Thomas Rossman Palfrey (born 1953) is the Flintridge Professor of
Economics and
Political Science at the
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in
Pasadena,
California, and Fellow of the
Econometric Society.
He received his Ph.D. in Social Science from Caltech in 1981.
He has authored influential papers in the fields of
political economy ("Voter Participation and Strategic Uncertainty" with Howard Rosenthal, APSR 1985),
game theory
Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions among rational agents. Myerson, Roger B. (1991). ''Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict,'' Harvard University Press, p.&nbs1 Chapter-preview links, ppvii–xi It has appli ...
("Quantal Response Equilibria in Normal Form Games" with
Richard McKelvey, GEB 1995), implementation ("Nash Implementation Using Undominated Strategies" with S. Srivastava, Econometrica 1991), and
experimental economics ("An Experimental Study of the Centipede Game" with R. McKelvey, Econometrica 1992).
References
1953 births
Living people
Fellows of the Econometric Society
California Institute of Technology alumni
California Institute of Technology faculty
21st-century American economists
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