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MATTHEW O. JACKSON
Professor of Economics

Ph.D. (Business) Stanford University, B.A. (Economics) Princeton University .

Research Interests: microeconomics, game theory, social networks, and political economy.

Current Research: the economics of social networks, the design and properties of political institutions, arms races and war, implementation and mechanism design.

Representative Recent Publications: (1) ``On the Weight of Nations: Assigning Voting Power to Heterogeneous Voters,'' (with Salvador Barbera) Journal of Political Economy, Vol 114, No. 2, pp 317-339, 2006. (2) ``Existence of Equilibria in Single and Double Auctions,'' (with Jeroen Swinkels) Econometrica, Vol. 73, No. 1, 93-139, 2005. (3) ``The Effects of Social Networks on Employment and Inequality,'' (with Antoni Calvo-Armengol) American Economic Review, vol. 94, no. 3, 426-454, June 2004. (4) "A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks," (with Asher Wolinsky) Journal of Economic Theory, 71, 44-74, 1996. (5) "Bayesian Implementation" in Econometrica, 59, 461-477, 1991.

Teaching Interests: Microeconomic Theory and Political Economy.

Professional Affiliations: American Economic Association, Econometric Society (Fellow), Game Theory Society, Society for Social Choice and Welfare.

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