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Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences
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Kellogg Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences Department
The faculty is on the leading edge of fundamental research that has real-world impact around the globe. Topics include auctions, game theory, voting, information aggregation, and strategic behavior within and between organizations. This research is taught in economics and political science departments across the world and is in leading PhD textbooks.
Faculty in the MEDS department have won numerous research awards and have been elected to memberships of prestigious societies such as the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Multiple Nobel-prize winners conducted fundamental research here. Additionally, the journal Games and Economic Behavior was founded in the MEDS department.
Nobel Legacy
Former Kellogg Professor Paul Milgrom’s Nobel Prize demonstrates a legacy of innovation in the MEDS department.
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Peter Klibanoff
A new paper studies incomplete information games with ambiguity averse players.
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Nancy Qian
A recent paper examines why workers in richer countries tend to experience faster wage growth.
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Joshua Mollner
New research explores consequences of high‐frequency trading and potential policy responses.
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The Strategy of Conflict and the Technology of War
Sandeep Baliga, Tomas Sjostrom, Journal of Political Economy, 2020 |
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Incomplete Information Games with Ambiguity Averse Players
Eran Hanany, Peter Klibanoff, Sujoy Mukerji, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2020 |
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High-Frequency Trading and Market Performance
Markus Baldauf, Joshua Mollner, Journal of Finance, 2020 |
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Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions
Anthony Fowler, Haritz Garro, Jorg Spenkuch, Journal of Politics, 2020 |
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The Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements
Nicola Persico, The Review of Economic Studies, 2020 |
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Disorder and Discontinuity in Law and Morality
Alvaro Sandroni, Leo Katz, Theoretical Inquires in Law, 2020 |
Managerial Economic And Decision Sciences News
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“Know What People Say About You in the Company.” Jorg Spenkuch, Kellogg Insight, December 23, 2020 |
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Podcast: To Lead Through a Crisis, You Need the “Straight, Unvarnished Truth” Jorg Spenkuch, Kellogg Insight, December 23, 2020 |
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How Racism Discouraged Volunteer Enlistment Immediately after Pearl Harbor Nancy Qian, Kellogg Insight, December 01, 2020 |
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How Auctions Help Solve Some of the World’s Most Complicated Problems Sandeep Baliga, Joshua Mollner, James Schummer, Jeroen Swinkels, Robert Weber, Kellogg Insight, November 11, 2020 |
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David Austen-Smith and Cynthia Coburn awarded Ver Steeg Fellowship David Austen-Smith, Northwestern Now, November 05, 2020 |
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