Andrew Postlewaite Faculty Profile

Andrew Postlewaite
Harry P. Kamen Professor; Professor of Economics and Finance

PhD, Northwestern University, 1974; MS, DePaul University, 1969; BA, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1965

Research Areas
Social norms; game theory; incentives; market structure; public policy; regulation

Recent Consulting
Litigation support, Econsult Corporation

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1980-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1980-present (named Harry P. Kamen Professor, 2003; Chairperson, Department of Economics, 1991-96, 1982-87. Previous appointment: University of Illinois. Visiting appointments: Princeton University; Stanford University; University of California, San Diego; Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Louvain, Belgium

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fellow, Econometric Society, 1985

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Director, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1986-present; Co-Editor, Econometric, 1997-present

Representative Publications
(with M. Okuno-Fujiwara)
"Social Norms in Matching Games." Games and Economic Behavior 9 (1995).

(with H. Cole and G. Mailath)
"Incorporating Status Concerns in Economic Models." Quarter Review of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank (Fall 1995).

(with S. Morris and H.Shin)
"Depth of Knowledge and the Effect of Higher Order Uncertainty." Economic Theory 6 (1995).