Michihiro Kandori Explained

Michihiro Kandori
Native Name:	神取 道宏
Birth Date:	21 August 1959
Birth Place:	Sapporo, Japan
Nationality:	Japanese
Institution:	University of Tokyo Princeton University University of Pennsylvania
Field:	Microeconomic theory Game theory
Alma Mater:	Stanford University (Ph.D. 1989) University of Tokyo (B.A. 1982)
Doctoral Advisor:	Paul Milgrom
Influences:	Takashi Negishi
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Repec Id:	pka612

is a Japanese economist. He is a professor at the University of Tokyo. Kandori is the President of the Game Theory Society, replacing Matthew O. Jackson in 2023.

Career

He received a B.A. from University of Tokyo in 1982 and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1989. His seminal papers about social norms (1992) and evolutionary game theory (1993) together have received 5,000 citations to date, according to Google Scholar. Kandori serves as the Vice Director of the University of Tokyo Market Design Center.

Recognition

• 1999: Fellow, Econometric Society^[1]
• 2002: Japanese Economic Association-Nakahara Prize^[2]
• 2017: R. K. Cho Economics Prize^[3]
• 2017: Fellow, Game Theory Society^[4]

Selected publications

• 10.2307/2297925 . Kandori . Michihiro . 1992 . Social Norms and Community Enforcement . . 59 . 1 . 63–80 . 2297925.
• 10.2307/2297926 . Kandori . Michihiro . 1992 . Repeated Games Played by Overlapping Generations of Players . Review of Economic Studies . 59 . 1 . 81–92 . 2297926.
• 10.2307/2951777 . Kandori . Michihiro . Mailath . George J. . George J. Mailath . Rob . Rafael . Rafael Robb . 1993 . Learning, mutation, and long run equilibria in games . . 61 . 1 . 29–56 . 2951777 . 10.1.1.295.1444 .
• 10.1006/jeth.1995.1014 . Kandori . Michihiro . Rob . Rafael . 1995 . Evolution of Equilibria in the Long Run: A General Theory and Applications . . 65 . 2 . 383–414 .
• 10.2307/2998577 . Kandori . Michihiro . Matsushima . Hitoshi . Hitoshi Matsushima (economist) . 1998 . Private Observation, Communication and Collusion . Econometrica . 66 . 3 . 627–652 . 2998577 .
• 10.1006/jeth.2001.2853 . Kandori . Michihiro . 2002 . Introduction to Repeated Games with Private Monitoring . Journal of Economic Theory . 102 . 1 . 1–5 .
• 10.1111/1468-0262.00398 . Kandori . Michihiro . 2003 . Randomization, Communication, and Efficiency in Repeated Games with Imperfect Public Monitoring . Econometrica . 71 . 1 . 345–353 . 3082049 .
• 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00669.x . Kandori . Michihiro . Obara . Ichiro . 2006 . Efficiency in Repeated Games Revisited: The Role of Private Strategies . Econometrica . 74 . 2 . 499–519 . 3598808 . 10.1.1.502.9144 .

External links

• Personal web page
• Faculty profile at University of Tokyo
• People - The University of Tokyo Market Design Center

Notes and References

1. Web site: Econometric Society Fellows. The Econometric Society . 2016-04-28.
2. Web site: 2002年度中原賞受賞者. The Japanese Economic Association . 2016-04-28.
3. Web site: Professor Kandori wins the 10th R.K. Cho Economics Prize. Graduate School of Economics, Tokyo University. 2017-05-29. 2018-05-01.
4. Web site: Game Theory Society people . 2023-06-02.