Professor Ken Binmore
Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics
Contact Details
Tele: +44 (0)117 92-89847Email: K.Binmore@bristol.ac.uk
Room: 2B3
Research Interests
Ken Binmnore's research interests cover evolutionary game theory, bargaining theory, experimental economics, political philosophy, mathematics and statistics. He is Fellow of the Econometric Society and the British Academy. Ken was awarded the CBE in the New Years Honours List 2001 largely for his role in designing the UK 3G Spectrum Auction.
Key Publications
- Fun and Games: A Text on Game Theory, (1991)
- Game Theory and The Social Contract Volume 1: Playing Fair, Cambridge: MIT Press (1994).
- Game Theory and The Social Contract Volume 2: Just Playing, Cambridge: MIT Press (1998).
- Natural Justice, New York: Oxford University Press (2005).
- Does Game Theory Work? The Bargaining Challenge (2006)
A collection of Ken Binmore's influential papers on bargaining experiments, with the author's newly written commentary addressing the challenges to game theory posed by the behavioural school of economics. - Playing for Real, New York: Oxford University Press (2007).