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Overview

George J. Mailath is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with particular attention to subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Artificial Intelligence, General Decision Sciences, History and Philosophy of Science, and Soil Science.

The scientist has contributed to several main topics including Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Philosophy and History of Science, Agricultural Risk and Resilience, Economic Theories and Models, and Economic Policies and Impacts.

Recent publications by George J. Mailath include:

  • Learning under Diverse World Views: Model-Based Inference (2020, American Economic Review)
  • Trust in Risk Sharing: A Double-Edged Sword (2023, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • Coalition-Proof Risk Sharing Under Frictions (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George J. Mailath are:

  • Harold L. Cole
  • Dirk Krueger
  • Yena Park
  • Larry Samuelson

The publications are predominantly featured in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal and the American Economic Review, reflecting the scientist's active engagement with platforms that disseminate economic research.

Best Publications

  • LEARNING, MUTATION, AND LONG RUN EQUILIBRIA IN GAMES

    Michihiro Kandori;George J. Mailath;Rafael Rob

  • Repeated Games and Reputations: Long-Run Relationships

    George Joseph Mailath;Larry Samuelson

  • Social Norms, Savings Behavior, and Growth

    Harold L. Cole;George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite

  • Repeated Games and Reputations

    George J. Mailath;Larry Samuelson

  • Asymmetric Information Bargaining Problems with Many Agents

    George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite

  • Belief-Based Refinements in Signalling Games

    George J. Mailath;Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara;Andrew Postlewaite

  • Who Wants a Good Reputation

    George J. Mailath;Larry Samuelson

  • Do People Play Nash Equilibrium? Lessons From Evolutionary Game Theory

    George J. Mailath

  • Incentive Compatibility in Signaling Games with a Continuum of Types

    George J. Mailath

  • A Positive Analysis of Bank Closure

    George J. Mailath;Loretta J. Mester

  • Imperfect Monitoring and Impermanent Reputations

    Martin W. Cripps;George J. Mailath;Larry Samuelson

  • Collusion in second price auctions with heterogeneous bidders

    George J Mailath;Peter Zemsky

  • Introduction: Symposium on evolutionary game theory☆

    George J Mailath

  • Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring

    George J. Mailath;Stephen Morris

  • Incorporating Concern for Relative Wealth Into Economic Models

    Harold L. Cole;George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite

  • Endogenous Sequencing of Firm Decisions

    George J. Mailath

  • Endogenous Inequality in Integrated Labor Markets with Two-Sided Search

    George J. Mailath;Larry Samuelson;Avner Shaked

  • Stable Matching With Incomplete Information

    Qingmin Liu;George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite;Larry Samuelson

  • Efficient Non-Contractible Investments in Large Economies☆

    Harold Linh Cole;George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite

  • Class systems and the enforcement of social norms

    Harold L. Cole;George J. Mailath;Andrew Postlewaite

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Samuelson
Larry Samuelson Yale University
Andrew Postlewaite
Andrew Postlewaite University of Pennsylvania
Harold L. Cole
Harold L. Cole University of Pennsylvania
Dirk Krueger
Dirk Krueger University of Pennsylvania
Andrew B. Abel
Andrew B. Abel University of Pennsylvania
Loretta J. Mester
Loretta J. Mester Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

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