Research
Economic Theory
Economic theory is prominent at UQ Economics. The School’s economic theory research group is the strongest in Australia and competes internationally. The group is working in a range of areas including the study of the foundations of strategic behaviour (game theory), individual behaviour under uncertainty (decision theory) and the study of markets (mechanisms of design and auction theory). Research in economic theory at UQ has farreaching implications for policy development in areas such as climate change, superannuation, taxation, competition policy and regulation. In addition, the School houses the Gambit software tools for Game Theory and related tools for computation of Nash equilibria of strategic games as part of its collaboration with the University of Texas.
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Information and market price manipulation in trade UQ Research Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Science |
2013–2017 |
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Black Swans and unknown unknowns: financial markets and their interaction with the macroeconomy in the presence of unanticipated contingencies ARC Laureate Fellowship |
2012–2017 |
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Games and decisions with bounded rationality: Theory and economic implications ARC Discovery Project |
2011–2014 |
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Inductive game theory: experiential knowledge, interactions, and limited inferences in social contexts ARC Discovery Project |
2010–2013 |
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'Fixed-points': extending and deepening our understanding of mathematical and computational aspects of game theory ARC Discovery Project |
2007–2011 |