Details about George J. Mailath

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Homepage:	http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~gmailath/
Postal address:	Department of Economics 3718 Locust Walk University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6297 USA
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2009

1. A Foundation for Markov Equilibria in Infinite Horizon Perfect Information Games
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2008

2. Folk Theorems with Bounded Recall under (Almost) Perfect Monitoring
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations
   Also in Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (2008) View citations
3. Folk Theorems with Bounded Recall under (Almost) Perfect Monitoring, Second Version
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2007

4. Common Learning
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
   Also in Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2006) View citations
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2006) View citations
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
   See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2008)
5. Does Competitive Pricing Cause Market Breakdown under Extreme Adverse Selection?
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2008)
6. Purification in the Infinitely-Repeated Prisoners’ Dilemma, Second Version
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2007)
7. Reputation Effects
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania

2006

8. Coordination Failure in Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
   Also in 2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2005)
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2004) View citations
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004) View citations
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2005) View citations
   Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2005)
   PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2005)
   See also Journal Article in Theoretical Economics (2006)
9. Disappearing Private Reputations in Long-Run Relationships
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
   Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004) View citations
   Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2004) View citations
   Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2004) View citations
   See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2007)
10. Extreme Adverse Selection, Competitive Pricing, and Market Breakdown
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University
    Also in Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2006)
11. Purification in the Infinitely Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    Also in Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2004) View citations
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2004) View citations
    Economics Discussion Papers, University of Essex, Department of Economics (2004) View citations
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (2006) View citations
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Dynamics (2008)
12. Social Assets
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2004) View citations
    See also Journal Article in International Economic Review (2006)

2005

13. Surplus Sharing and Pricing in Matching Markets
    2005 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics

2004

14. Sunk Investments Lead to Unpredictable Prices (Second Version)
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
15. When the Punishment Must Fit the Crime: Remarks on the Failure of Simple Penal Codes in Extensive-Form Games
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2004) View citations

2003

16. Business Strategy, Human Capital, and Managerial Incentives
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2004)
17. Contemporaneous Perfect Epsilon-Equilibria
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2005)
18. Imperfect Monitoring and Impermanent Reputations
    PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania View citations
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2002)
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics (2002) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (2004)
19. Sunk Investments Lead to Unpredictable Prices
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics
    Also in PIER Working Paper Archive, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania (2003)
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (2003)
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2004)
20. The Social Context of Economic Decisions
    Levine's Bibliography, UCLA Department of Economics View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of the European Economic Association (2003)

2001

21. Private Strategies in Finitely Repeated Games with Imperfect Public Monitoring
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
22. Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring
    NajEcon Working Paper Reviews, www.najecon.org
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences (2000)
    Econometric Society World Congress 2000 Contributed Papers, Econometric Society (2000)
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers, Cowles Foundation, Yale University (1999) View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    Levine's Working Paper Archive, David K. Levine (1999) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2002)

2000

23. Efficient Non-Contractible Investments in Large Economies
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (2001)
24. Efficient Non-Contractible Investments in a Finite Economy
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
25. Investment and Concern for Relative Position
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
26. Market Selection and Asymmetric Information
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2003)
27. Who Wants a Good Reputation?
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1998) View citations
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    See also Journal Article in Review of Economic Studies (2001)

1998

28. Efficient non-contractible investments
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
29. Endogenous inequality in integrated markets with two-sided research
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems
30. Repeated Games With Imperfect Private Monitoring: Notes on a Coordination Perspective
    Working Papers, Australian National University - Department of Economics View citations
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences (1998) View citations
31. Your Reputation Is Who You're Not, Not Who You'd Like To Be
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1998) View citations
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department

1997

32. Endogenous Interactions
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations

1996

33. Class systems and the enforcement of social norms
    Staff Report, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis View citations
    Also in Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (1998)
34. How Proper Is Sequential Equilibrium?
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems
    Also in ELSE working papers, ESRC Centre on Economics Learning and Social Evolution View citations
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1996) View citations
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science (1996)
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (1997)

