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Overview

Joel Sobel is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Decision Sciences, with a specialization in Management Science and Operations Research. Additional subfields include Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, General Decision Sciences, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's research spans several main topics, notably:

  • Game Theory and Applications
  • Auction Theory and Applications
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Joel Sobel has published multiple papers in well-known academic venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Getting Permission" (2022), published in American Economic Review Insights
  • "On the Relationship between Damage and Deception" (2024), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Getting Permission: Experimental Evidence" (2024), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "On the function of language" (2025), published in International Journal of Game Theory

Frequent co-authors in Sobel's research include:

  • Peicong Hu
  • Wooyoung Lim
  • Philip R. Neary

The main publication venues where this scientist has contributed include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • American Economic Review Insights
  • International Journal of Game Theory

Best Publications

  • Strategic Information Transmission

    Vincent Crawford;J. Sobel

  • Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games

    Jeffrey S. Banks;Joel Sobel

  • INTERDEPENDENT PREFERENCES AND RECIPROCITY

    Joel Sobel

  • Can We Trust Social Capital

    Joel Sobel

  • A Theory of Credibility

    Joel Sobel

  • A Multistage Model of Bargaining

    Joel Sobel;Ichiro Takahashi

  • Lying Aversion and the Size of the Lie

    Uri Gneezy;Agne Kajackaite;Joel Sobel

  • Samurai Accountant: A Theory of Auditing and Plunder

    Kim C. Border;Joel Sobel

  • Cyclic Pricing by a Durable Goods Monopolist

    John Conlisk;Eitan Gerstner;Joel Sobel

  • Strategic stability and uniqueness in signaling games

    In Koo Cho;Joel Sobel

  • The Timing of Sales

    Joel Sobel

  • Selecting Cheap‐Talk Equilibria

    Ying Chen;Navin Kartik;Joel Sobel

  • Hierarchical design and enforcement of income tax policies

    Isabel Sánchez;Joel Sobel

  • DURABLE GOODS MONOPOLY WITH ENTRY OF NEW CONSUMERS

    Joel Sobel

  • Tit for tat: Foundations of preferences for reciprocity in strategic settings

    Uzi Segal;Joel Sobel

  • Other -Regarding Preferences in General Equilibrium

    Martin Dufwenberg;Paul Heidhues;Georg Kirchsteiger;Frank Riedel

  • A Model of Positive Self-Image in Subjective Assessments

    Luís Santos-Pinto;Joel Sobel

  • AN EVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO PRE-PLAY COMMUNICATION

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  • Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Giving and Receiving Advice

    Joel Sobel

  • A Multi-stage Model of Bargaining

    Joel Sobel;Takahashi

  • Evolutionary Stability in Games of Communication

    Andreas Blume;Yong Gwan Kim;Joel Sobel

  • Other-Regarding Preferences in General Equilibrium

    Martin Dufwenberg;Paul Heidhues;Georg Kirchsteiger;Georg Kirchsteiger;Joel Sobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Vincent P. Crawford
Vincent P. Crawford University of Oxford
Martin Dufwenberg
Martin Dufwenberg University of Arizona
Uri Gneezy
Uri Gneezy University of California, San Diego
Matthew Rabin
Matthew Rabin Harvard University
Ariel Pakes
Ariel Pakes Harvard University
Martin Hellwig
Martin Hellwig Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

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