Abhinay Muthoo is an economist specializing in negotiations, game theory and public policy. Abhinay has 37 years of teaching and research experience, across several universities including

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, Cambridge,

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

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and the LSE. He has been the Head of the Departments of Economics at Essex and at Warwick, and the Dean of Warwick in London. He is a Fellow of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research and a member of the UK Cross Parliamentary Party Youth Violence Commission.

Education

He studied for a BSc in Economics at the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

which he obtained with First Class Honours, before proceeding to obtain his MPhil and PhD in Economics at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, where he was supervised by David Canning and

Partha Dasgupta Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta (born on 17 November 1942), is an Indian-British economist who is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Personal ...

, and his doctoral thesis were examined by

Kenneth Binmore Kenneth George "Ken" Binmore, (born 27 September 1940) is an English mathematician, economist, and game theorist, a Professor Emeritus of Economics at University College London (UCL) and a Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics at the Univer ...

and

Frank Hahn Frank Horace Hahn FBA (26 April 1925 – 29 January 2013) was a British economist whose work focused on general equilibrium theory, monetary theory, Keynesian economics and critique of monetarism. A famous problem of economic theory, the condi ...

Academic career

Abhinay was a Professor of Economics at the

University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( ; abbreviated as ''Warw.'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands (county), West Midlands and Warwickshire, England. The university was founded i ...

between 2008 and 2022. During that period, he was the Head of Department of Economics for eight years (2008-2016) and the Dean of Warwick in London for four years (2016-2020). Prior to that, he was a professor at the

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public university, public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass university, plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the an ...

and held positions at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

, Panthéon-Assas University,

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

and the

. He was the Head of the Department of Economics at the University of Essex for seven years.

Research

Muthoo's research interests include art and science of negotiations, Conflict, Dispute Resolution, Game Theory, Bargaining, Law and Economics, Political Institutions,

Political Economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

, Coalition Formation, Foundations of Social Order, Family, International Development, International Relations, Public Policy, Higher Education, Economics and Literature, and Political Philosophy. He authored the book ''Bargaining Theory with Applications''. He also publicly commented on capitalism, university leadership and immigration rules.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muthoo, Abhinay Academics of the University of Warwick Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Harvard University faculty 1963 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Living people