Prof. Balazs SZENTES
经济学
Chair of Economics
3910 3106
KK 1101
Biography
Professor Szentes received his PhD from Boston University in 2002. He was an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, where he got tenure in 2008. He was a professor at the University College London between 2008 and 2010 and at the London School of Economics between 2010 and 2023. His main research interests are Microeconomics and Game Theory.
Research Interest
- Microeconomics
- Game Theory
Selected Publications
- “Flexible Moral Hazard Problems,”
Econometrica, 2024, 92(2), 387-409. - “On the coevolution of cooperation and social institutions,” (with Verónica Salazar)
European Economic Review, 2024(161), 104620.
- “Smart Contract and the Coase Conjecture,” (with Alkis Georgiadis-Harris and Thomas Brzustowski)
American Economic Review, 2023(113), 1334-1359.
- “Learning Before Trading: On the Inefficiency of Ignoring Free Information,” (with Doron Ravid and Anne-Katrin Roesler)
Journal of Political Economy, 2022(130), 346-387.
- “Optimal Monitoring Design,” (with George Giorgiadis)
Econometrica, 2020(88), 2075-2107.
- “Information Design in the Hold-up Problem,” (with Daniele Condorelli)
Journal of Political Economy, 2020(128), 681-709.
- “Buyer-Optimal Learning and Monopoly Pricing,” (with Anne-Katrin Roesler)
American Economic Review, 2017(107), 2072-2080.
- “Contractible Contracts in Common Agency Problems.”
Review of Economic Studies, 2015(82), 391-422.
- “A Biological Theory of Social Discounting,” (with Arthur Robson).
American Economic Review, 2014(104), 3481-3497.
- “On the Market for Venture Capital,” (with Boyan Jovanovic).
Journal of Political Economy, 2013(121), 493-527.
- “Spontaneous Discrimination,” (with Marcin Peski).
American Economic Review, 2013(6), 2412-2436.
- “Definable and Contractible Contacts,” (with Michael Peters).
Econometrica, 2012(1), 362-411.
- “Evolution of Time Preference by Natural Selection: Comment,” (with Arthur Robson),
American Economic Review, 2008(98), 1178-1188.
- “Equilibrium Default Cycles,” (with Natalia Kovrijnykh),
Journal of Political Economy, 2007(115), 403-446.
- “Optimal Information Disclosure in Auctions,” (with Peter Eso),
Review of Economic Studies, 2007(74), 705-731.