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Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
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Kellogg Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Department
The faculty is on the leading edge of fundamental research that has real-world impact around the globe. Topics include auctions, game theory, voting, information aggregation, and strategic behavior within and between organizations. This research is taught in economics and political science departments across the world and is in leading PhD textbooks.
Faculty in the MEDS department have won numerous research awards and have been elected to memberships of prestigious societies such as the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Multiple Nobel-prize winners conducted fundamental research here. Additionally, the journal Games and Economic Behavior was founded in the MEDS department.
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Nancy Qian
In a recent paper, Professor Qian examines why workers in richer countries tend to experience faster wage growth.
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Edoardo Teso
Recent research by Professor Teso explores the relationship between people's political and economic preferences.
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Jorg Spenkuch
Professor Spenkuch studies political phenomena including campaign advertising, the Supreme Court, and Congressional voting.
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Recrusive Utility and Parameter Uncertainty
Nabil Al-Najjar, Eran Shmaya, Journal of economic theory, 2019 |
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The Effect of Product Misperception on Economic Outcomes: Evidence from the Extended Warranty Market
Jose Miguel Abito, Yuval Salant, Review of Economic Studies, 2019 |
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Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions
Anthony Fowler, Haritz Garro, Jorg Spenkuch, Journal of Politics, 2019 |
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Production Networks: A Primer
Vasco Carvalho, Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi, Annual Review of Economics, 2019 |
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An Abstract Law of Large Numbers
Nabil Al-Najjar, Luciano Pomatto, Sankhya, 2019 |
Managerial Economic And Decision Sciences News
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The Case for a Cyber Deterrence Plan that Works Sandeep Baliga, The National Interest, March 05, 2019 |
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Podcast: Two Surprising Ways to Predict How Supreme Court Justices Will Vote Jorg Spenkuch, Kellogg Insight, December 10, 2018 |
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Episode 360: Is the Protestant Work Ethic Real? Dean Karlan, Jorg Spenkuch, Freakonomics, December 05, 2018 |
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Airlines Are Using This Dirty Trick to Make Themselves Look Better, A New Study Finds Jan A. Van Mieghem, Yuval Salant, Inc., November 27, 2018 |
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Attention Passengers: Your Next Flight Will Likely Arrive Early. Here's Why Jan A. Van Mieghem, Yuval Salant, Inc., November 26, 2018 |
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