Ichiro Obara

Curriculum Vitae

November, 2008

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Position

Department of Economics, UCLA, Associate Professor, July 2008 ~
Department of Economics, University of Minnesota, Associate Professor, July 2007 ~ May 2008
Department of Economics, UCLA, Assistant Professor, August 2001 ~ June 2008
Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Visiting Scholar, February 2008
Department of Economics, University of Tokyo, visiting scholar, October 5 ~ 10, 2006
Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, visiting Assistant Professor, July 2004 ~ June 2005
Department of Economics, Columbia University, visiting scholar, December 13 ~ 17, 2004
Department of Economics, University of Tokyo, visiting scholar, November 2 ~ 5, 2004

Education

University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Economics, 9/1996 - 5/2001
Ph. D thesis title: "Private Information in Repeated Games"

University of Tokyo
M.A., Economics, 4/1994 - 3/1996

University of Tokyo
B.A., Economics, 4/1990 - 3/1994

Research Interests

Economic Theory, Game Theory, Financial Economics, Industrial Organization

Honors & Awards

  • 2006-2007 Faculty Research Grant, UCLA June 2006

  • 2005-2006 Faculty Grant Program, UCLA, June 2005

  • NSF grant # 0417883 “Endogenous Monitoring”, September 2004

  • 2003-2004 Faculty Grant Program, UCLA, June 2003

  • 2002-2003 Faculty Grant Program, UCLA, June 2002

  • The William Pork Carey Prize for the best doctoral dissertation
    Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, April 2002

  • 2001-2002 Assistant Professor Initiative, UCLA, March 2002

  • The Beth Hayes Prize for the best research; awarded in alternate years
    Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, March 2000

  • The Lawrence Robbins Award for the best first year student (shared with Liwa Rachel Ngai)
    Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, September 1997

  • University Fellowship
    University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, Spring 1998, Spring 1999

    Publication

  • "Reputation and Horizontal Merger" (joint with H. Cai), March 2008
    Accepted to RAND Journal of Economics.

  • "The Full Surplus Extraction Theorem with Hidden Actions", 2008,
    The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 (Advances).

  • "Folk Theorem with Communication", February 2008
    , forthcoming in Journal of Economic Theory.

  • "Less is More: An Observability Paradox in Repeated Games" (joint with M. Kandori)
    International Journal of Game Theory 34 (2006), 475-493.

  • "Efficiency in Repeated Games Revisited: the Role of Private Strategies" (joint with M. Kandori)
    Econometrica 74 (2006), 499-519.

  • "The Maximum Efficient Payoff in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma" (joint with G. Mailath and T. Sekiguchi)
    Games and Economic Behavior 40 (2002), 99-122.

  • Belief Based Equilibria in the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Private Monitoring" (joint with V. Bhaskar)
    Journal of Economic Theory 102 (2002), 40-69.

    Working Papers

  • "Secret Contracts for Efficient Partnerships" (joint with D. Rahman), June 2008

  • "Approximate Implementability with Ex Post Budget Balance" (joint with D. Rahman), April 2006

  • "Endogenous Monitoring" (joint with M. Kandori), December 2004

  • "Informational Smallness and Private Monitoring" (joint with R. McLean and A. Postlewaite), July 2005

  • "Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma with Private Monitoring: an N-player case", CARESS Working Paper #99-13, 1999

    Research in Progress

  • "Finite State Equilibria in Dynamic Games" (joint with M. Kandori).

  • "A Foundation of Dynamic Bargaining with Incomplete Information" (with Vasiliki Skreta).

  • Folk Theorem for Repeated Auction

  • Folk Theorem and Complexity

    Professional Activities

    Referee

    American Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Econometrica, Economics and Philosophy, Economic Theory, European Journal of Political Economy, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, International Journal of Game Theory, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Mathematical Social Sciences, National Science Foundation, Rand Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, SSHRC

    Advisee

  • Ziyong Yao, UCLA 2007, Position: Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

  • Seda Ertac, UCLA 2006, Position: Assistant Professor at Koc University, Postdoc at University of Chicago for 2006 - 2007.

  • Joon Song, UCLA 2006, Position: Assistant Professor at Essex University

  • Matias Iaryczower, UCLA 2005, Position: Assistant Professor at Caltech

    Presentation

    2008

  • Conference in Honor of Andrew Postlewaite's 65th Birthday
  • Keio University
  • WEAI annual meeting at Hawaii
  • University of California San Diego
  • University of California Irvine
  • Kyoto University
  • John Hopkins University
  • Princeton University

    2007

  • University of Wisconsin
  • University of Michigan
  • Univerity of Western Ontario
  • 18th International Conference on Game Theory (Plenary Talk)
  • SED Annual Meeting at Prague
  • Ohio State University

    2006

  • Arizona State University (Carey Business School)
  • University of Texas Austin
  • University of Minnesota
  • Far Eastern Econometric Society Meeting at Beijing
  • Econometric Society Summer Meeting at Minneapolis
  • SWET conference at Arizona State University
  • Washington University, St. Louis (Olin School of Business)

    2005

  • Invited speaker for Mini-Conference on Repeated Games at CalTech
  • University of Southern California
  • Econometric Society World Congress at London
  • SAET Economic Theory Conference at Vigo
  • Rutger University

    2004

  • Columbia University
  • New York University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Arizona State University (Carey Business School)
  • Second World Congress of Game Theory Society at Marseille
  • SED Annual Meeting at Florence
  • University of Texas Austin
  • SWET conference at UC Irvine

    2003

  • University of California Berkeley
  • University of California Riverside
  • Essex University
  • London School of Economics
  • Decentralization Conference at Purdue University
  • MEDS, Kellogg School of Business
  • Pennsylvania State University

    2002

  • Econometric Society Summer Meeting at UCLA
  • SWET conference at UC San Diego

    2001

  • Kobe University
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Minnesota
  • University of Rochester (Simon Business School)
  • University of Southern California
  • UCLA
  • Princeton University

    2000

  • World Congress of the Econometrics Society at Seattle
  • First World Congress of Game Theory Society at Bilbao
  • 12th International Conference on Game Theory
  • Cowles Foundation Microeconomic Theory Conference
    "Repeated Games with Private Monitoring" at Yale University

    1999

  • Inter-University Conference at Yale University

    Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Economic Association
  • Member, Econometric Society