Robert Gibbons (economist) explained

Robert Gibbons
Birth Date:	June 22, 1958
Nationality:	American
Institution:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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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Repec Id:	pat6
Education:	Stanford Graduate School of Business Cambridge University Harvard University

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.