Economic Theory
Program Director(s)
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
- Theory Breakfast, Wednesday, 8:00 am, 28 Hillhouse, Room 208
- Micro Theory Lunch
- Microeconomic Theory Workshop
- Theory Reading Group, Thursday, 4:30 pm, 28 Hillhouse, Room B1
Program Conferences
See the Conference page for all listings (formally called Structural Microeconomics).
Visitors
(for contact info, see Visiting Faculty page)
2022-2023
- Clark, Daniel,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Dana, James ,
Northeastern University
- Neeman, Zvika,
Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
2021-2022
- Dasaratha, Krishna,
Harvard University
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Nöldeke, Georg,
University of Basel
- Polemarchakis, Herakles,
University of Warwick
- Sabourian, Hamid,
University of Cambridge
- Siga, Lucas ,
New York University Abu Dhabi
- Strausz, Roland,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2020-2021
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Polemarchakis, Herakles,
University of Warwick
- Yang, Kai Hao,
University of Chicago
2019-2020
- Börgers, Tilman,
University of Michigan
- Chade, Hector,
Arizona State University
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Faingold, Eduardo,
Insper Institute of Education and Research
- Gueron, Yves ,
Seoul National University
- Ke, Shaowei,
University of Michigan
- Kremer, Ilan,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Lipnowski, Elliot,
Columbia University
- Lomys, Niccolò,
Toulouse School of Economics
- Lu, Jingfeng,
National University of Singapore
- Madsen, Erik,
New York University
- Mailath, George ,
University of Pennsylvania
- Manski, Charles ,
Northwestern University
- Meneghel, Idione,
Australian National University
- Nax, Heinrich,
ETZ Zurich
- Neeman, Zvika,
Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
- Nöldeke, Georg,
University of Basel
- Noor, Jawwad,
Boston University
- Polemarchakis, Herakles,
University of Warwick
- Rappoport, Daniel,
University of Chicago Booth
- Shmaya, Eran,
Northwestern University
- Välimäki, Juuso,
Aalto School of Economics
- Vives, Xavier,
IESE Business School
- Zhong, Weijie,
Columbia University
- Zhu, John Yiran,
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
2018-2019
- Barton, Miquel Oliu,
Université de Paris-Dauphine
- Börgers, Tilman,
University of Michigan
- Brooks, Benjamin,
The University of Chicago
- Chade, Hector,
Arizona State University
- Che, Yeon-Koo,
Columbia University
- Dong, Miaomiao,
Pennsylvania State University
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Ellis, Andrew,
LSE
- Fanning, Jack,
Brown University
- Golub, Benjamin ,
Harvard University
- Kwon, Suehyun,
UCL
- Li, Jiangtao,
Singapore Management University
- Liang, Annie,
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
- Liu, Heng,
University of Michigan
- Mailath, George ,
University of Pennsylvania
- Meneghel, Idione,
Australian National University
- Meyer, Meg,
Nuffield College, Oxford University
- Mu, Xiaosheng,
Harvard University
- Neeman, Zvika,
Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
- Nöldeke, Georg,
University of Basel
- Postlewaite, Andy,
University of Pennsylvania
- Reiche, Sönje,
University of Cambridge
- Rickne, Johanna,
Stockholm University
- Rubinchik, Anna,
University of Haifa
- Sadakane, Hitoshi,
Kyoto University
- Saito, Kota,
Caltech
- Saito, Kota,
Caltech
- Sanktjohanser, Anna,
Yale University
- Tsomocos, Dimitrios,
University of Oxford
- Urgun, Can,
Princeton University
- Välimäki, Juuso,
Aalto School of Economics
- Yared, Pierre ,
Columbia University
2017-2018
- Ahn, David,
University of California, Berkeley
- Carroll, Gabriel,
Stanford University
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Dzidua, Wioletta ,
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
- Fostel, Ana,
University of Virginia
- Galperti, Simone,
University of California San Diego
- Ishii, Yuhta,
ITAM
- Kartik, Navin,
Columbia University
- Lambert, Nicolas,
Stanford University
- Morris, Stephen,
Princeton University
- Perego, Jacopo,
NYU
- Sadakane, Hitoshi,
Kyoto University
- Samet, Dov,
Tel Aviv University
- Strack, Philipp,
University of California Berkeley
- Välimäki, Juuso,
Aalto School of Economics
2016-2017
- Ahn, David,
University of California, Berkeley
- Arnosti, Nick,
Columbia University
- Bhaskar, V.,
The University of Texas at Austin
- Bohren, Aislinn,
University of Pennsylvania
- Budish, Eric,
University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
- Chade, Hector,
Arizona State University
- Doval, Maria Laura,
Northwestern University
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Farinha Luz, Vitor,
University of British Columbia
- Frick, Mira,
Harvard University
- Galperti, Simone,
University of California San Diego
- Halac, Marina,
Columbia Business School
- Iijima, Ryota,
Harvard University
- Lambert, Nicolas,
Stanford University
- Lu, Jay,
University of California, Los Angeles
- Madsen, Erik,
New York University
- Mailath, George ,
University of Pennsylvania
- McBride, Michael,
University of California, Irvine
- Moreira, Humberto,
FGV EPGE
- Narita, Yusuke,
MIT
- Noguera, Guillermo,
University of Warwick
- Postlewaite, Andy,
University of Pennsylvania
- Robson, Arthur,
Simon Fraser University
- Samet, Dov,
Tel Aviv University
- Schenone, Pablo,
Arizona State University
- Skouras, Spyros,
Athens University of Economics and Business
- Sugaya, Takuo,
Stanford University
- Thomas, Caroline,
The University of Texas at Austin
- Välimäki, Juuso,
Aalto School of Economics
- Xu, Zibo,
ESD
2015-2016
- Board, Simon,
UCLA
- Bowen, Renee,
Stanford University
- Chalioti, Evangelia,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Chen, Yi-Chun,
National University of Singapore
- Chen, Ying,
John Hopkins University
- Cisternas, Gonzalo,
MIT-Sloan
- Dubey, Pradeep,
Stony Brook University
- Gorelkina, Olga,
Max Planck Institute
- Hauenstein, Jonathan,
University of Notre Dame
- Herold, Florian,
Universitat Bamberg
- Kwon, Suehyun,
University College London
- Laraki, Rida,
CNRS/Ecole Polytechnique
- Miyahara, Yasuyuki,
Kobe University
- Moreira, Humberto,
FGV EPGE
- Murto, Pauli,
Aalto University School of Business
- Neeman, Zvika,
Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University
- Nöldeke, Georg,
University of Basel
- Pai, Mallesh,
University of Pennsylvania
- Pomatto, Luciano,
Northwestern University-Kellogg
- Rady, Sven,
Universitat Bonn
- Saito, Kota,
Caltech
- Strausz, Roland,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Strzalecki, Tomasz,
Harvard University
- Takahashi, Satoru,
National University of Singapore
- Välimäki, Juuso,
Aalto School of Economics
- Vasama, Suvi,
Humboldt University of Berlin
- Vida, Péter,
Universität Mannheim
- Yariv, Leeat,
Caltech
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