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Drew Fudenberg

Drew Fudenberg

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Economics and Finance
USA
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
100
Citations
60066
World Ranking
104
National Ranking
81

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

Overview

Drew Fudenberg is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of decision sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. Their research focuses on various subfields including management science and operations research, economics and econometrics, safety research, general decision sciences, and artificial intelligence.

Key topics in Drew Fudenberg's work cover game theory and applications, experimental behavioral economics studies, decision-making and behavioral economics, economic theories and models, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, monetary policy and economic impact, and auction theory and applications.

Recent academic publications by Drew Fudenberg include:

  • "Measuring the Completeness of Economic Models" (2021, Journal of Political Economy)
  • "Limit Points of Endogenous Misspecified Learning" (2021, Econometrica)
  • "Which misspecifications persist?" (2023, Theoretical Economics)
  • "Selective-Memory Equilibrium" (2024, Journal of Political Economy)

The frequent venues for publishing Drew Fudenberg's research include the SSRN Electronic Journal, arXiv (Cornell University), Journal of Political Economy, Theoretical Economics, and the American Economic Journal Microeconomics.

Collaborations have been an important component of Drew Fudenberg's research output. Frequent co-authors comprise Giacomo Lanzani, Annie Liang, Philipp Strack, Wayne Yuan Gao, and Isaiah Andrews.

Best Publications

  • The theory of learning in games

    Drew Fudenberg;David Knudsen Levine

  • THE FOLK THEOREM IN REPEATED GAMES WITH DISCOUNTING OR WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION

    Drew Fudenberg;Eric Maskin

  • The Folk theorem in repeated games with discounting or with incomplete information

    Drew Fudenberg;Eric S. Maskin

  • A Dual Self Model of Impulse Control

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine

  • Evolutionary Game Theory

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  • Emergence of cooperation and evolutionary stability in finite populations

    Martin A. Nowak;Akira Sasaki;Christine Taylor;Christine Taylor;Drew Fudenberg

  • The Fat-Cat Effect, the Puppy-Dog Ploy, and the Lean and Hungry Look

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • Preemption and Rent Equalization in the Adoption of New Technology

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • A Dual Self Model of Impulse Control

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine

  • Word-of-Mouth Communication and Social Learning

    Glenn Ellison;Drew Fudenberg

  • A Theory of Income and Dividend Smoothing Based on Incumbency Rents

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • Rules of Thumb for Social Learning

    Glenn Ellison;Drew Fudenberg

  • Perfect Bayesian equilibrium and sequential equilibrium

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • Customer Poaching and Brand Switching

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • Winners don’t punish

    Anna Dreber;David G. Rand;Drew Fudenberg;Martin A. Nowak

  • Positive Interactions Promote Public Cooperation

    David G. Rand;Anna Dreber;Anna Dreber;Tore Ellingsen;Drew Fudenberg

  • Preemption, Leapfrogging and Competition in Patent Races

    Drew Fudenberg;Richard J. Gilbert;Joseph E. Stiglitz;Jean Tirole

  • Short-term contracts and long-term agency relationships

    Drew Fudenberg;Bengt Holmstrom;Paul Milgrom

  • The Folk Theorem with Imperfect Public Information

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine;Eric Maskin

  • Self-confirming equilibrium

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine

  • Consistency and Cautious Fictitious Play

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine

  • A "signal-jamming" theory of predation

    Drew Fudenberg;Jean Tirole

  • Learning Mixed Equilibria

    Drew Fudenberg;David Kreps

  • The Folk Theorem with Imperfect Public Information

    Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine;Eric Maskin

Frequent Co-Authors

David K. Levine
David K. Levine Royal Holloway University of London
Jean Tirole
Jean Tirole Toulouse School of Economics
Eddie Dekel
Eddie Dekel Northwestern University
Anna Dreber
Anna Dreber Stockholm School of Economics
David G. Rand
David G. Rand Cornell University
David M. Kreps
David M. Kreps Stanford University
Eric Maskin
Eric Maskin Harvard University
Martin A. Nowak
Martin A. Nowak Harvard University
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion London School of Economics and Political Science

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