Jacob GOEREE is the Scienta Professor and Director of the AGORA Center for Market Design at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Prior to joining UNSW he was a full professor at Caltech and the University of Zurich. Among his current editorial duties, he is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Theory and Games and Economic Behavior.

He is a world-leading experimenter, theorist and market designer. He has published in top tier general interest journals in economics and political science, notably Econometrica, American Economic Review, and Journal of Political Economy. His research has influenced the design of major spectrum auctions worldwide. In the US, he designed and tested the recent 700MHz auction that generated record revenues of 19 billion dollars and co-designed the market for pollution permits for the regional greenhouse gas initiative.

He has received a number of professional honours: he was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2012 and member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014. He served as President of the Economic Science Association and as Editor of Experimental Economics.

Jacob Goeree will present a paper at the next Roy-ADRES Seminar on the topic:

A Synthesis of (Behavioral) Game Theory (read abstract, PDF 73.47 KB)

More about Jacob GOEREE and his research

Date: THURSDAY, November 16th - 1.15 pm
Location: PSE - Jourdan Campus - Room R1-13

The next Roy-ADRES Seminar will host Shaowei KE (China Europe International Business School - CEIBS) on November 20th.