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Biography
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Before joining Columbia University, Massimo Morelli was an Associate Professor of Economics and Political Science specializing in Game Theory and Political Economy at Ohio State University. Since receiving his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1996, Massimo has
spent one year at CORE as a research fellow, two years at Iowa
State University
as an assistant professor, and one year at the University of Minnesota
as a visiting professor. In 2001-02 he became a member of the School of Social Sciences
at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
He obtained the joint position in Economics and Political Science at Ohio State in 2004, at
the time of tenure. In Economics he has made contributions to the theory of
multilateral bargaining, network formation, market games, and the theory of
contracts. His main political economy contributions have been on Duverger's
Law, party formation, electoral systems, legislative bargaining, international
organizations, politicians' incentives in institutional reforms and
constitutional design. His most recent research projects include conflict
and legislative bargaining experiments.
Selected Publications:
"The Reasons for Wars: An Updated Survey", forthcoming.
"Strategic Militarization, Deterrence and Wars", Quarterly Journal of Political Science.
"Incumbents’
Interests, Voters’ Bias and Gender Quotas", American Journal of Political Science.
"Political
Bias and War ", American Economic Review.
"Self
Enforcing Voting in International Organizations", American Economic
Review.
"Entrepreneurial
Talent, Occupational Choice, and Trickle Up Policies", Journal of
Economic Theory.
"Behavioral
Identification in Coalitional Bargaining: An Experimental Analysis of Demand
Bargaining and Alternating Offers", Econometrica.
"Gamson’s Law
versus Non-Cooperative Bargaining Theory", Games and Economic
Behavior.
“Party
Formation and Policy Outcomes Under Different Electoral Systems”, Review of
Economic Studies.
"Retrading
in Market Games" , Journal of Economic Theory.
“Demand
Competition and Policy Compromise in Legislative Bargaining,” APSR.
“Network
Formation with Sequential Demands," Review of Economic Design.
“Occupational
Choice and Dynamic Incentives," Review of Economic Studies.
"The
Demand Bargaining Set: General Characterization and Application to Majority
Games", Games and Economic Behavior.
"Bad
Politicians", Journal of Public Economics.
Recent Working Papers:
"Financial Institutions Reforms: Political Feasibility
and Endogenous Interest Groups"
"Caucuses and Primaries Under Proportional Representation"
"Competitive Nonlinear Taxation and Constitutional Choice"
"Turnout and Power Sharing"
Editorials
Rising from Financial Dust and Managerial Vice
Professor Morelli is on leave for the 2009-2010 academic year.
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