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Personal  Data

First Name:  Alan

Family Name:  Kirman

Date of Birth: 16 January 1939

Citizenship: British and French

Marital Status: Married, 2 children from a first marriage

Contact  details

Office address:

CAMS - EHESS

54, Bd Raspail, 75006 Paris

email: alan.kirman(at)ehess.fr

Education

1950-1957          Dulwich College (G.B.)

1957-1960          Oxford University (Jesus College) B.A. 1960 M.A. 1965

1965                        Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Bologna (Italy) diploma

1965-1966          University of Minnesota (USA) First year of graduate studies in economics

1966-1969         Princeton University (USA) Ph. D. 1971: "Optimum tariffs in a general equilibrium model of trade", Supervisor: Prof. H.W. Kuhn.

Distinctions

Current Situation

Previous Employment

Other Posts and Invited Appointments

Courses Taught

Microeconomics; General Equilibrium, Economic theory; Mathematical Economics; International Trade Theory; Game Theory; Quantitative Economics; History of Economic Thought; International Financial Economics; Industrial Economics; The Economics of Information; Welfare Economics; Public Economics: Market structure. The Economics of Interaction, Behavioural Economics. Complex Economics. 

Theses Supervised or Co-Supervised

1.       Michael Blad "Dynamical models in disequilibrium theory", University of Warwick, 1979.

2.       Martine Marciano "Information imparfaite et dispersion des prix sur le marché d'un bien    homogène",Université d'Aix-Marseille II, 1979.

3.       F.  Oguer "Biens collectifs locaux et biens differenciés", Université de Marseille, 1985.

4.       Michel Le Breton "Essais sur les Fondements de l'analyse économique de l'inégalité",     Université de Rennes 1 1986.

5.       Alain Trannoy, University of Rennes 1, “Economic Theory of the Measurement of Inequality”, Université de Rennes 1 1986.

6.       Robert Jordan "Essais sur la dynamique du déséquilibre", GREQE, Jan. 1987. 

7.       Robert Kast "Structures mathématiques des processus de décisions économiques dans l'incertain", GREQE, Jan. 1987.

8.       Mohamed Nassourou Toure "Etude de la stabilité des équilibres concurrentiels: instabilité du mécanisme de tâtonnement", Université de Paris IX Dauphine, Jan. 1988.

9.       Vincent Brousseau "Equilibre de Nash en temps continu, et application à la dynamique des croyances auto-entretenues", EHESS, Jan. 1990.

10.    Guy Patrick Mafouta Batsimba "Prix et déséquilibre: formation et dynamique", Université d'Aix-Marseille III, Feb. 1991.

11.    Pierluigi Sacco, "Four essays on dynamic evolutionary models in economics and game theory", EUI, March 1993.

12.    Nick Vriend, "Essays on decentralized trade", EUI, April 1993.

13.    Luciano Pasi, "An essay on some aspects of public goods", EUI, June 1993.

14.    Annick Vignes, "Dispersion de prix et marchés décentralisés: le cas du marché au poisson de Marseille", EUI, Oct. 1993.

15.    Alain Desdoigts, "Changes in the World Income Distribution: A Non-Parametric Approach to Challenge the Neo-Classical Convergence Argument", EUI, June 1994.

16.    Torben Holvad, "Efficiency Evaluations for Hospitals", EUI, Sept. 1994.

17.    Aurora Garcia, "Essays on Oligopoly", EUI, Oct. 1994.

18.    Frédéric Palomino, "Financial Markets and Market Selection with Imperfect Competition", EUI, Oct. 1994.

19.    Isabelle Maret, "Heterogeneity and Aggregation", EUI, Nov. 1994.

20.    Alexandra Rauchs, "Option Value and Irreversibility Effect: An Experimental Approach", EUI, Feb. 1995.

21.    Ed Hopkins, "Essays on Learning and Evolution", EUI, March 1996.

22.    Alfredo Huertas-Rubio, "Exchange Rates, Export Pricing and the Frequency of Price Adjustment, An Analysis of Newsstand Prices of Magazines", EUI, June 1996.

23.    Esther Hauk, "Breaking Out: Essays on Partner Selection in Prisoner's Dilemma Games", EUI, Dec. 1996.

24.    Paul Pezanis-Christou "Three  Essays on Competitive Bidding", EUI, June 1997. 

25.    Roger Waldeck, "Prices within  Imperfectly Informed Consumers", EUI, June 1997.

26.    Ludger Birkendorf, "Private Lending to Sovereign Countries", Oct. 1997.

27.    Nathalie Schueller, "Pricing Policies and the European Market for Cars", Jan. 1998.

28.    Etienne Billette de Villemeur, "Essays on Consistency in Economic Modelling: Stability of Equilibrium, Behavioural Rationality, Heterogeneity of Preferences", Sept. 1998.

29.    Dorothea Herreiner, Random Matching and Trade Relationships in Decentralized Markets, EUI, 2000.

30.    Giorgio Fagiolo, "Essays on Decentralized Economies with Interacting Agents: Individual Behaviors and Aggregate Dynamics." EUI, 2002.

31.    Christophe Bravard, Formation des réseaux. Une approche par la théorie des jeux évolutionnaires, Universite de Saint Etienne, 2002.

32.    Christian de Peretti, Computational Econometrics for the Long Memory in Financial Time Series, Universite de la Mediterranee, 2003.

33.    Maude Pelissier, « Evolution et Economie : Metaphore ou Paradigme ? », Universite d’Aix-Marseille lll, 2003. 

34.    Walid Hichri: "Contribution to Public Goods: Theoretical Study and Experimental Evidence," Université d'Aix-Marseille III, 2004.

35.    Miriam Teschl “The Identity of the Economic Agent”, Universite d’Aix-Marseille III, 2005.

36.    Tilman Hertz, “Le statut des jugements normatifs en economie : Quelques reflexions  concernant le cas du developpement durable", Université d’Aix-Marseille III, 2007

37.    Sonia Moulet, EHESS “Negotiations, information, et formations des prix: le MIN de Marseille”, 2008

38.    Sebastien Ille, University of Siena, “A Game Theoretic Approach to the Formation of Groups”, 2011

39.    Martha G. Alatriste Contreras EHESS, (codirected with Nobuyuki Hanaki), "Essays on the Structural Properties and Dynamics of the Economic System", 2014

40.    Souhir Masmoudi, (codirected with Pierre Batteau), Université d’Aix-Marseille, “Contagion of Investors’ Anticipations in Financial Markets: a Network-based Approach”, 2016

41.    Maxime Gueuder  Aix Marseille University « Four essays on inequality and macroeconomic instability »  2017

Seminars, Invited Lectures and Conference Organisation

Adminstrative Responsibilities

Other Responsibilities

Referee

American Economic Review; Economic Journal; Econometrica; Quarterly Journal of Economics; International Economic Review; Journal of Industrial Economics; Journal of Public Economics; European Economic Review; Journal of Mathematical Economics; Review of Economic Studies; Journal of Economic Organization and Behaviour, etc., Physica A. 

Fellowships

Recent Presentations at Seminars, Conferences, etc.