Robert Rosenthal Memorial Lectures

The Robert Rosenthal Memorial Lecture series was founded by the Rosenthal family in honor of Bob Rosenthal, a prominent and beloved faculty member in the department for many years. The annual lecture usually takes place in late March or April and features a prominent economist chosen by the graduate students. The lecture also provides an opportunity for students to meet with the speaker, share their research ideas, and gain valuable insight. Past speakers have included Ariel Rubinstein (2008), Alvin Roth (2007), and Jean Tirole (2006).

To find out more about Bob Rosenthal’s life and work, please read Roy Radner and Debraj Ray’s tribute published in the Journal of Economic Theory in 2003.

2012 Lecture

Raquel Fernandez of New York University: Women’s Rights and Development

School of Education
Two Sherborn Street
Room 130
Friday, April 6, 2012
2:00pm-3:30pm

A reception and dinner will follow at the Castle, 225 Bay State Road.

Presented by the Graduate Economics Association and the Department of Economics at Boston University.

2011 Lecture

Elections and Strategic Voting: Condorcet and Borda

Eric Maskin

Albert O. Hirschman Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, visiting lecturer with the rank of Professor at Princeton University

Friday, April 8, 2011, 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Photonics Building, Boston University, Room 203
8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA
Reception/Dinner after the lecture at the Castle, 225 Bay State Road

Presented by the Graduate Economics Association and the Department of Economics at Boston University

2010 Lecture

Douglas Gale
(Professor of Economics, New York University)

Title: “Decision Making Under Uncertainty”
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2009 Lecture

Andrew Postlewaite
(Harry P. Kamen professor of Economics and Professor of Finance, University of Pennsylvania)

Title: “Effecting Cooperation”
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2008 Lecture

Ariel Rubinstein
(Tel Aviv and New York Universities)

Title:”On the Pragmatics of Persuasion: A Game Theoretic Approach”
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2007 Lecture

Alvin E. Roth
(George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Harvard University)

Title:”What Have We Learned From Market Design”
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2006 Lecture

Jean Tirole
(Institut d’Economie Industrielle, Toulouse, and MIT)

Title: “Economic Incentives, Self Motivation, and Social Pressure”
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