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Yair Tauman ( he, יאיר טאומן; born January 20, 1948) is a Professor of
Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
at
State University of New York, Stony Brook Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system' ...
and the Director of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. He studied at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
where he obtained his B.Sc. in
Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...
and
Statistics Statistics (from German language, German: ''wikt:Statistik#German, Statistik'', "description of a State (polity), state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of ...
and M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Mathematics, the latter two under the supervision of
Robert Aumann Robert John Aumann (Hebrew name: , Yisrael Aumann; born June 8, 1930) is an Israeli-American mathematician, and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew ...
. His areas of research interests are
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 ...
and
industrial organization In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and market (economics), markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complic ...
. He has published, among others, in ''
Econometrica ''Econometrica'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics, publishing articles in many areas of economics, especially econometrics. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Econometric Society. The current editor-in-chief is Gui ...
'', ''
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 ...
'', ''
Journal of Economic Theory The ''Journal of Economic Theory'' is a bimonthly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the field of economic theory. Karl Shell has served as editor-in-chief of the journal since it was established in 1968. Since 2000, he has shared the editor ...
'', ''
Quarterly Journal of Economics ''The Quarterly Journal of Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Oxford University Press for the Harvard University Department of Economics. Its current editors-in-chief are Robert J. Barro, Lawrence F. Katz, Nathan N ...
'' and ''
RAND Journal of Economics ''The RAND Journal of Economics'' (usually called ''RAND Journal'' or simply ''Rand'' ) is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the RAND Corporation. It publishes theoretical and empirica ...
''. Tauman has been the organizer of the longest and most established series of International Summer Conferences in Game Theory (for over 30 years)The Summer Festival in Game Theory
held annually at Stony Brook.
and has been on the Faculty at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management and served as the dean of the business school at the Interdisciplinary Center in Hertzliya, Israel. Since 2009 he has served as the academic director of the Zell entrepreneurship program in the Interdisciplinary Center in Hertzliya.


Biography (Business)

In 2005, Tauman led a small group of Israeli investors to interfere with a takeover of online auction company QXL which was then sold for $1.9 Billion dollars. Tauman co-founded
Bidorbuy Bob Shop, formerly Bidorbuy or bidorbuy.co.za (officially written as one word, all-lowercase; variations: bid or buy, BidOrBuy and Bid or Buy), is a South African e-commerce website based on an internet auction and online marketplace model all ...
.com and has served as a member of the board of directors for the following companies: ADFVN, Digi-block, Radware, and Expo-bee. Since 2011, Tauman has served as a director at
Bank Hapoalim Bank Hapoalim ( he, בנק הפועלים lit. ''The Workers' Bank'') is one of Israel's largest banks. History The bank was established in 1921 by the ''Histadrut'', the Israeli trade union congress (lit. "General Federation of Laborers in the ...
.


Biography (Film)

Tauman produced a film about his sister, entitled, ''My Sister Tikva: A Holocaust Journey''. It was named best international film at the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival. Tauman also stars in a
TEDx TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading". TED was founded by Richard Sau ...
talk on game theory.


Selected publications

*"The Existence of Non-Diagonal Axiomatic Values" (1976) (with A. Neyman) ''Mathematics of Operations Research'' Vol. 1, pp. 246–250. *"A Non-Diagonal Value on a Reproducing Space" (1977) ''Mathematics of Operations Research'' Vol. 2, pp. 331–337. *"Values on a Class of Non-Differentiable Market Games" (1981) ''International Journal of Game Theory'' Vol. 10, pp. 155–162. *"The Continuity of the Aumann-Shapley Price Mechanism" (1982) (with L. Mirman) ''Journal of Mathematical Economics'' Vol. 9, pp. 235–249. *"The Determination of the Marginal Cost Prices under a Set of Axioms" (1982) (with D. Samet) ''Econometrica'' Vol. 50, pp. 895–909. *"Supportability, Sustainability and Subsidy Free Prices" (1985) (with L. Mirman & I. Zang) ''RAND Journal of Economics'' Vol. 16, pp. 114–126. *"Fees Versus Royalties and the Private Value of a Patent" (1986) (with M. Kamien) ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'' Vol. 101, pp. 471–491. *"Incentive-Compatible Cost-Allocation Schemes" (1994) (with D. Schmeidler) ''Journal of Economic Theory'' Vol. 63, pp. 189–207. *"A Model of Multiple Product Price Competition" (1997) (with A. Urbano & J. Watanabe) ''Journal of Economic Theory'' Vol. 77, pp. 377–401. *"The Shapley Value of a Patent Licensing Game: The Asymptotic Equivalence to Non-cooperative Results" (2007) (with N. Watanabe) ''Economic Theory'' Vol. 31, pp. 135–149. *"General Licensing Schemes for a Cost-Reducing Innovation" (2007) (with D. Sen) ''Games and Economic Behavior'', Vol. 59, pp. 163–186.


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External References


Webpage from ''Stony Brook University

TEDx Talk By Yair Tauman
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