Economic Theory

Program Director(s)

Larry Samuelson
Philipp Strack

Overview

Microeconomic Theory at Yale is characterized by a large faculty and comprehensive course offerings across all specializations, foremost among them decision theory, game theory, and general equilibrium theory. The Cowles Foundation is supporting a Research Program in Microeconomic Theory which hosts every year a number of long-term visitors.

Seminars

A central element of the research environment in microeconomic theory are the:
  • Micro Theory Lunch (Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm)
  • Microeonomic Theory Workshop (Wednesday, 2:30 - 4:00 pm)
both of which are an integral and indispensable part of the intellectual communication in microeconomic theory.

Activities during the academic year

Program Conferences

See the Conference page for all listings (formally called Structural Microeconomics).

2021
Jun. 01 to Jun. 02
2021 Conference on Economic Theory
2020
Jun. 01 to Jun. 02
2020 Conference on Economic Theory
2019
Jun. 03 to Jun. 04
2019 Conference on Economic Theory
2018
Jun. 04 to Jun. 05
2018 Conference on Economic Theory
2017
Jun. 05 to Jun. 06
2017 Conference on Economic Theory
2016
Jun. 06 to Jun. 07
Economic Theory - "Information Choice: Perception and Design"
2015
Jun. 08 to Jun. 09
2015 Conference in Economic Theory
2014
Jun. 05 to Jun. 06
Conference on Economic Theory
2013
Jun. 03 to Jun. 04
Dynamic Mechanism Design
2012
Jun. 14 to Jun. 15
Conference on Economic Theory
2011
Jun. 13 to Jun. 14
Conference on Economic Theory
2010
Jun. 09 to Jun. 10
Conference on Economic Theory
2009
Jun. 22 to Jun. 23
Conference on Economic Theory
2008
Jun. 09 to Jun. 10
Choice, Contracts and Computation
2007
Jun. 14 to Jun. 15
Economic Theory: Timing, Types, and Testing

Visitors

(for contact info, see Visiting Faculty page)

2020-2021

2019-2020

2018-2019

2017-2018

2016-2017

  • Budish, Eric,
    University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
  • Lu, Jay,
    University of California, Los Angeles

