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Peyton Young

Senior Research Fellow
Professor of Economics

Research Interests: Evolution of social norms and institutions, learning in strategic environments, game theory and finance.

Publications

'The Evolution of Conventions', Econometrica, 61, 1993. 

(with Mary Burke), 'Competition and Custom in Economic Contracts: A Case Study of Illinois Agriculture', American Economic Review, 91, 2001. 

'Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning', American Economic Review, 99, 2009. 

Individual Strategy and Social Structure, Princeton University Press, 1998.

Equity in Theory and Practice, Princeton University Press, 1994.