Professor Paola Manzini
PhD
Expertise
My research centres on the mathematical modelling of human decisions. My current focus is on the behaviour of agents who fail the classic assumptions of full rationality, building theoretical models testable with standard data.
Current positions
- School of Economics
Professor of Economics
School of Economics
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Biography
I am a Professor of Economics in the School of Economics at the University of Bristol.
My research interests lie in the mathematical modelling of human decisions and interactions in possibly conflictual strategic situations (i.e. game theory).
I have worked extensively on bargaining and negotiations, and in more recent years I have been focussing on modelling the behaviour of agents who fail the classic assumptions of full rationality, e.g. because of attention failures, misperception of time, reliance on possibly suboptimal rules of thumb, and so on. I have also experience in the design and running of experiments. I'm happy to supervise PhD students on these topics, and in microeconomics more generally.
I joined Bristol in April 2021, having worked previously at the University of Sussex, the University of St Andrews, and Queen Mary, University of London. My first appointment was at the University of Exeter.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Mixture Choice Data - a field experiment
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of EconomicsDates
19/04/2021 to 04/02/2022
Publications
Selected publications
01/05/2020Inferring Cognitive Heterogeneity From Aggregate Choices
Econometrica
Stochastic complementarity
Economic Journal
Dual random utility maximisation
Journal of Economic Theory
Recent publications
01/04/2024A model of approval with an application to list design
Journal of Economic Theory
Mixture Choice Data: Revealing Preferences and Cognition
Journal of Political Economy
When is coarseness not a curse? Comparative statics of the coarse random utility model
Journal of Economic Theory
Inferring Cognitive Heterogeneity From Aggregate Choices
Econometrica
Corrigendum to “Dual random utility maximisation” [J. Econ. Theory 177 (2018) 162–182]
Journal of Economic Theory