Roger Lagunoff

Professor of Economics

Department of Economics
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057

202 687-1510

lagunofr@georgetown.edu

 

Research Fields: Game Theory, Microeconomic theory, Political economy, and Public economics.  

Education: Ph.D., Economics, University of Minnesota, 1989.


 

 

 

-----------------

Recent Research:

1. Working Papers: theworking paperslisted below are available in  Acrobat  .pdf format. I amalsohappy to send you hard copies of my working papers. Contact me. 

"Communication and Learning," with L. Anderlini and D. Gerardi, February, 2008.

"On the 'Faustian' Dynamics of Policy and Political Power," with J. Bai, Current draft: February, 2008. Original Draft: Summer, 2007.

"Social Memory and Evidence from the Past," with L. Anderlini and D. Gerardi, Current draft: October, 2007. Original: January, 2007. 

Markov Equilibrium in Models ofDynamic Endogenous Political Institutions, Current: December 2006.  Original: December, 2004.


"The Dynamic Stability and Reform of Political Institutions,"  Current: February, 2007.

"MarkovPerfectEquilibria in Repeated Asynchronous Choice Games " with H. Haller, Original Draft: April, 1997. Current: October, 2006. 

"An ``Anti-Folk Theorem''  for aClass of AsynchronouslyRepeated Games" with A Matsui, September, 1995. (This Working Papercontains numerous results not contained in the published version,entitled"Asynchronous Choice in Repeated Games"). 

 

2. Recent and Forthcoming Publications:

A `Super Folk Theorem' in Dynastic Repeated Games," with L. Anderlini and D. Gerardi,  Economic Theory, forthcoming.

"On the Size and Structure of GroupCooperation,"  with M. Haag,  Journal of Economic Theory, 135: 68-89 (2007).

"Social Conflict and Gradual Political Succession: An Illustrative Model," with W. Jack, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 108: 703-25 (2006).

"Dynamic Enfranchisement," with W.  Jack,   Journal of Public Economics, 90, 551-572 (2006).

"Credible Communication in DynasticGovernment,"  Journal of Public Economics, 90, 59-86 (2006).

"SocialNorms,Local Interaction, and Neighborhood Planning ," with M. Haag, International Economic Review, 47: 265-96 (2006).

"International versus Domestic Auditing ofBank Solvency,"with A. Feltenstein, Journal ofInternational Economics,  67: 73-96 (2005).

"Communicationin Dynastic Repeated Games: `Whitewashes' and`Coverups'," with L. Anderlini, Economic Theory, 26: 265-99.

"Organizations and Overlapping Generations Games: Memory,Communication,and Altruism ," with A. Matsui, Review of Economic Design, 8:383-411 (2004).

"A Theory of Constitutional Standards and CivilLiberties'' 
Review of Economic Studies, 68: 109-32 (2001).

"A Model of Financial Fragility,"  with S. Schreft, 
Journal of Economic Theory, 99: 220-24 (2001). 

"Are `Anti-Folk Theorems' in Repeated Games Nongeneric?" withA. Matsui, 
Review of Economic Design, 6: 397-141 (2001). 

"Genericity and Markovian Behavior in Stochastic Games," withH. Haller, 
Econometrica, 68: 1231-48 (2000). 

"On the Evolution of Pareto Optimal Behavior in RepeatedCoordinationProblems," 
International Economic Review, 41: 273-93 (2000). 
  

-----------------

 

 

ImportantLinks to Economics 

-----------------

 

 

 

 

Courses Taught atGeorgetown:
Econ-601: Microeconomic Theory 
Econ 603: Topics in Applied Game Theory 
Political Economy 201: Introduction to Political Economy
MicroTheory Reading Group. 
PlacementResources
Econ 486: Topics in PoliticalEconomy
Econ 101: Intermediate Micoeconomics 
Econ-681: Public Finance

Econ681a: Political Economy
Econ 682: Political Economy - Dynamic Models

Econ-001: Microeconomic Principles 
PEC 575:PoliticalEconomy 1 (University of Rochester) 
 

                

 

Back to Economics Department Homepage 


 

 

 

  People   Programs   Research