David Russell Schmidt

Education

Bachelor of Arts with Honors, 1989, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Major Fields: Economics and Mathematics

Doctor of Philosophy, 1994, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
Major Field: Social Science
Dissertation Title: “Equilibrium in Dynamic Economic Models”
Principal Advisor: Professor Thomas Palfrey

Positions Held

1990-1992: Research and Teaching Assistant, California Institute of Technology
1993-2001: Assistant Professor, Indiana University
2001-2008: Economist, Federal Trade Commission
2008-present: Assistant Director, Federal Trade Commission

Published Papers in Refereed Journals

“Price Dynamics in Overlapping Generations Environments,” with Charalambos Aliprantis, Economic Theory, 3, 541-563 (1993).

“Cumbersome Coordination in Repeated Games,” with Horst Raff, International Journal of Game Theory, 29, 101-118 (2000).

“Cooperation in PD Games: Fear, Greed, and History of Play” with T.K. Ahn, Elinor Ostrom, Robert Shupp, and James Walker, Public Choice, January 2001.

“Dilemma Games: Game Parameters and Matching Protocols,” with T.K. Ahn, Elinor Ostrom, Robert Shupp, and James Walker, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, December 2001.

“Playing Safe in Coordination Games: The Role of Risk Dominance, Payoff Dominance, Social History, and Reputation,” with Robert Shupp, James M. Walker, and Elinor Ostrom, Games and Economic Behavior, February 2003.

“Economics at the FTC: Data Intensive Mergers and Policy R&D,” with K. Anderson, C.J. Garmon, M. Salinger, and J.M. Yun, Review of Industrial Organization, December 2006.

“Difference-in-differences Analysis In Antitrust: A Cautionary Note,” with John D. Simpson, 75 Antitrust Law Journal 2 (2008).

Chapters in Published Books

“Trust in Two Person Games: Game Structures and Linkages,” with T.K. Ahn, Elinor Ostrom, and James Walker, in Trust, Reciprocity, and Gains from Association: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research, Elinor Ostrom and James Walker, editors, Russell Sage Foundation Publications, 2002.

Professional Association Memberships

American Economic Association
Game Theory Society
Assistant Director, Office of Applied Research and Outreach
Bureau of Economics
Federal Trade Commission
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