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Philipp Sadowski CV

Associate Professor of Economics
Economics
Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708-0097
203 Social Sciences, Box 90097, Durham, NC 27708
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CV

Overview


Philipp Sadowski's work focuses on microeconomic theory, decision theory and behavioral economics. A central research interest is to better understand the interaction between observable economic behavior and the often not directly observable formation of beliefs. Topics include subjective learning, rational inattention, changing tastes, and other-regarding motives such as shame and magical thinking. Philipp's research has been published in leading journals, presented internationally, and supported by the National Science Foundation.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Associate Professor of Economics · 2017 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Director of PhD Placement of Economics · 2024 - Present Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Adaptive preferences: An evolutionary model of non-expected utility and ambiguity aversion

Journal Article Journal of Economic Theory · June 1, 2024 We enrich an evolutionary model with common and idiosyncratic uncertainty as in Robson (1996) by allowing for hidden actions (or phenotypic flexibility). In contexts where common uncertainty is ambiguous and idiosyncratic uncertainty is risky, the model ge ... Full text Cite

Subjective information choice processes

Journal Article Theoretical Economics · May 1, 2023 We propose a class of dynamic models that capture subjective (and, hence, unobservable) constraints on the amount of information a decision maker can acquire, pay attention to, or absorb via an information choice process (ICP). An ICP specifies the informa ... Full text Cite

Stable behavior and generalized partition

Journal Article Economic Theory · September 1, 2019 Behavior is stable if the ex ante ranking of two acts that differ only on some event I coincides with their ex post ranking upon learning I. We identify the largest class of information structures for which the behavior of a Bayesian expected utility maxim ... Full text Cite
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Recent Grants


Evolution and Adaptation: Ambiguity Attitudes with Optimal Risk Preferences

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2022

Collaborative Research: Dynamic Rational Inattention: Theory and Applications

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2015 - 2018

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Education, Training & Certifications


Princeton University · 2008 Ph.D.
University of Bonn (Germany) · 2002 M.S.