Martin J. Osborne's curriculum vitae

martin j. osborne's curriculum vitae

contact

Mailing address, phone, fax, email address

education

B.A. (First Class Honors, Economics), Cambridge University, 1975
Ph.D. (Economics), Stanford University, 1979

employment

Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, 1999–
Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1990–1999
Associate Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1985–1990
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1984–85
Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University, 1979–86

short visits

Department of Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, January–June 2001
Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, August–October 1999
Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 1993–May 1994
Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, April–May 1990
London School of Economics, May–June 1989
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, January–April 1989
Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, September–December 1988
Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, January–June 1980

editorial positions

Associate Editor, International Journal of Game Theory, 1995–2002.
Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences, 2000–2002.
Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2001–2002.
Managing Editor, Theoretical Economics, 2005–.

research grants and awards

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) research grants, 1987–89, 1989–92, 1992–96, 1996–2000, 2000–2006, 2006–2009.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) research grant, 1988–91.
National Science Foundation (USA) research grants, 1984–86.
Wrenbury Scholarship, Cambridge University, 1975. [Awarded annually for the best performance in Part II of the Economics Tripos]
Adam Smith Prize, Cambridge University, 1974. [Awarded annually on the basis of a paper]

fields

Microeconomic theory, game theory, political competition, industrial organization, mathematical economics

research

Books

Martin J. Osborne, An introduction to game theory (xx + 533 pp.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, A Course in Game Theory (xvi + 352 pp.). Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994.
Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, Bargaining and Markets (xii + 216 pp.). San Diego: Academic Press, 1990.

Refereed articles

Martin J. Osborne and Matthew A. Turner, "Cost benefit analyses versus referenda" [paper] [abstract], Journal of Political Economy, to appear.
Martin J. Osborne and Rabee Tourky, "Party formation in single-issue politics", Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (2008), 974–1005.
Martin J. Osborne, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, and Matthew A. Turner, "Meetings with costly participation: reply" [paper], American Economic Review, 95 (2005), 1351–1354.
Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, "Sampling equilibrium, with an application to strategic voting", Games and Economic Behavior, 45 (2003), 434–441. [Abstract]
Martin J. Osborne, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, and Matthew A. Turner, "Meetings with costly participation", American Economic Review 90 (2000), 927–943. [Abstract]
Martin J. Osborne, "Entry-deterring policy differentiation by electoral candidates", Mathematical Social Sciences 40 (2000), 41–62. [Abstract]
Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, "Games with procedurally rational players", American Economic Review 88 (1998), 834–847. [Abstract]
Martin J. Osborne and Al Slivinski, "A Model of Political Competition with Citizen-Candidates", Quarterly Journal of Economics 111 (1996), 65–96.
Martin J. Osborne and Paul S. Walker, "A Note on 'The Early History of the Theory of Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel' by Robert W. Dimand and Mary Ann Dimand", History of Political Economy 28 (1996), 81–82.
Jean-Pierre Benoît and Martin J. Osborne, "Crime, Punishment, and Social Expenditure", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 151 (1995), 326–347.
Martin J. Osborne, "Spatial Models of Political Competition Under Plurality Rule: A Survey of Some Explanations of the Number of Candidates and the Positions They Take", Canadian Journal of Economics 28 (1995), 261–301.
Martin J. Osborne, "Candidate Positioning and Entry in a Political Competition", Games and Economic Behavior 5 (1993), 133–151.
Ken Binmore, Martin J. Osborne, and Ariel Rubinstein, "Noncooperative Models of Bargaining", pp. 179–225 in R. J. Aumann and S. Hart (eds.), Handbook of Game Theory (Volume 1). Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1992.
Martin J. Osborne, "Signaling, Forward Induction, and Stability in Finitely Repeated Games", Journal of Economic Theory 50 (1990), 22–36.
Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Equilibrium in Hotelling's Model of Spatial Competition", Econometrica 55 (1987), 911–922. [Notes on derivation of equation (1).]
Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Cartels, Profits, and Excess Capacity", International Economic Review 28 (1987), 413–428.
Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "The Nature of Equilibrium in a Location Model", International Economic Review 27 (1986), 223–237.
Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Price Competition in a Capacity-Constrained Duopoly", Journal of Economic Theory 38 (1986), 238–260.
Martin J. Osborne, "The Role of Risk Aversion in a Simple Bargaining Model", pp. 181–213 in A. E. Roth (ed.), Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining, Cambridge University Press, 1985.
Martin J. Osborne, "Why Do Some Goods Bear Higher Taxes Than Others?", Journal of Economic Theory 32 (1984), 301–316.
Martin J. Osborne, "Capitalist-Worker Conflict and Involuntary Unemployment", Review of Economic Studies 51 (1984), 111–127.
Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Profit-Sharing in a Collusive Industry", European Economic Review 22 (1983), 59–74.

