Professor, Economics

J. Edward Lundy Professor of Economics, Economics

PhD in Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

BS in Systems Theory, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Game theory, industrial organization, public and environmental economics

Fellow - Game Theory Society, 2021

Council of the Game Theory Society Member, 2015 - 2021

Economic Theory Fellow - Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), 2011

Game Theory Society, 2016 - 2021

Association for Public Economic Theory

European Economic Association

Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory

Amir, R. & Rietzke, D. (In Press). (2025). A Comment on Monotone Comparative Statics. Econometrica.

Amir, R., Pal, D., & Topolyan, I. (2025). Risk aversion and the punishment paradox in a crime game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 233 pp. 106985.

Amir, R., Jin, J., & Amir, R. (2025). Gains from Trade in an Asymmetric Cournot World with Trade Costs. Review of International Economics.

Amir, R., Jin, J., & Fitzroy, F. (2024). A modest basic income can benefit a poor majority. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. 224 pp. 537-547.

Halmenschlager,, C. & Tian, J. (2024). University-Firm Coordination and Competition in Basic Research. Annals of Economics and Statistics. 153 pp. 77-104.

Boucekkine, R. (2023). Epidemics, vaccines, and health policy. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 25 pp. 1143-1148.

Amir, R., Garcia, F., & Topolyan, I. (2023). First-best health policy in vaccine markets with health and network externalities. Journal of Public Economic Theory. 25 pp. 1229-1250.

Amir, R., Evstigneev, I., & Potapova, V. (2023). Negative network effects and public policy in vaccine markets. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. (216) pp. 136-149.

Amir, R., Evstigneev, I., & Potapova, V. (2023). Unbeatable strategies. Economic Theory. 138 pp. 373-386.

Amir, R. (2023). Uniform, efficient and independent Ramsey taxes across markets. Games and Economic Behavior. pp. 373-386.

"Comparative Statics of Nash Equilibria," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, March 2025.

"Comparative Statics of Nash Equilibria," Keynote/Plenary Address at New Zealand Economic Theory, Wellington, New Zealand, March 2025.

"Supermodular games and applications," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Auckland, New Zealand, February 2025.

"Comparative Statics of Nash Equilibria," Guest/Invited Speaker at Game Theory Society, United States, August 2024.

"Cournot's model of complementary monopoly," Accepted Speaker at Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference, Paris, France, July 2023.

"Cournot's model of complementary monopoly," Guest/Invited Speaker at Hautes etudes commerciales, June 2023.

"Cournot's model of complementary monopoly," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Lyons II, France, May 2023.

"Cournot's model of complementary monopoly," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Rennes I, May 2023.

"Cournot's model of complementary monopoly," Guest/Invited Speaker at University of Paris Dauphine, May 2023.

"Counot's model of complementary monopoly," Guest/Invited Speaker at Universite Paris Pantheon-Assas, Paris, France, April 2023.

Amir, R. & Tian J. (2025). Commitment, Firm and Industry Effects in Strategic Divisionalization.

Director, Graduate Studies, Economics, 2013 - 2016

Co-Editor, Economic Theory, January 2021.

Co-Editor, Economic Theory Bulletin, January 2021.

Associate Editor, Theory and Decision, June 2017.

Co-Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory, April 2016.

Associate Editor, Journal of Dynamics and Games, September 2014.

Associate Editor, Dynamic Games and Applications, June 2014.

Associate Editor, Economic Theory Bulletin, January 2013 - December 2020.

Associate Editor, Economic Theory, June 2011 - December 2020.

Associate Editor, Mathematical Social Sciences, June 2010.

Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, April 2004.