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Wolfgang Pesendorfer

Wolfgang Pesendorfer

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
35
Citations
10664
World Ranking
2872
National Ranking
1592

Wolfgang Pesendorfer publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Pesendorfer sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 69 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Wolfgang Pesendorfer D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wolfgang Pesendorfer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellows of the Econometric Society
  • 1997 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Wolfgang Pesendorfer is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Decision Sciences and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their work includes significant contributions to subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Decision Sciences, Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, and Safety Research.

The main topics that characterize Pesendorfer's research include Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies, Game Theory and Voting Systems, Auction Theory and Applications, Economic theories and models, Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference, and Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge.

Pesendorfer's recent scholarly output features several papers published in leading economic journals. These include:

  • "Evaluating ambiguous random variables from Choquet to maxmin expected utility," 2020, Journal of Economic Theory
  • "Random Evolving Lotteries and Intrinsic Preference for Information," 2021, Econometrica
  • "Efficient Allocation of Indivisible Goods in Pseudomarkets with Constraints," 2024, Journal of Political Economy
  • "The Thrill of Gradual Learning," 2024, Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
  • "Calibrated uncertainty," 2020, Journal of Economic Theory

Frequent publication venues where Wolfgang Pesendorfer's work appears include:

  • Journal of Economic Theory
  • Econometrica
  • Journal of Political Economy
  • Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics
  • The Review of Economic Studies

Collaborations have involved multiple co-authors, notably:

  • Faruk Gül
  • Paulo Natenzon
  • Mu Zhang
  • Erkut Özbay

Over the course of their career, Wolfgang Pesendorfer has been recognized by several professional societies and organizations. These honors include:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2010
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society, 2000
  • Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 1997

Best Publications

  • Temptation and Self-Control

    Faruk R. Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • The Swing Voter's Curse

    Timothy J. Feddersen;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Voting Behavior and Information Aggregation in Elections with Private Information

    Timothy Feddersen;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Convicting the Innocent: The Inferiority of Unanimous Jury Verdicts under Strategic Voting

    Timothy Feddersen;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • SELF-CONTROL AND THE THEORY OF CONSUMPTION

    Faruk Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Design Innovation and Fashion Cycles

    Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Abstention in elections with asymmetric information and diverse preferences

    Timothy J. Feddersen;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • The Case for Mindless Economics

    Faruk Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Random Expected Utility

    Faruk R. Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • The loser's curse and information aggregation in common value auctions

    Wolfgang Pesendorfer;Jeroen M. Swinkels

  • Behavioral Economics Comes of Age: A Review Essay on Advances in Behavioral Economics

    Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Random Choice as Behavioral Optimization

    Faruk Gul;Paulo Natenzon;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Second Opinions and Price Competition: Inefficiency in the Market for Expert Advice

    Wolfgang Pesendorfer;Asher Wolinsky

  • Self-control, revealed preference and consumption choice

    Faruk R. Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Efficiency and information aggregation in auctions

    Wolfgang Pesendorfer;Jeroen M. Swinkels

  • The evolution of cooperation through imitation

    David K. Levine;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Convicting the Innocent: The Inferiority of Unanimous Jury Verdicts

    Timothy Feddersen;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • The Revealed Preference Theory of Changing Tastes

    Faruk Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • Maintaining a reputation against a long-lived opponent

    Marco Celentani;Drew Fudenberg;David K. Levine;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

  • The Power of the Last Word in Legislative Policy Making

    B. Douglas Bernheim;Antonio Rangel;Luis Rayo

  • The War of Information

    Faruk R. Gul;Wolfgang Pesendorfer

Frequent Co-Authors

Faruk Gul
Faruk Gul Princeton University
David K. Levine
David K. Levine Royal Holloway University of London
Asher Wolinsky
Asher Wolinsky Northwestern University
Eddie Dekel
Eddie Dekel Northwestern University
James H. Stock
James H. Stock Harvard University
Larry Samuelson
Larry Samuelson Yale University
Harald Uhlig
Harald Uhlig University of Chicago

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