Drew Fudenberg (born March 2, 1957) is a Professor of

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. His extensive research spans many aspects of

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, including equilibrium theory, learning in games, evolutionary game theory, and many applications to other fields. Fudenberg was also one of the first to apply game theoretic analysis in industrial organization, bargaining theory, and contract theory. He has also authored papers on repeated games, reputation effects, and behavioral economics.

Biography

Fudenberg obtained his

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from

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in 1978, when he went on to obtain his

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from the

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. After completing his Ph.D. in just three years, he began his assistant professorship at the

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in 1981. At Berkeley, Fudenberg was tenured at the age of 28. In 1987, he returned to a faculty position at MIT, where he taught for 6 years. In 1993, Fudenberg accepted a faculty position in the Economics department of his alma mater,

. He has returned once more to MIT as the Paul A. Samuelson Professor of Economics as of 2016. Fudenberg was the associate editor of the ''

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'' from 1984 to 1996; the ''

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'' from 1984 to 1989; ''

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'' from 1985 to 1996; ''

Games and Economic Behavior ''Games and Economic Behavior'' (''GEB'') is a journal of game theory published by Elsevier. Founded in 1989, the journal's stated objective is to communicate game-theoretic ideas across theory and applications. It is considered to be the leadi ...

'' from 1988 to 1993, and the foreign editor of the ''

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'' from 1993 to 1996. He was also the principal editor of ''Econometrica'' from 1996 until 2000. Fudenberg has authored a number of books on game theory, including ''Game Theory'' with

Jean Tirole Jean Tirole (born 9 August 1953) is a French professor of economics at Toulouse 1 Capitole University. He focuses on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. In 2014 he was awarded the Nobel Memori ...

, a primary reference for graduate students in economics; ''Dynamic Models of Oligopoly'', also with Jean Tirole; and ''Theory of Learning in Games'' with David K. Levine. Fudenberg received the

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in 1990 and became a fellow of the

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in 1998. He is the son of immunologist and anti-vaccination activist Hugh Fudenberg.

Publications

''Game Theory''
coauthor with

* ''Dynamic Models of Oligopoly'' coauthor with

''A Long-Run Collaboration on Long-Run Games''
coauthor with David K. Levine
''Theory of Learning in Games''
coauthor with David K. Levine

References

External links

Drew Fudenberg at MIT Department of Economics

Biography of Drew Fudenberg at MIT Economics Department
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fudenberg, Drew Living people Game theorists University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty Harvard University faculty 1957 births Harvard College alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni Fellows of the Econometric Society Presidents of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 20th-century American economists 21st-century American economists Economics journal editors Nancy L. Schwartz Memorial Lecture speakers