Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Boston University 2006
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Associate Professor of Economics, Economics, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2013 - 2019
• Recognition
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  In the News

  • OCT 23, 2013

    Duke Today

    Meet the New Faculty: Todd Sarver Joins Economics Faculty
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Evolution and Adaptation: Ambiguity Attitudes with Optimal Risk Preferences awarded by  National Science Foundation 2019 - 2022
  • Collaborative Research: Foundations for Comparative Naivete and Sophistication awarded by  National Science Foundation 2014 - 2017
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  External Relationships

  • Collegio Carlo Alberto
  • The Econometric Society
  • Universita Bocconi
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Sarver, Todd, and Philipp Sadowski. “An Evolutionary Perspective on Updating Risk and Ambiguity Preferences,” December 8, 2019.
    • Ahn, David S., Ryota Iijima, Yves Le Yaouanq, and Todd Sarver. “Behavioral Characterizations of Naiveté for Time-Inconsistent Preferences.” Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, no. 2074 (November 18, 2018).
    • Ahn, David S., Ryota Iijima, and Todd Sarver. “Naiveté About Temptation and Self-Control: Foundations for Naive Quasi-Hyperbolic Discounting.” Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper, no. 2099 (February 2, 2018).
    • Sarver, T. “Dynamic Mixture-Averse Preferences.” Econometrica 86, no. 4 (January 1, 2018): 1347–82. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA12687.
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    • Sarver, Todd. “Risk Attitude Optimization and Heterogeneous Stock Market Participation,” October 20, 2017.
    • Ergin, H., and T. Sarver. “Hidden actions and preferences for timing of resolution of uncertainty.” Theoretical Economics 10, no. 2 (May 1, 2015): 489–541. https://doi.org/10.3982/TE1340.
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    • Ahn, D. S., and T. D. Sarver. “Preference for Flexibility and Random Choice.” Econometrica 81, no. 1 (2013): 341–61. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA10431.
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    • Ergin, H., and T. Sarver. “The unique minimal dual representation of a convex function.” Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 370, no. 2 (October 1, 2010): 600–606. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.04.017.
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    • Ergin, H., and T. Sarver. “A Unique costly contemplation representation.” Econometrica 78, no. 4 (July 1, 2010): 1285–1339. https://doi.org/10.3982/ECTA7801.
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    • Sarver, T. “Anticipating regret: Why fewer options may be better.” Econometrica 76, no. 2 (January 1, 2008): 263–305. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2008.00834.x.
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    • Dekel, E., B. L. Lipman, A. Rustichini, and T. Sarver. “Representing preferences with a unique subjective state space: A corrigendum.” Econometrica 75, no. 2 (March 1, 2007): 591–600. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0262.2006.00759.x.
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    • Lenzo, J., and T. Sarver. “Correlated equilibrium in evolutionary models with subpopulations.” Games and Economic Behavior 56, no. 2 (August 1, 2006): 271–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2005.08.012.
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  • Scholarly Editions

    • Ahn, D., R. Iijima, Y. Yaouanq, and T. D. Sarver. “Behavioral Characterizations of Naiveté for Time-Inconsistent Preferences,” November 14, 2016.
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• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • ECON 705D: Microeconomic Analysis II 2023
  • ECON 705D: Microeconomic Analysis II 2022
  • ECON 705D: Microeconomic Analysis II 2021
  • ECON 885: Special Topics in Economic Theory 2021
  • ECON 955S: Research Seminar in Economics Theory 2021

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