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David McAdams

David McAdams

Robert A. Bandeen Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
Fuqua School of Business
Box 90120, Durham, NC 27708-0120
Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC 27708

News Items

Published March 25, 2026
Duke Honors 38 Distinguished Professors in 2026
Published October 13, 2025
Intersecting Perspectives
Published June 16, 2025
Summer Reading: Duke Authors’ Hot New Books
Published February 24, 2025
How a Club of Countries Can Help Prevent a Pandemic
Published September 18, 2023
How Content Creators’ Incentives Affect Quality of Information
Published August 25, 2022
Duke Team Awarded $1 Million to Predict the Next Pandemic
Published January 27, 2021
Using A Game Theory Mindset to Help Vaccinate the World
Published May 16, 2019
Could Better Tests Help Reverse the Rise of Superbugs?
Published September 25, 2016
David McAdams, co-author: Applying game theory to the Supreme Court confirmation fight
Published May 29, 2015
Game Theory and the Trouble with Antibacterial Soap
Published February 4, 2015
The New York Times
David McAdams: The right way to pay ransoms to terrorists
Published February 4, 2015
New York Times
The Right Way to Pay Ransoms to Terrorists
Published January 26, 2015
Duke Today
Duke Forward: Economist David McAdams on Three Persistent Problems and How to Solve Them
Published September 10, 2014
NPR’s “Here & Now
Dutch auctions may offer 'more democratic' way to launch IPO
Published September 10, 2014
NPR’s “Here & Now”
Dutch auctions may offer 'more democratic' way to launch IPO
Published September 10, 2014
NPR’s “Here & Now
Dutch auctions may offer 'more democratic' way to launch IPO
Published August 15, 2014
WUNC
David McAdams: Change patient-doctor relationship for opioid-abuse solution
Published August 12, 2014
WBUR-Boston
Game theory expert analyzes Market Basket conflict
Published July 11, 2014
Drug-Seeking in the Emergency Room
Published July 9, 2014
Drug-Seeking in the Emergency Room