Drew Fudenberg

Drew Fudenberg
Born (1957-03-02) March 2, 1957 (age 67)
New York City, US
EducationHarvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
RelativesHugh Fudenberg (father)
Academic career
FieldGame theory, General equilibrium Theory
InstitutionMIT
Doctoral
advisor
Eric Maskin[1]
Doctoral
students
Matthew Rabin
Glenn Ellison
Sendhil Mullainathan
Contributionslearning in games, Folk theorem
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, 1990; Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Drew Fudenberg (born March 2, 1957) is a Professor of Economics at MIT. His research spans many aspects of game theory, including equilibrium theory, learning in games, evolutionary game theory, and many applications to other fields. Fudenberg was also one of the first to apply game theoretic analysis in industrial organization, bargaining theory, and contract theory. He has also authored papers on repeated games, reputation effects, and behavioral economics.

  1. ^ Fudenberg, Drew (1981), Strategic behavior in economic rivalry. Ph.D. dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.