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Professor Peyton Young FBA

Game theory and its application to the evolution of social norms, learning and innovation, theories of distributive justice, and the design of legislative systems.
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2007
Subjects
Economics
Sections
Economics and Economic History
Website
http://econ.jhu.edu/directory/h-peyton-young/

Current post

Centennial Professor, London School of Economics; Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford

Past appointments

London School of Economics and Political Science Centennial Professor

2017 -

Nuffield College University of Oxford Fellow

2007 -

Game Theory Society President

2006 -

The Brookings Institution Senior Fellow in Economics

1997 -

Johns Hopkins University Scott and Barbara Black Professor of Economics

1994 - 2007

City University, New York Graduate School of the City University of New York

1971 - 1976

Publications

Individual Strategy and Social Structure: An Evolutionary Theory of Institutions Princeton University Press 1998

Equity in Theory and Practice Princeton University Press 1994

'The Evolution of Conventions' Econometrica, 61, 57-84 1993

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Applied economics, with a particular emphasis on health care and health insurance, market failures and public policy in insurance markets and the design of social insurance

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Professor Joel Mokyr FBA

Economic history of Europe, particularly the roots of technological progress and economic growth in Europe during the Industrial Revolution

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Professor Philippe Aghion FBA

The economics of innovation, organizations and growth: theory, empirics and policy implications

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