People at CERGE-EI
Mgr. Jakub Steiner, Ph.D.
Office: 316
Voice: +420-224 005 182
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Webpage: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/steiner/htm/
Jakub Steiner is a researcher at the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and an Assistant Professor at Kellogg, MEDS at Northwestern University. Prior to his appointment at Kellogg in 2009, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Edinburgh. Jakub completed his PhD in Economics at CERGE in 2006, and MA in Physics at Charles University in 2000. He has published in journals such as the Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, and Games and Economic Behavior. Before his postgraduate studies, Jakub worked as a social worker for a Roma community, and since then, he has been interested in the economics of social exclusion. From January 1, 2012, he will be a permanent faculty member at CERGE-EI.
Research Orientation:
Game theory and economic theory. He studies behavior in strategic situations with the possibility of self-fulfilling prophecies such as those that arise during currency attacks, bank runs, and revolutions.
