CURRICULUM VITAE
Joel Sobel
Personal Information
Born: March 24, 1954
Address: Economics Department, 0508, La Jolla, CA 92093-0508
Phone: (858) 534-4367
Education
1978 Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of California, Berkeley
1978 M.A., Economics, University of California, Berkeley
1974 B.S., Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Employment
1988- Professor of Economics, UCSD
1988-89 Visiting Professor of Economics, UW-Madison
1999-2000 Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
1985 Member, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley
1984-88 Associate Professor of Economics, UCSD
1984-85 Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Caltech
1981-82 Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
1978-84 Assistant Professor of Economics, UCSD
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Fellow of the Econometric Society, elected 1990
Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1987-89
Revelle College Social Science Teaching Award, UCSD, 1984
Economics and Management Science Teaching Award, UCSD, 1983
National Science Foundation Research Grants, 1982-
Editorial Positions
Associate Editor, Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1989-94
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory, 1993-
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Literature, 1998-1999
Publications
"Fair Division of a Random Harvest," in General Equilibrium, Growth, and Trade: Essays in Honor of Lionel McKenzie, J. Green and J. Scheinkman (eds.). New York: Academic Press, 1979 (with D. Gale).
"Fair Allocation of a Renewable Resource," Journal of Economic Theory, 1979.
"Monopoly and Product Selection," Economics Letters, 1980 (with J. L. Guasch).
"Distortion of Utilities and the Bargaining Problem," Econometrica, 1981.
"Proportional Distribution Schemes," Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1981.
"On the Optimal Distribution of Output from a Jointly Owned Resource," Journal of Mathematical Economics, 1982 (with D. Gale).
"Strategic Information Transmission," Econometrica, 1982 (with V. P. Crawford).
"Breeding and Raiding: A Theory of Strategic Production of Skills," European Economic Review, 1983 (with J. L. Guasch).
"A Multistage Model of Bargaining," Review of Economic Studies, 1983 (with I. Takahashi).
"The Structure of Industry with Endogenous Skill Levels," in Vol. 1B Article Conference Papers, X Earie Conference, B. Carlson et al (eds.). Bergen, Norway: The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, 1983 (with J. L. Guasch).
"Cyclic Pricing by a Durable Goods Monopolist," Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1984 (with J. Conlisk and E. Gerstner).
"Bargaining, Strategic Reserves and International Trade in Exhaustible Resources," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1984 (with V. P. Crawford and I. Takahashi).
"Nonlinear Prices and Price-Taking Behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1984.
"The Timing of Sales," Review of Economic Studies, 1984.
"A Theory of Credibility," Review of Economic Studies, 1985.
"Disclosure of Evidence and Resolution of Disputes: Who Should Bear the Burden of Proof?" in Game Theoretical Models of Bargaining, A. Roth (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985.
"Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Games," Econometrica, 1987 (with J. S. Banks).
"Samurai Accountant: A Theory of Auditing and Plunder," Review of Economic Studies, 1987 (with K. C. Border).
"An Analysis of Discovery Rules," Law and Contemporary Problems, 1989.
"Strategic Stability and Uniqueness in Signaling Games," Journal of Economic Theory, 1990 (with I.-K. Cho).
"Fixed-Equilibrium Rationalizability in Signaling Games," Journal of Economic Theory, 1990 (with L. Stole and I. Zapater).
"On the Effectiveness of Liability Rules when Agents are not Identical," Review of Economic Studies, 1991 (with W. Emons).
"It’s Not What You Know, It’s Who You Play," in Game Equilibrium Models II: Methods, Morals, and Markets, R. Selten (ed.). Springer Verlag, 1991.
"Durable Goods Monopoly with Entry of New Consumers," Econometrica, 1991.
"How to Count to One Thousand," Economic Journal, 1992.
"How (and When) to Communicate to Enemies," in Equilibrium and Dynamics: Essays in Honor of David Gale, M. Majumdar (ed.). Macmillan 1992.
"On the Limit Points of Discrete Selection Dynamics," Journal of Economic Theory, 1992 (with A. Cabrales).
"Hierarchical Design and Enforcement of Income Tax Policies," Journal of Public Economics, 1993 (with I. Sánchez).
"Information Control in the Principal-Agent Problem," International Economic Review, 1993.
"Evolutionary Stability in Games of Communication," Games and Economic Behavior, 1993 (with A. Blume and Y.-G. Kim).
"Evolutionary Stability and Efficiency," Economics Letters, 1993.
"Signalling," in Handbook of Game Theory, Volume II, R. Aumann and S. Hart (eds.), 1994 (with D. M. Kreps).
"Communication-Proof Equilibria in Cheap-Talk Games," Journal of Economic Theory, 1995 (with A. Blume).
"An Evolutionary Approach to Pre-Play Communication," Econometrica, 1995 (with Y.-G. Kim).
"Deviations, Dynamics and Equilibrium Refinements," Journal of Economic Theory, 1996 (with M. Rabin).
"A Re-Examination of Yardstick Competition," Journal of Economic and Management Strategy, 1999.
"A Model of Declining Standards," International Economic Review, 1999 (forthcoming).