Hervé Moulin
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Hervé Moulin FRSE FBA (born 1950 in Paris) is a French mathematician who is the Donald J. Robertson Chair of Economics at the Adam Smith Business School at the University of Glasgow.[1] He is known for his research contributions in mathematical economics, in particular in the fields of mechanism design, social choice, game theory and fair division.[2][3][4] He has written five books and over 100 peer-reviewed articles.[5][6][7]
Hervé Moulin | |
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Born | 1950 (age 73–74) |
Nationality | French |
Academic career | |
Institution | University of Glasgow |
Field | Game theory, fair division, social choice, mathematical economics |
Alma mater | Université Paris-Dauphine École Normale Supérieure |
Doctoral advisor | Jean-Pierre Aubin |
Doctoral students | Josue Ortega |
Influences | Marquis de Condorcet, Jean-Charles de Borda, John von Neumann |
Contributions | Random assignment, cost sharing, dominance solvable games |
Awards | Fellow of the Econometric Society, Council Member of the Game Theory Society, President of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Moulin was the George A. Peterkin Professor of Economics at Rice University (from 1999 to 2013):,[2] the James B. Duke Professor of Economics at Duke University (from 1989 to 1999),[2][8] the University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech (from 1987 to 1989),[9] and Academic Supervisor at Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg, Russia (from 2015 to 2022).[10][11] He is a fellow of the Econometric Society since 1983,[12] and the president of the Game Theory Society for the term 2016 - 2018.[13][14] He also served as president of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare for the period of 1998 to 1999.[15] He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2015.[16]
Moulin's research has been supported in part by seven grants from the US National Science Foundation.[17] He collaborates as an adviser with the fair division website Spliddit, created by Ariel Procaccia.[18] On the occasion of his 65th birthday, the Paris School of Economics and the Aix-Marseille University organised a conference in his honor, with Peyton Young, William Thomson, Salvador Barbera, and Moulin himself among the speakers.[19]