Pierpaolo Battigalli
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Pierpaolo Battigalli | |
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| Born | June 18, 1961[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Bocconi University University of Milan Catholic University of Milan[2] |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Game theory, Behavioral economics, Decision theory |
| Institutions | Bocconi University Princeton University |
| Notable ideas | Epistemic game theory, Dynamic psychological games |
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Pierpaolo Battigalli (born June 18, 1961) is an Italian economist. He is a professor at Bocconi University, in Milan, and is associated with the IGIER. He does research in microeconomic theory, in particular the epistemic foundations of game theory and psychological games.[3]
Battigalli is a fellow of the Econometric Society[4] and the Game Theory Society.[5] Since 2021 he is one of the editors of the Journal of Economic Theory.[6]
Life and education
Battigalli was born on June 18, 1961, in Milan. He went to highschool at the liceo Vittorio Veneto, where he was involved in student politics and first became interested in social sciences.[7] He received his BA in economics at Bocconi University under the supervision of Aldo Montesano in 1987. His undergraduate thesis was in game theory, where he independently developed solution concepts related to David Pearce's extensive-form rationazalibility, and Fudenberg and Levine's self-confirming equilibrium.[8][9]
Battigalli went on to do his master's in econometrics and mathematical economics at the London School of Economics in 1989. In 1990 he returned to Italy for his PhD, which he finished in 1992 at a joint economics program at Bocconi, University of Milan, and the Catholic University of Milan.[7]
Career
Battigalli was an assistant professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan from 1992 to 1994. From 1994 to 1999, he was an assistant professor at Princeton University. He returned to Italy in 1998: he was a professor at the European University Institute in Florence until 2000, and has since been a professor at Bocconi University.[1]
At Bocconi, he has been director of the PhD Program in Economics, Dean of the PhD School, and Head of the Department of Decision Sciences.[10]
