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Professor Bono.

James Bono

Assistant Professor
Economics

  • Professor Bono's research is in the development of non-equilibrium-based statistical models of strategic behavior. He is particularly concerned with integrating results from behavioral economics to construct applicable predictive models. One example is his work for NASA and the FAA on predicting airline behavior under various changes to the National Airspace System. Professor Bono teaches PhD advanced microeconomic theory (ECON 713), masters microeconomic theory (ECON 500) and undergraduate game theory (ECON 345).

  • Degrees

    PhD, Economics, University of California, Irvine

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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

  • Bono, James W. “Sales Contests, Promotion Decisions, and Heterogeneous Risk” Managerial and Decisions Economics 29: 371-382 (2008)

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Jean Claude Falmagne Dissertation Award, 2008
  • 1st Place Sanli, Pastore & Hill Excellence in Economics Writing Award 2007
  • Best Paper IMBS Graduate Research Conference and Contest, UC Irvine 2007
  • The Social Sciences Annual Fund Fellowship, UC Irvine 2007
  • Outstanding Graduate Scholar Award, Economics Department,

Work In Progress

  • with Wolpert, David “How to Use Decision Theory to Choose Among Mechanisms” 2009, submitted to American Economic Review
  • with Wolpert, David “How to Make Money from those about to Play a Game.” 2009, submitted to American Economic Review
  • “Complex Stability in Multi-level Group Structures” 2008
  • “Adapting Strategic Risk in Corporate Tournaments” 2008
  • with Golan, Amos “Observer Games”
  • with Wolpert, David “Predictive Game Theory”
  • with Wolpert, David “Predicting Airline Bids Under Auction Allocation of GDP Time Slots.”
  • with Wolpert, David “Predictive Unstructured Bargaining”
  • “Least Sensitive Positional Voting Procedures”

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