PhD candidate
Name: Sonali Sen Gupta
Contact Information:
Department of Economics
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
Education:
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Ph.D. in Economics, University of Birmingham.
Thesis Title: Coarse Correlation and its applications
Expected date of completion: March 2013
Advisors: Indrajit Ray and Martin K. Jensen
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M.Sc. in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (2008), University of Birmingham.
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B.A. (Honours) in Economics (2006), Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, India.
Research:
Research interests: Game Theory, Mediation in games, Industrial Organisation, Environmental Economics, Experimental Economics.
Research overview: : Sonali is mainly interested in 'mediation' and 'communication' in games, and how the introduction of a mediator can help achieve 'fairer or equitable' and 'improved' outcomes, as compared to what the economic agents might achieve by acting on their own.
Published papers: Ray, I. and S. Sen Gupta 2012: "Coarse Correlated Equilibria in Linear Duopoly Games." International Journal of Game Theory, forthcoming.
Awards:
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Ph.D. Scholarship, 2008-2012, University of Birmingham.
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Best Research Paper 2011-2012, Birmingham Business School.
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Selected to represent the University of Birmingham (Business School) inUniversitas21 Doctoral Research Conference in Business.
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Royal Economic Society Conference Grant 2010.