Robert Gibbons (economist) explained

Robert Gibbons
Birth Date:	June 22, 1958
Nationality:	American
Institution:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alma Mater:	Stanford Graduate School of Business Cambridge University Harvard University
Doctoral Advisor:	David M. Kreps Robert B. Wilson
Doctoral Students:	Pierre Azoulay, Daniel Barron, David Chan, Albert Choi, Florian Ederer, Nicola Lacetera, Michael Powell, Heikki Rantakari, Douglas Staiger^[1]
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Robert S. Gibbons (born June 22, 1958) is an American economist, currently the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^{[2] [3]} He launched the Working Group on Organizational Economics at the National Bureau of Economic Research in 2002, and was its director until 2022.^[4]

Education

• Ph. D. (Decision Sciences), Stanford Graduate School of Business, September 1985.
• M. Phil. (Economics, with honours), Cambridge University, June 1981.
• A. B. (Applied Mathematics, magna cum laude), Harvard University, June 1980.

Selected publications

• Web site: Robert Gibbons. Google Scholar.
• Gibbons, Robert (1992) Game Theory for Applied Economists, Princeton University Press^[5] (The non US version is A Primer in Game Theory)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robert Gibbons Doctoral Students . mathgenealogy . October 14, 2023.
2. Web site: Robert Gibbons . mit.edu . May 1, 2017.
3. Web site: Robert Gibbons . mit.edu . May 1, 2017.
4. Web site: Sadun to Direct Working Group on Organizational Economics . 2023-01-11 . NBER . 31 December 2022 . en.
5. Book: Robert Gibbons. Game Theory for Applied Economists. 13 July 1992. Princeton University Press. 1-4008-3588-7.