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Dr. Mailath: Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences

G. Mailath

Dr. George J.  Mailath received this appointment  as the Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences following a five-year term as the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Term Professor in the Social Sciences, Dean Preston announced.

After earning a B.Ec. with first class honors from the Australian National University, he completed both his M.A. and Ph.D. at Princeton University. 

Dr. Mailath, who serves as the undergraduate chair in economics, joined the department in 1985 and was promoted to full professor ten years later. In addition to his faculty service at Penn, he has held visiting appointments at universities around the world including the Australian National University, London School of Economics, Melbourne University, NYU, Tel Aviv University, University of Bonn, and Yale.

A fellow of the prestigious Econometric Society, Dr. Mailath specializes in microeconomic theory, game theory, and mathematical economics. He was recently invited to share his research at the 2003 annual meetings of the Society for Economic Dynamics held in Paris. As plenary speaker, Dr. Mailath delivered a presentation on Time Consistency, Reputations, and the Importance of Perpetual Uncertainty: Implications for Macroeconomics. To support his contributions to economic science, Dr. Mailath has received three research grants from the NSF, along with awards from Penn's Research Foundation and the Fishman Davidson Center for the Study of the Service Sector.

Dr. Mailath has authored or coauthored 29 articles in refereed publications, including the forthcoming "Imperfect Monitoring and Impermanent Reputations" with Martin Cripps and Larry Samuelson. His article "Investment and Concern for Relative Position," (with Harold Cole and Andrew Postlewaite) published in the Review of Economic Design, received the 2001 Koç University Prize for the Best Paper of the Year in Economic Design. In addition to serving as associate editor of Econometrica, Dr. Mailath is on the editorial boards of several leading economic journals.

This chair was established through the generosity of Walter and Leonore Annenberg. The Honorable Leonore Annenberg is an emeritus trustee, as was the late Ambassador Annenberg, who received Penn's Alumni Award of Merit in 1991. The Annenbergs endowed many chairs in SAS and made countless contributions to the University. They also founded the Annenberg School for Communication at Penn in 1958.

 

 


  Almanac, Vol. 50, No. 21, February 10, 2004

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