William R. Zame

William R. Zame

Jack Hirshleifer Professor of Economics

Office: 9290 Bunche Hall

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/williamzame

Biography:

William Zame is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics at UCLA. His recent research includes work on the impact of culture on economic outcomes in diverse societies, informational asymmetries in macroeconomics. experimental financial markets, and a number of topics in machine learning (especially in application to medicine).  He has published extensively in Econometrica and other top general interest journals. He is currently Co-Editor of Economic Theory and Associate Editor of Theoretical Economics; in the past he has been an Associate Editor of Econometrica, Journal of Economic Theory and Journal of Mathematical Economics.

Education:

Ph.D. Tulane University

Research Areas:

Experimental Economics, Finance, Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory

Selected Books and Publications


Research Interests

  • Steamboat inspection and the Eastland disaster; Lake Michigan passenger steamship lines.