2015-2016

2014-2015
  • Brooks, Benjamin, Princeton University
  • Che, Yeon-Koo, Columbia University
  • Deb, Rahul, University of Toronto
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Hernandez, Penelope, Universidad de Valencia
  • Ishii, Yuhta, Harvard University
  • Lambert, Nicolas, Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Minardi, Stefania, HEC, Paris
  • Morris, Stephen, Princeton University
  • Neeman, Zvika, Tel Aviv University
  • Öry, Aniko, UC-Berkeley
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Reny, Philip, University of Chicago
  • Roesler, Anne-Katrin, Universität Bonn
  • Rostek, Marzena, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Sen, Arunava, Indian Statistical Institute
  • Stacchetti, Ennio, NYU
  • Tercieux, Olivier, Paris School of Economics
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Aalto School of Economics
  • Vigier, Adrien, University of Oslo
  • Vila Gisbert, José E., University of Valencia
2013-2014
  • Barron, Daniel, MIT
  • Binmore, Kenneth, University of Bristol, UK
  • Binsky, Hadar, Tel Aviv University
  • Chalioti, Evangelia (Eva), University Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
  • Dang, Chuangyin, City University of Hong Kong
  • Deb, Rahul, University of Toronto
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Forges, François, University of Paris-Dauphine
  • Ghosh, Sambuddha, Boston University
  • Kraehmer, Daniel, Universitat Bonn
  • Krishna, Vijay, Penn State University
  • Lauermann, Stephan, University of Michigan
  • Mailath, George, University of Pennsylvania
  • Meneghel, Idione, University of Queensland
  • Morris, Stephen, Princeton University
  • Neeman, Zvika, Tel Aviv University
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Renou, Ludovic, University of Essex
  • Rissing, Steve, Ohio State University
  • Roesler, Anne-Katrin, Universitat Bonn
  • Skrzypacz, Andrzej (Andy), Stanford University
  • Smith, Eric, Santa Fe Institute
  • Strack, Philipp, Bonn School of Economics
  • Strulovici, Bruno, Northwestern University
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Aalto School of Economics
  • Vasama, Suvi, Aalto University
2012-2013
  • Ben-Porath, Elchanan, Hebrew University
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Forges, Françoise, l’Université Paris-Dauphine
  • Fostel, Ana, (George Washington University
  • Goltsman, Maria, Western Social Science
  • Kamada, Yuichiro, UC Berkeley
  • Kojima, Fuhito, Stanford University
  • Laclau, Marie, HEC Paris
  • Loerke, Petra, University of Mannheim
  • Marlats, Chantal, Université Panthéon-Assas, Paris II
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Pavlov, Gregory, Western Social Science
  • Renou, Ludovic, University Essex
  • Robson, Arthur, Simon Fraser University
  • Rockafellar, R. Tyrrell, University of Washington
  • Sekiguchi, Tadashi, Kyoto University
  • Eric Smith, Santa Fe Institute
  • Strack, Philipp, Bonn School of Economics
  • Strazalecki, Tomasz, Harvard University
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Toikka, Juuso, MIT
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Aalto School of Economics
  • Weinstein, Jonathan, Northwestern University-Kellogg
2011-2012
  • Battaglini, Marco, Princeton University
  • Bonatti, Alessandro, MIT
  • Che, Yeon-Koo, Columbia University
  • Deb, Joyee, New York University
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Fudenberg, Drew, Harvard University
  • Gabaix, Xavier, New York University
  • Gretschko, Vitali, University of Cologne
  • Hege, Ulrich, HEC Paris
  • Hellwig, Martin, University of Bonn
  • Kartik, Navin, Columbia University
  • Klein, Nicholas, University of Bonn
  • Koessler, Frédéric, Paris School of Economics
  • Kos, Nenad, University of Bocconi
  • Loerke, Petra, Universität Mannheim
  • Manea, Mihai, MIT
  • Morris, Stephen, Princeton University
  • Nöldeke, George, University of Basel
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Rady, Sven, University of Bonn
  • Roughgarden, Timothy, Stanford University
  • Smith, Eric, Santa Fe Institute
  • Strausz, Roland, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Sugaya, Takuo, Princeton University)
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Helsinki School of Economics
  • Wambach, Achim, University of Cologne
2010-2011
  • Cerreia-Vioglio, Simone, Universita Boconi
  • Cripps, Martin, University College London
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook
  • Ekmekci, Mehmet, Northwestern University
  • Gabaix, Xavier, New York University
  • Gerardi, Donato, Collegio Carlo Alberto
  • Gossner, Olivier, London School of Economics
  • Kranz, Sebastian, University of Bonn
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Rabin, Matthew, UC-Berkeley
  • Strulovici, Bruno, Northwestern University
  • Smith, Eric, Santa Fe Institute
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Helsinki School of Economics
  • Watson, Joel, University of California, San Diego
2009-2010
  • Binmore, Kenneth, University College London
  • Bloch, Francis, Ecole Polytechnique
  • Chassang, Sylvain, Princeton University
  • Dang, Tri Vi, University of Mannheim
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Echenique, Federico, California Institute of Technology
  • Gilboa, Itzhak, Tel Aviv University
  • Kircher, Philipp, University of Oxford
  • Mariotti, Thomas, Universite Toulouse 1
  • Morris, Stephen, Princeton University
  • Polemarchakis, Herakles, University of Warwick
  • Rady, Sven, Ludwig-Maximillian University
  • Reny, Philip, University of Chicago
  • Skrzypacz, Andrzej, Stanford University
  • Smith, Eric, Santa Fe Institute
  • Sonin, Konstantin, New Economic School & Northwestern University
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Välimäki, Juuso, Helsinki School of Economics
  • Vives, Xavier, University of Navarra
  • Tercieux, Olivier, CRNS & Paris School of Economics
  • Watson, Joel, UC-San Diego
  • Wiseman, Thomas, University of Texas-Austin
2008-2009
  • Biais, Bruno, Université Toulouse
  • Calsamiglia, Caterina, Universitat Autónama de Barcelona
  • Dang, Tri Vi, University of Mannheim
  • Dekel, Eddie, Tel Aviv University & Northwestern
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Itzhak, Gilboa, Tel Aviv University
  • Hellwig, Christian, UC-Los Angeles
  • Kojima, Fuhito, Harvard University
  • Lipman, Bart, Boston University
  • Miller, David, UC-San Diego
  • Polemarchakis, Herakles, University of Warwick
  • Postlewaite, Andrew, University of Pennsylvania
  • Smith, Eric, Santa Fe Institute
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
  • Szeidl, Adam, UC-Berkeley
  • Välimäki, Jusso, Helsinki School of Economics
2007-2008
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Ely, Jeff, Northwestern University
  • Forges, Françoise, l’Université Paris-Dauphine
  • Itzhak, Gilboa, Tel Aviv University
  • Hörner, Johannes, Northwestern University
  • Liu, Qingmin, Stanford University
  • Mongin, Philippe, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
  • Nöldeke, Georg, Abteilung Wirtschaftstheorie
2006-2007
  • Cabral, Luis, NYU
  • Copic, Jernej, UC-Los Angeles
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Gilboa, Itzhak, Tel-Aviv University
  • Lau, Stephanie, Washington University
  • Olszewski, Wojciech, Northwestern University
  • Sudderth, William, University of Minnesota
2005-2006
  • DeMeyer, Bernard, University of Paris I
  • deVries, Sven
  • Dubey, Pradeep, Stony Brook University
  • Felli, Leonardo, London School of Economics
  • Fudenberg, Drew, Harvard University
  • Haimanko, Ori, Ben Guri University
  • Gilboa, Itzhak, Tel Aviv University
  • Lagunoff, Roger, Georgetown University
  • Alexandre Marino, University of Paris
  • Mertens, Jean-Francois, CORE
  • Neyman, Abraham, Hebrew University
  • Reny, Philip, University of Chicago
  • Smith, Lones, University of Michigan