1994

35. Evolution and Endogenous Interactions
    Game Theory and Information, EconWPA View citations
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1994)

1993

36. A positive analysis of bank closure
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (1993) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (1994)
37. Is there Always a 'Right' Extensive Form?
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
38. Normal Form Structures in Extensive Form Games
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
    Also in Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1992) View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Theory (1994)
39. Structural Indifference in Normal Form Games
    Discussion Papers, Northwestern University, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics and Management Science
    Also in Discussion Paper Serie B, University of Bonn, Germany
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1993)
40. When do regulators close banks? When should they?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (1991)

1991

41. Learning, Mutation, And Long Run Equilibria In Games
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - John M. Olin Program View citations
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1993)
42. extensive Form Reasoning in Normal Form Games
    Working Papers, Tilburg - Center for Economic Research View citations
    Also in Working Papers, Pennsylvania State - Department of Economics (1990)
    Working papers, Wisconsin Madison - Social Systems (1990)
    See also Journal Article in Econometrica (1993)

1990

43. EXTENSIVE FORM REASONING IN NORMAL GAMES
    Working Papers, Princeton, Woodrow Wilson School - Discussion Paper View citations
44. FINANCING LOSERS IN COMPETITIVE MARKETS
    Weiss Center Working Papers, Wharton School - Weiss Center for International Financial Research
    Also in Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
    Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research Working Papers, Wharton School Rodney L. White Center for Financial Research
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Financial Intermediation (1994)

Undated

45. Correlated Equilibria and Local Interactions
    ELSE working papers, ESRC Centre on Economics Learning and Social Evolution
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences
    See also Journal Article in Economic Theory (1997)
46. Correlated equilibria as network equilibria
    Discussion Paper Serie B, University of Bonn, Germany
47. Do People Play Nash Equilibrium? Lessons From Evolutionary Game Theory'
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Literature (1998)
48. Endogenous Inequality in Integrated Labor Markets with Two-sided Search
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department View citations
    Also in CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in American Economic Review (2000)
49. Incorporating Concern for Relative Wealth into Economic Models'
    CARESS Working Papres, University of Pennsylvania Center for Analytic Research and Economics in the Social Sciences View citations
    See also Journal Article in Quarterly Review (1995)
50. The Maximum Efficient Equilibrium Payoff in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma
    Penn CARESS Working Papers, Penn Economics Department
    See also Journal Article in Games and Economic Behavior (2002)

Journal Articles

2008

1. Common Learning
   Econometrica, 2008, 76, (4), 909-933 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2007)
2. Does competitive pricing cause market breakdown under extreme adverse selection?
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2008, 140, (1), 97-125
   See also Working Paper (2007)
3. Purification in the Infinitely-Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma
   Review of Economic Dynamics, 2008, 11, (3), 515-528 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2007

4. Disappearing private reputations in long-run relationships
   Journal of Economic Theory, 2007, 134, (1), 287-316 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2006

5. Coordination failure in repeated games with almost-public monitoring
   Theoretical Economics, 2006, 1, (3), 311-340 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)
6. SOCIAL ASSETS
   International Economic Review, 2006, 47, (4), 1057-1091 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2006)

2005

7. Contemporaneous perfect epsilon-equilibria
   Games and Economic Behavior, 2005, 53, (1), 126-140 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)

2004

8. Business Strategy, Human Capital, and Managerial Incentives
   Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, 2004, 13, (4), 617-633 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
9. Imperfect Monitoring and Impermanent Reputations
   Econometrica, 2004, 72, (2), 407-432 View citations
   See also Working Paper (2003)
10. Sunk Investments Lead to Unpredictable Prices
    American Economic Review, 2004, 94, (4), 896-918
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2003

11. Market Selection and Asymmetric Information
    Review of Economic Studies, 2003, 70, (2), 343-368 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
12. The Social Context of Economic Decisions
    Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003, 1, (2-3), 354-362 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2003)

