David K. Levine
David K. Levine | |
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Born | David Knudsen Levine c. 1955 (age 68–69) |
Nationality | American |
Education | General equilibrium Theory |
Doctoral advisor | Peter Diamond[1] |
Doctoral students | Guido Tabellini |
Contributions | Learning in games, Folk theorem |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
David Knudsen Levine (born c. 1955) is an American economist. He is the Leverhulme International Professor of Economics at
Biography
At
Levine was the coeditor of the
Levine is a Fellow of the Econometric Society since 1989 and a research associate at NBER since 2006.
Research
David K. Levine conducts ongoing research in general equilibrium theory, focusing specifically on growth theory, innovation, and intellectual property. Collaborating with Michele Boldrin, Levine examines the role of increasing returns in growth and innovation. They posit that little evidence exists for increasing returns at the aggregate level, and thus argue that there is no reason to believe that increasing returns play an important role in growth. This theory concludes that existing claims for the necessity of intellectual property in the process of growth and innovation are greatly exaggerated.
Levine also conducts research in the field of dynamic games. He established with Drew Fudenberg that a long-lived player playing in opposition to short-lived players can substitute reputation for commitment. He developed with Eric Maskin the first "folk theorem" for games in which players do not directly observe each other's decisions, with applications for learning in games. They argued that while learning theories cannot provide detailed descriptions of non-equilibrium behavior, they act as a useful tool in understanding which equilibria are likely to emerge. One example of this, they put forward, explains how superstitions survive in the face of rational learning.
Levine currently studies the endogenous formation of preferences and social norms. His analysis of experimental anomalies explores some of the limitations of the standard economic model of self-interested individuals.
Publications
- The Theory of Learning in Games, co-author with Drew Fudenberg
- Against Intellectual Monopoly, co-author with Michele Boldrin
Working papers
Podcast
References
- MIT. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "David K. Levine".
- ^ "Leverhulme International Professorship awarded to Royal Holloway".
External links
- Economic and Game Theory, by David K. Levine
- Against Monopoly: Defending the Right to Innovate
- Freshmeat account, author of cross-platform UNIXsoftware
- Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation, and the DMCA, a Cato Institute conference at which Levine spoke.
- Against Intellectual Property lecture Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, a recording of a free public lecture by David Levine at Simon Fraser University.
- Levine's academic CV