Motty Perry


Motty Perry is an Israeli professor of economics at the University of Warwick, England, and the emeritus Don Patinkin Professor of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Biography

Motty Perry was born on Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. He has a B.A. in Economics from Bar Ilan University, an MA in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University. In 2005–2008, Motty Perry was associate editor of the Journal of Games and Economics Behavior and of the Journal of Economic Theory. In 2000, he became a fellow of the Econometric Society and, in 2008, he became a council member of the Game Theory Society.

Political activism

Following Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1978, Perry was one of the leaders of the 348 Israeli military reserve officers petition urging Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin to continue with the 'drive for peace'. This petition led to the creation of Peace Now, an organization dedicated to raising public support for the peace process. Perry has opposed Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which he perceives as immoral and an obstacle to the possibility of peace with the Palestinians. Motty Perry was also among the Air Force reserve pilots who caused controversy on Rosh Hashanah in 2003 with their declaration that they would refuse to participate in "targeted killings". The Pilots’ Letter, which was sent to the commander of the Air Force, generated media awareness in Israel and the world. In 2005, Perry was also one of the organizers of an open letter from faculty members of Israeli universities, supporting students who refused to serve as soldiers in the occupied territories. From 2011 to 2014, he served as a board member of B'Tselem.

Publications

  • "Optimal Linear Taxation with Partial Information," 1980. Economics Letters, 15, 257–263.
  • "Non-Linear Price Strategies in a Contestable Market,” 1984. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 32, No. 2, 246–264.
  • "Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle,” 1985 with G. Solon. Journal of Labor, Vol. 3, No. 4, 421–433.
  • "An Example of Price Formation in a Bilateral Situation,” 1986. Econometrica, Vol. 54, No. 2, 312–322.
  • "Search in a Known Pattern,” 1986 with A. Wigderson. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 94, No.1, 225–230.
  • "Sequential Bargaining under Asymmetric Information,” 1986 with S. Grossman. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 39, No.1, 97–119.
  • "Perfect Sequential Equilibrium,” 1986 with S. Grossman. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 39, No.1, 120–154.
  • "Strategic Delay in Bargaining,” 1987 with A. Admati. Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 54, 345–363.
  • "Strategic Delay in Bargaining,” 1992 with A. Admati. In Linhart Radner and Satterthwaite Bargaining with Incomplete Info, Academic Press, 321–40.
  • ,” 1991 with A. Admati. Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 58, 259–276.
  • "Non Cooperative Bargaining Without Procedures,” 1993 with P. Reny. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 59 No. 1, 50–77.
  • 1994 with L. Samuelson. The RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 25, No.2, 348–359.
  • ",” 1994 with P. Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 62, No.4, 795–818.
  • "A Noncooperative View of Coalition Formation and the Core,” 1997 with P. Reny. In E. Maskin, Recent Developments in Game Theory.
  • ",” 1996 with J. Glazer. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 15, No.1, 27–32.
  • ",” 1999 with P. Reny. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 2, 279–285.
  • ",” 1997 with R. J. Aumann, and S. Hart. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 1, 102–116.
  • ",” 1997 with R. J. Aumann, and S. Hart. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 1, 117–120.
  • ",” 1999 with P. Reny Econometrica, Vol. 67, No.4, 895–90.
  • "," 2000 with E. wolfstetter and S. Zamir. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 2, 265–273.
  • ",” 2002 with D. Vincent. International Economic Review.
  • ",” 2002 with Phil Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 70, No. 3 – May, 2002, 1199–1212.
  • ",” 2005 with P. Reny. The Review of Economic Studies, 72, 567–592.
  • "," 2006 with P. Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 74, 1231–1269.
  • "" 2009 with A. Gershkov, Games and Economic Behavior, Vol.66, 162–190.
  • "" 2012 with A. Gershkov, The Review of Economic Studies, Vol 79, 268–306.
  • "” 2014 with Ilan Kremer and Yishay Mansour, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 122, 988–1012.
  • 2016 with Phil Reny, American Economic Review.
  • "An evolutionary theory of monogamy" 2016 with Francesconi M, and Ghiglino C, Journal of Economic Theory 166: 605-628.
  • "Evidence games : truth and commitment" 2017 with S. Hart and I kremer, American Economic Review 107:690-713
  • 2017 with P. Reny and A. Robson, Economic Journal, 127:2730-2743.
  • 2016 with Phil Reny, American Economic Review,106:2722-2741.
  • ״The wisdom of the crowd when acquiring information is costly." 2021 with Jacob Glazer and I, Kremer, Management Science 67, 6443-6456.
  • "Fake reviews" 2021 with Glazer J, and H. Herrera, Economic Journal 131:1772-1787