Economic theory, game theory, and political economy
Cesar Martinelli is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society and an Economic Theory fellow. He currently serves as advisory editor to Games and Economic Behavior. He has published numerous articles in professional journals, including The Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economics, The Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, The Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, The Journal of the European Economic Association and The International Economic Review. Before joining George Mason, he held faculty appointments at ITAM and at Carlos IIII University in Madrid. He has been a visitor at the University of Chicago (2011) and the University of Rochester (1997-1998). He obtained a PhD in economics at UCLA in 1993 and a BA in social sciences (economics) at the Catholic University in Peru in 1987.
Currently working on the problem of the simultaneous exploration of many alternatives (joint research with David Austen-Smith), cheating in incentivized interventions (with Susan Parker), electoral accountability (with John Duggan), political economy of media (with Alejandro Castaneda), and collective experimentation (with Mikhail Freer).
Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment, with Susan W. Parker, Ana Cristina Pérez-Gea, and Rodimiro Rodrigo, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, vol. 10 (2018) 298-325
The Political Economy of Dynamic Elections: Accountability, Commitment and Responsiveness, with John Duggan, Journal of Economic Literature, vol. 55 (2017) 916-984
A Spatial Theory of Media Slant and Voter Choice, with John Duggan, Review of Economic Studies, vol. 78 (2011) 640-666
Deception and Misreporting in a Social Program, with Susan W. Parker, Journal of the European Economic Association, vol. 7 (2009) 886-908
Would Rational Voters Acquire Costly Information?, Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 129 (2006) 225-251
A Bayesian Model of Voting in Juries, with John Duggan, Games and Economic Behavior, vol. 37 (2001) 259-294
1987 BA in Social Sciences (Economics), Catholic University of Peru
1991 MA in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
1993 PhD in Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
“Accountability and Public Opinion,” ETH Zurich Workshop on Political Economy and Political Economy UK Workshop, 2018
“Communication and Information in Games of Collective Decision: A Survey of Experimental Results,” Deliberation and Collective Choice (University of Toulouse), 2018
“Collective Experimentation: A Laboratory Study,” Lima Conference on Experimental and Behavioral Economics (Catholic University of Peru), 2018 and Experimental Public Choice Workshop at Lille Catholic University, 2017
“Monetary and Fiscal History of Peru 1960-2010: Radical Policy Experiments, Inflation and Stabilization,” Monetary and Fiscal History of Latin-America Conference, Becker Friedman Institute (University of Chicago), 2017
Cheating and Incentives: Learning from a Policy Experiment, with Susan W. Parker, Ana Cristina Pérez-Gea, and Rodimiro Rodrigo, featured in AEA Research Highlights (March 5, 2018)
Deception and Misreporting in a Social Program, with Susan W. Parker, featured in:
New York Times blog Freakonomics (June 23, 2008)
Radio program The Takeaway (June 24, 2008)
Mikhail Freer, Essays on Preference Extensions (2017)