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Rabah Amir

Eller Professor of Economics

• Ph.D. University of Illinois (Urbana), 1985

Current Courses

• ECON 501A, Microeconomic Theory I
• ECON 502, Economics Dynamics

Research Interests

• Industrial Organization
• Economic Theory
• Game Theory
• Economic Dynamics
• Economics
  

Current Research

Rabah Amir's present research deals with theoretical and applied aspects of oligopoly behavior, innovation and market structure, the theory and application of dynamic games in economics, and some methodological aspects of supermodularity and economic complementarity.

Publications

• “Entry, Exit, and Imperfect Competition in the Long Run,” Journal of Economic Theory, 110, 191-203, 2003 (w. V. Lambson)
• “Noncooperative R&D versus Cooperative R&D with Endogenous Spillover Rates,” Games and Economic Behavior, 42, 183-207, 2003 (w. I. Evstigneev and J. Wooders).
• “On the Effects of Entry in Cournot Markets,” Review of Economic Studies, 67, 235-254, 2000 (w. V. Lambson)
• “One-Way Spillovers, Endogenous Innovator/Imitator Roles and Research Joint Ventures,” Games and Economic Behavior, 31, 1-25, 2000 (w. J. Wooders).

Other Selected Publications

• “Continuous Stochastic Games of Capital Accumulation with Convex Transitions,” Games and Economic Behavior, 15, 111-131, 1996.
• “Cournot Oligopoly and the Theory of Supermodular Games" Games and Economic Behavior, 15, 132-148, 1996.
• “Sensitivity Analysis in Multisector Optimal Economic Dynamics” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 25, 123-141, 1996.
• “One-Sector Nonclassical Optimal Growth: Optimality and Comparative Dynamics,” International Economic Review, 32, 625-644, 1991 (w. L. Mirman and W. Perkins)
• “A Strategic Market Game with Complete Markets”, Journal of Economic Theory, 51, 126-43, 1990 (w. M. Shubik, S. Sahi and S. Yao).

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