Martin Dufwenberg
Eller Professor of Economics
Institute for Behavioral Economics Director
Economic Science Laboratory Director
- Ph.D., Uppsala University, 1995
Research Interests
- Game Theory
- Experiments
- Behavioral Economics
Current Research
Professor Dufwenberg uses game theory and experiments to explore topics in behavioral economics. He currently focuses on the role of communication in partnerships and on how to incorporate emotions into economic theory.
Current Projects
- Contract & Communication (with Gary Charness)
- Finding Partners Among Strangers (with Utteeyo Dasgupta)
- The Framing of Games & the Psychology of Play (with Simon Gächter & Heike Hennig-Schmidt
- Other-Regarding Preferences in General Equilibrium (with P. Heidhues, G. Kirchsteiger, F. Riedel & J. Sobel)
- Epiphany in the Game of 21 (with Ramya Sundaram & David Butler)
Selected Publications
- “Dynamic Psychological Games” (with Pierpaolo Battigalli), Journal of Economic Theory, forthcoming
- “Guilt in Games” (with Pierpaolo Battigalli), American Economic Review (P&P), 2007
- “Promises & Partnership” (with Gary Charness), Econometrica, 2006
- “Bubbles & Experience: An Experiment” (with Tobias Lindqvist & Evan Moore), American Economic Review, 2005
- “A Theory of Sequential Reciprocity” (with Georg Kirchsteiger), Games & Economic Behavior, 2004