Other work

Martin J. Osborne, "Strategic and extensive games", New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume, eds.), volume 8, 21–32. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Review of "Stability and Perfection of Nash Equilibria" by Eric van Damme, Canadian Journal of Economics 22 (1989), 447–450.
Martin J. Osborne, "Darwin, Fisher, and a theory of the evolution of the sex ratio", unpublished paper, May 1996, revised July 1996. [Abstract]

Research in progress

Martin J. Osborne and Matthew A. Turner, "Cost benefit analysis vs. referenda", April 2007.

	martin j. osborne's curriculum vitae
contact	Mailing address, phone, fax, email address
education	B.A. (First Class Honors, Economics), Cambridge University, 1975 Ph.D. (Economics), Stanford University, 1979
employment	Professor of Economics, University of Toronto, 1999– Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1990–1999 Associate Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1985–1990 Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, McMaster University, 1984–85 Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University, 1979–86
short visits	Department of Economics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, January–June 2001 Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, August–October 1999 Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, September 1993–May 1994 Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, April–May 1990 London School of Economics, May–June 1989 Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, January–April 1989 Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, September–December 1988 Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, January–June 1980
editorial positions	Associate Editor, International Journal of Game Theory, 1995–2002. Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences, 2000–2002. Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2001–2002. Managing Editor, Theoretical Economics, 2005–.
research grants and awards	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada) research grants, 1987–89, 1989–92, 1992–96, 1996–2000, 2000–2006, 2006–2009. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada) research grant, 1988–91. National Science Foundation (USA) research grants, 1984–86. Wrenbury Scholarship, Cambridge University, 1975. [Awarded annually for the best performance in Part II of the Economics Tripos] Adam Smith Prize, Cambridge University, 1974. [Awarded annually on the basis of a paper]
fields	Microeconomic theory, game theory, political competition, industrial organization, mathematical economics
research	Books
	Martin J. Osborne, An introduction to game theory (xx + 533 pp.). New York: Oxford University Press, 2003. Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, A Course in Game Theory (xvi + 352 pp.). Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994. Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, Bargaining and Markets (xii + 216 pp.). San Diego: Academic Press, 1990.
	Refereed articles
	Martin J. Osborne and Matthew A. Turner, "Cost benefit analyses versus referenda" [paper] [abstract], Journal of Political Economy, to appear. Martin J. Osborne and Rabee Tourky, "Party formation in single-issue politics", Journal of the European Economic Association, 6 (2008), 974–1005. Martin J. Osborne, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, and Matthew A. Turner, "Meetings with costly participation: reply" [paper], American Economic Review, 95 (2005), 1351–1354. Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, "Sampling equilibrium, with an application to strategic voting", Games and Economic Behavior, 45 (2003), 434–441. [Abstract] Martin J. Osborne, Jeffrey S. Rosenthal, and Matthew A. Turner, "Meetings with costly participation", American Economic Review 90 (2000), 927–943. [Abstract] Martin J. Osborne, "Entry-deterring policy differentiation by electoral candidates", Mathematical Social Sciences 40 (2000), 41–62. [Abstract] Martin J. Osborne and Ariel Rubinstein, "Games with procedurally rational players", American Economic Review 88 (1998), 834–847. [Abstract] Martin J. Osborne and Al Slivinski, "A Model of Political Competition with Citizen-Candidates", Quarterly Journal of Economics 111 (1996), 65–96. Martin J. Osborne and Paul S. Walker, "A Note on 'The Early History of the Theory of Strategic Games from Waldegrave to Borel' by Robert W. Dimand and Mary Ann Dimand", History of Political Economy 28 (1996), 81–82. Jean-Pierre Benoît and Martin J. Osborne, "Crime, Punishment, and Social Expenditure", Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 151 (1995), 326–347. Martin J. Osborne, "Spatial Models of Political Competition Under Plurality Rule: A Survey of Some Explanations of the Number of Candidates and the Positions They Take", Canadian Journal of Economics 28 (1995), 261–301. Martin J. Osborne, "Candidate Positioning and Entry in a Political Competition", Games and Economic Behavior 5 (1993), 133–151. Ken Binmore, Martin J. Osborne, and Ariel Rubinstein, "Noncooperative Models of Bargaining", pp. 179–225 in R. J. Aumann and S. Hart (eds.), Handbook of Game Theory (Volume 1). Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1992. Martin J. Osborne, "Signaling, Forward Induction, and Stability in Finitely Repeated Games", Journal of Economic Theory 50 (1990), 22–36. Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Equilibrium in Hotelling's Model of Spatial Competition", Econometrica 55 (1987), 911–922. [Notes on derivation of equation (1).] Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Cartels, Profits, and Excess Capacity", International Economic Review 28 (1987), 413–428. Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "The Nature of Equilibrium in a Location Model", International Economic Review 27 (1986), 223–237. Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Price Competition in a Capacity-Constrained Duopoly", Journal of Economic Theory 38 (1986), 238–260. Martin J. Osborne, "The Role of Risk Aversion in a Simple Bargaining Model", pp. 181–213 in A. E. Roth (ed.), Game-Theoretic Models of Bargaining, Cambridge University Press, 1985. Martin J. Osborne, "Why Do Some Goods Bear Higher Taxes Than Others?", Journal of Economic Theory 32 (1984), 301–316. Martin J. Osborne, "Capitalist-Worker Conflict and Involuntary Unemployment", Review of Economic Studies 51 (1984), 111–127. Martin J. Osborne and Carolyn Pitchik, "Profit-Sharing in a Collusive Industry", European Economic Review 22 (1983), 59–74.
	Other work
	Martin J. Osborne, "Strategic and extensive games", New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd Edition (Steven Durlauf and Lawrence Blume, eds.), volume 8, 21–32. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. Review of "Stability and Perfection of Nash Equilibria" by Eric van Damme, Canadian Journal of Economics 22 (1989), 447–450. Martin J. Osborne, "Darwin, Fisher, and a theory of the evolution of the sex ratio", unpublished paper, May 1996, revised July 1996. [Abstract]
	Research in progress
	Martin J. Osborne and Matthew A. Turner, "Cost benefit analysis vs. referenda", April 2007.
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