B Allen

• Educational Background & Specialties
• Publications
• Activities
• Awards
• Courses

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

• Ph.D.: , University of California, 1978 - none

Specialties

• competition
• economic theory
• economic trends
• economics of information and uncertainty
• game theory
• microeconomic theory
• microeconomics
• price-setting

Publications

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Publications

• Price-Setting Firms and the Oligopolistic Foundations of Perfect Competition: with Martin Hellwig, Allen, B, American Economic Review, 76(2), 387-392, 1986.
• Information as an Economic Commodity: Allen, B, American Economic Review, 80(2), 268-273, 1990.
• Choosing R & D Projects: An Informational Approach: Allen, B, American Economic Review, 81(2), 257-261, Apr-87.
• Generic Existence of Completely Revealing Equilibria for Economies with Uncertainty when Prices Convey Information: Allen, B, Econometrica, 49(5), 1173-1199, 1981.
• The Future of Microeconomic Theory: Allen, B, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 14(1), 143-150, 2000.

Activities

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Activities

Professional

• President: Midwest Economic Association. 1999 - 2000

Awards

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Awards

• Fellow, Econometric Society, 1983 - present
• National Science Foundation Grants
• Fellow, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, 2011 - present

Courses

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Courses

• Econ 4118: Advanced Mathematical Economics
• Econ 4108: Advanced Game Theory
• Econ 4115: Uncertainty and Information