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Dr. Randy Silvers
Lecturer in Economics
BA Stanford, MA UC San Diego, PhD Ariz St Univ
Tel: +61 3 9251 7376
Email: randolph.silvers@deakin.edu.au
Office location: Melbourne Campus at Burwood
Commenced at Deakin: 2002
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Teaching Interests/
units taught at Deakin |
Microeconomic Theory
Industrial Organization
Game Theory
Managerial Economics
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| Research interests |
Economics of Contracts
Contract Theory
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Philosophy and Economics
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Link to Research Output
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| Publication Highlights |
- "Informed Principal, Moral Hazard, and the Value of a More Informative Technology." with Hector Chade, Arizona State University. Economics Letters 74 (2002) 291-300.
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| Current research projects |
- "The Value of Symmetric Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard: The Ex Post Contracting Case" revise-resubmit to Games and Economic Behavior in November 2006.
- "Scientific and Religious Mindsets: A Candid Look at the Perils of a Panglossian President," submitted to The Journal of Political Philosophy in June 2008.
- "The Value of Symmetric Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard: The Ex Ante Contracting Case" expected submission to Games and Economic Behavior in June 2008.
- "The Value of Information in an Agency Model with Moral Hazard " expected submission to Rand Journal of Economics in July 2008.
- Dynamic Contracting and Project Selection with Hector Chade, Arizona State University
- Envy and Spite with Utteeyo Dasgupta, Franklin & Marshall College
- On the Optimality of Revenge and Forgiveness
- Contract Monotonicity and Incomplete Information
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| Research Awards |
- Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant in the College of Business, 1999, Arizona State University.
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