to Make Accurate Predictions?” Econometrica (lead article) 68-6, 1303-1341.

(2000) “Reciprocity and Cooperation in Repeated Coordination Games: The Principled-Player Approach,” Games and Economic Behavior 32, 157-182.

(1999) “On the Convergence to Rational Expectations Under Complete Markets,” (joint with Aloisio Araujo) Econometrica 67-3, 663-672.

(1999) “The Speed of Rational Learning,” (with Rann Smorodinsky)
International Journal of Game Theory 28, 199-210.

(1998) “Learning, Rare Events and Recurrent Market Crashes in Frictionless Economies Without Intrinsic Uncertainty,” (lead article) Journal of Economic Theory 82-1, 1-18.

(1998) “Does Rational Learning Lead to Nash Equilibrium in Finitely Repeated Games,” Journal of Economic Theory 78-1, 195-218.

(1998) “Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Convergence to Nash Equilibrium: The Almost Absolute Continuity Hypothesis,” Games and Economic Behavior 22, 121-14

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