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Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
Politicians Vote Differently When Journalists Aren't Watching
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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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Peter Klibanoff
A new paper studies incomplete information games with ambiguity averse players.
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Joshua Mollner
New research explores consequences of high‐frequency trading and potential policy responses.
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Nancy Qian
A recent paper examines why workers in richer countries tend to experience faster wage growth.
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The Strategy of Conflict and the Technology of War
Sandeep Baliga, Tomas Sjostrom, Journal of Political Economy, 2020 |
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Incomplete Information Games with Ambiguity Averse Players
Eran Hanany, Peter Klibanoff, Sujoy Mukerji, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2020 |
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High-Frequency Trading and Market Performance
Markus Baldauf, Joshua Mollner, Journal of Finance, 2020 |
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Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions
Anthony Fowler, Haritz Garro, Jorg Spenkuch, Journal of Politics, 2020 |
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The Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements
Nicola Persico, The Review of Economic Studies, 2020 |
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Disorder and Discontinuity in Law and Morality
Alvaro Sandroni, Leo Katz, Theoretical Inquires in Law, 2020 |
Managerial Economic And Decision Sciences News
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When executives make personal donations to politicians, they may have their own companies' interests in mind Edoardo Teso, Business Insider, October 09, 2020 |
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How Did School Desegregation Shape the Political Ideology of White Students Later in Life? Jorg Spenkuch, Kellogg Insight, September 01, 2020 |
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Spurring Economic Activity Will Be - And Must Be - The Hardest Task Ahead Of Us Jeffrey Ely, Forbes, August 14, 2020 |
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How workers and students could be safely rotated into buildings to minimize COVID-19 infections, according to researchers Jeffrey Ely, Business Insider, August 10, 2020 |
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Why Well-Meaning NGOs Sometimes Do More Harm than Good Erika Deserranno, Dean Karlan, Nancy Qian, Kellogg Insight, August 07, 2020 |
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