Faculty & Research

Alexander P. Frankel

Assistant Professor of Economics

Phone:
773 834-8266
Address:
5807 South Woodlawn Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637

Alexander Frankel studies mechanism design, repeated games, and contract theory. In addition to researching at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Chicago Booth, he has worked outside of academia at Yahoo! Research. Frankel’s most recent working papers include “Simple Multidimensional Delegation” and “Discounted Quotas.” He has been a referee for a number of academic journals including American Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Theory, and Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

While studying at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Frankel was also an instructor for Economics Bootcamp for public policy students. Frankel earned his BS (mathematics) and BA (economics) from the University of Chicago before pursuing his PhD in economic analysis and policy from Stanford Graduate School of Business.


Courses

Number Name Quarter
33001 Microeconomics 2013 (Winter)
33610 Applied Economics Workshop 2012 (Fall)
33610 Applied Economics Workshop 2013 (Winter)

Other Interests

Politics, the internet.

Research Activities

Mechanism design, repeated games, and contract theory.