Staff profile

Ehud Lehrer has held academic positions at Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University, and he received his PhD from the Hebrew University in 1996. His main research interests span a wide range of topics, including Ergodic and probability theories, dynamic strategic interactions, learning, the role of information in single- and multi-agent models, decision theory, cooperative games and interactive epistemology.

He received research grants from NSF, BSF, ISF, and DFG and others. He is a fellow of several professional societies, including the Game Theory Society, the Econometric Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET). In addition to his research and teaching activities, John has served as an editor of Games and Economic Behavior for seven years.

Ehud Lehrer has held academic positions at Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University, and he received his PhD from the Hebrew University in 1996. His main research interests span a wide range of topics, including Ergodic and probability theories, dynamic strategic interactions, learning, the role of information in single- and multi-agent models, decision theory, cooperative games and interactive epistemology.

He received research grants from NSF, BSF, ISF, and DFG and others. He is a fellow of several professional societies, including the Game Theory Society, the Econometric Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET). In addition to his research and teaching activities, John has served as an editor of Games and Economic Behavior for seven years.

• Decision theory
• Economics theory
• Game theory
• Probability theory

Journal Article

• Lehrer, E., & Shaiderman, D. (in press). Markovian Persuasion. Theoretical Economics,
• Lehrer, E., & Shmaya, E. (online). A Subjective Approach to Quantum Probability. Social Science Research Network, https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.679782
• Lehrer, E., & Wang, T. (online). The Value of Information in Stopping Problems. Economic Theory, 78, 619–648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-023-01543-8
• Lehrer, E., & Samet, D. (2024). Interpersonal independence of knowledge and belief. Synthese, 204, Article 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-024-04607-x
• Gayer, G., Lehrer, E., & Persitz, D. (2024). Aggregating Inconclusive Data Sets. Games and Economic Behavior, 146, 77-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2024.04.011
• Wang, T., & Lehrer, E. (2024). Weighted Utility and Optimism/Pessimism: A Decision-Theoretic Foundation of Various Stochastic Dominance Orders. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(1), 210-223. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20220350
• Lagziel, D., & Lehrer, E. (2023). Performance Cycles. Economic Theory, 77, 999-1024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-023-01516-x
• Lehrer, E., & Shaiderman, D. (2023). Repeated Games with Incomplete Information over Predictable Systems. Mathematics of Operations Research, 48(2), https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2022.1286
• Lagziel, D., & Lehrer, E. (2022). Screening Dominance: A Comparison of Noisy Signals. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 14(4), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1257/mic.20200284
• Di Tillio, A., Lehrer, E., & Samet, D. (2022). Monologues, dialogues, and common priors. Theoretical Economics, 17(2), 587-615. https://doi.org/10.3982/te4508
• Lagziel, D., & Lehrer, E. (2021). Transferable deposits as a screening mechanism. Economic Theory, 71(2), 483-504. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-020-01264-2
• Alon, S., & Lehrer, E. (2020). Subjective utilitarianism: Individual decisions in a social context. Journal of Economic Theory, 190, Article 105108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2020.105108
• Lehrer, E., & Teper, R. (2020). Allocation in multi-agenda disputes: A set-valued games approach. Games and Economic Behavior, 122, 440-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2020.04.008
• Du, Y., & Lehrer, E. (2020). Constrained no-regret learning. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 88, 16-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmateco.2020.02.002
• Lehrer, E., & Shaiderman, D. (2020). Exchangeable Processes: de Finetti’s Theorem Revisited. Mathematics of Operations Research, 45(3), https://doi.org/10.1287/moor.2019.1026
• Lagziel, D., & Lehrer, E. (2019). A Bias of Screening. American Economic Review, 1(3), 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1257/aeri.20180578
• Alon, S., & Lehrer, E. (2019). Competitive equilibrium as a bargaining solution: An axiomatic approach. Games and Economic Behavior, 118, 60-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2019.08.006
• Ashkenazi-Golan, G., & Lehrer, E. (2019). What you get is what you see: Cooperation in repeated games with observable payoffs. Journal of Economic Theory, 181, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2019.02.007
• Lehrer, E., & Light, B. (2018). The effect of interest rates on consumption in an income fluctuation problem. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 94, 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jedc.2018.07.004
• Lehrer, E., & Solan, E. (2018). High frequency repeated games with costly monitoring. Theoretical Economics, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.3982/te2627
• Lagziel, D., & Lehrer, E. (2018). Reward schemes. Games and Economic Behavior, 107, 21-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2017.10.019