| Todd Sarver, Professor
 Todd Sarver’s research focuses on microeconomic theory, decision theory, and behavioral economics. His interests include modeling psychological phenomenon such as regret and temptation, cognitive constraints and bounded rationality, and attitudes toward risk in dynamic environments. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, and his most recent work has been published in Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economics, and Journal of Economic Theory.
- Contact Info:
Teaching (Fall 2025):
- ECON 301D.001, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II
Synopsis
- LSRC B101, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
- ECON 301D.01D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II
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- Social Sciences 105, M 10:20 AM-11:10 AM
- ECON 301D.02D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II
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- Social Sciences 124, Tu 04:55 PM-05:45 PM
- ECON 301D.03D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II
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- Social Sciences 124, W 06:30 PM-07:20 PM
- ECON 301D.04D, INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMICS II
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- Social Sciences 105, M 12:00 PM-12:50 PM
- ECON 955S.01, RES SEM IN ECONOMICS THEORY
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- Social Sciences 113, Tu 11:45 AM-01:00 PM
- Education:
Ph.D. | Boston University | 2006 |
- Specialties:
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Microeconomic Theory
Behavioral Economics Decision Theory
- Research Interests:
Todd Sarver’s research focuses on microeconomic theory, decision theory, and behavioral economics. His interests include modeling psychological phenomenon such as regret and temptation, cognitive constraints and bounded rationality, and attitudes toward risk in dynamic environments. He has received grants from the National Science Foundation, and his most recent work has been published in Econometrica and Games and Economic Behavior.
- Curriculum Vitae Bio
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Sarver, T; Sadowski, P, An Evolutionary Perspective on Updating Risk and Ambiguity Preferences
(December, 2024)
- Sadowski, P; Sarver, T, Adaptive preferences: An evolutionary model of non-expected utility and ambiguity aversion,
Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 218
(June, 2024) [doi] [abs]
- Ahn, DS; Iijima, R; Le Yaouanq, Y; Sarver, T, Behavioral Characterizations of Naiveté for Time-Inconsistent Preferences,
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper no. 2074
(November, 2018)
- Ahn, DS; Iijima, R; Sarver, T, Naiveté About Temptation and Self-Control: Foundations for Naive Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting,
Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper no. 2099
(February, 2018)
- Sarver, T, Dynamic Mixture-Averse Preferences,
Econometrica, vol. 86 no. 4
(January, 2018),
pp. 1347-1382 [doi] [abs]
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