2002

13. Repeated Games with Almost-Public Monitoring
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2002, 102, (1), 189-228 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2001)
14. The Maximum Efficient Equilibrium Payoff in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2002, 40, (1), 99-122 View citations
    See also Working Paper

2001

15. Efficient Non-Contractible Investments in Large Economies
    Journal of Economic Theory, 2001, 101, (2), 333-373 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
16. Who Wants a Good Reputation?
    Review of Economic Studies, 2001, 68, (2), 415-41 View citations
    See also Working Paper (2000)
17. Who Wants a Good Reputation? Erratum
    Review of Economic Studies, 2001, 68, (3), 714
18. original papers: Investment and concern for relative position
    Review of Economic Design, 2001, 6, (2), 241-261

2000

19. Endogenous Inequality in Integrated Labor Markets with Two-Sided Search
    American Economic Review, 2000, 90, (1), 46-72 View citations
    See also Working Paper

1998

20. Class systems and the enforcement of social norms
    Journal of Public Economics, 1998, 70, (1), 5-35 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)
21. Corrigenda [Do People Play Nash Equilibrium? Lessons from Evolutionary Game Theory]
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (4), 1941-1941
22. Do People Play Nash Equilibrium? Lessons from Evolutionary Game Theory
    Journal of Economic Literature, 1998, 36, (3), 1347-1374 View citations
    See also Working Paper

1997

23. Correlated equilibria and local interactions (*)
    Economic Theory, 1997, 9, (3), 551-556 View citations
    See also Working Paper
24. How Proper Is Sequential Equilibrium?
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1997, 18, (2), 193-218 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1995

25. Aristocratic Equilibria: Response
    Journal of Political Economy, 1995, 103, (2), 439-43 View citations
26. Incorporating concern for relative wealth into economic models
    Quarterly Review, 1995, (Sum), 12-21 View citations
    See also Working Paper

1994

27. A Positive Analysis of Bank Closure
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1994, 3, (3), 272-299 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)
28. Financing Losers in Competitive Markets
    Journal of Financial Intermediation, 1994, 3, (2), 139-165
    See also Working Paper (1990)
29. Normal Form Structures in Extensive Form Games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1994, 64, (2), 325-371 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1993)

1993

30. Belief-Based Refinements in Signalling Games
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 60, (2), 241-276 View citations
31. Endogenous Sequencing of Firm Decisions
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1993, 59, (1), 169-182 View citations
32. Extensive Form Reasoning in Normal Form Games
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (2), 273-302 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
33. Learning, Mutation, and Long Run Equilibria in Games
    Econometrica, 1993, 61, (1), 29-56 View citations
    See also Working Paper (1991)
34. Perpetual randomness in evolutionary economics
    Economics Letters, 1993, 42, (2-3), 291-299 View citations

1992

35. Introduction: Symposium on evolutionary game theory
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1992, 57, (2), 259-277 View citations
36. Social Norms, Savings Behavior, and Growth
    Journal of Political Economy, 1992, 100, (6), 1092-1125 View citations

1991

37. Collusion in second price auctions with heterogeneous bidders
    Games and Economic Behavior, 1991, 3, (4), 467-486 View citations
38. The impact of asymmetric information on entry deterrence: An example
    Economics Letters, 1991, 35, (3), 333-338

1990

39. Asymmetric Information Bargaining Problems with Many Agents
    Review of Economic Studies, 1990, 57, (3), 351-67 View citations
40. Workers versus Firms: Bargaining over a Firm's Value
    Review of Economic Studies, 1990, 57, (3), 369-80 View citations

1989

41. Simultaneous Signaling in an Oligopoly Model
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1989, 104, (2), 417-27 View citations

1988

42. An abstract two-period game with simultaneous signaling--Existence of separating equilibria
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 46, (2), 373-394 View citations
43. On the behavior of separating equilibria of signaling games with a finite set of types as the set of types becomes dense in an interval
    Journal of Economic Theory, 1988, 44, (2), 413-424

1987

44. Incentive Compatibility in Signaling Games with a Continuum of Types
    Econometrica, 1987, 55, (6), 1349-65 View citations