Ariel Rubinstein (born April 13, 1951) is an economist who works in game theory. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1972-1979, in both mathematics and economics. He is currently (2006) a professor of economics with the School of Economics at Tel Aviv University and with the Department of Economics at New York University. 13 April is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... An economist is an individual who studies, develops, and applies theories and concepts from economics, and writes about economic policy. ... Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics that studies strategic situations where players choose different actions in an attempt to maximize their returns. ... האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels oldest, largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Economics (from the Greek οίκος [oikos], family, household, estate, and νομος [nomos], custom, law, hence household management and management of the state) is a social science that studies the production, distribution, trade and consumption of goods and services. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Central Library from a lawn Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

In 1982, he published "Perfect equilibrium in a bargaining model", Econometrica 50/1, 97-109, an important contribution to the theory of bargaining. It models two-person bargaining as an extensive game with perfect information in which the players alternate offers. A key assumption is that the players are impatient. The main result gives conditions under which the game has a unique subgame perfect equilibrium and characterizes this equilibrium. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Books

• Bargaining and Markets, with Martin J.Osborne, Academic Press 1990
• A Course in Game Theory, with Martin J. Osborne, MIT Press, 1994.
• Modeling Bounded Rationality, MIT Press, 1998.
• Economics and Language, Cambridge University Press, 2000
• Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory: The Economic Agent, Princeton University Press, 2006

(Note that 4 out of the 5 books are available for free download)

External links

• Ariel Rubinstein's personal homepage with links to most of his published works
• Nash lecture
• Rubinstein's Sequential Bargaining Model
• Nash's home page