John P. Conley
Professor of Economics
Office Address
Department of Economics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37235-1819
414 Calhoun Hall
j.p.conley@vanderbilt.edu
Phone: (615)-322-2920
Fax: (615)-343-8495
Date of Birth: May
5, 1962
Education
Ph.D., Economics, University of Rochester, 1990.
Master of Arts, University of Rochester, 1987.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1984.
Professional Experience
2002-Present Professor, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University
2004 (August), Visitor, Academia Sinica,
Taipei, Taiwan
2002 (June) Visiting Professor, Université Paris 1 - Panthéon
Sorbonne
2001-2002 Professor, Department of Economics, University of Illinois,
Champaign,
1996-2001 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University
of Illinois, Champaign.
1996-1997 Visiting Scholar, Departments of Economics, Harvard University
and Boston University (Joint appointment).
1989-1996 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University
of Illinois, Champaign.
Editorial Boards
Editor, Journal of Public Economic Theory 1997-
Editor, Economics Bulletin 2000-
Advisory Editor, Journal of Risk Management 2006-
Academic Service
President, Association for Public Economic Theory, 1997-2002
Vice President/Treasurer, Association for Public Economic Theory,
2002-Present
Advisory Board, Warwick Center for Public Economics 1999-Present
Honors
Wallis Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1984 1985.
Lehman Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1984 1988.
Distinguished Teaching Fellow Award, University of Rochester, 1987
1988.
Departmental Teaching Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1988-1989.
Recognized on the University of Illinois Incomplete List of Outstanding
Teachers,
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals
“Bargaining on a Non-Convex Domain” with Simon Wilkie, Economics
Letters, Vol. 36, 1991, pp. 365-9.
“Speed of Convergence and Stopping Rules in an Iterative Planning
Procedure for Nonconvex Economies,” Journal of Comparative Economics,
Vol. 17, 1993, pp. 737 767.
“Convergence Theorems on the Core of a Public Goods Economy: Sufficient
Conditions,” Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 62, 1994, pp.
161 185.
“Implementing the Nash Extension Bargaining Solution for Non-Convex
Problems” with Simon Wilkie, Economic Design, Vol. 1, 1995,
pp. 205 216.
“Cheap Play with No Regret” with Bhaskar Chakravorti, International
Journal of Game Theory, Vol. 24, No. 3, 1995, pp. 223 237.
“Optimal Sequencing of Credible Reforms with Uncertain Outcomes”
with William Maloney, Journal of Development Economics, Vol.
48, 1995, pp. 151 163.
“Generalized Samuelson and Welfare Theorems for Nonsmooth Economies”
with Dimitrios Diamantaras, Journal of Public Economics,
Vol. 59, 1996, pp. 137 152.
An Extension of the Nash Bargaining Solution to Nonconvex Problems”
with Simon Wilkie, Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 13,
1996, pp. 26-38.
“Taste-Homogeneity of Optimal Jurisdictions in a Tiebout Economy with
Crowding Types and Endogenous Educational Investment Choices,” with
Myrna Wooders, Recherché Economiche, Vol. 50, 1996,
pp. 367 87.
“On Uniquely Implementing Cooperation in the Prisoner's Dilemma”
with Bhaskar Chakravorti and Bart Taub, Economic Theory,
Vol. 80, 1996, pp. 347 66.
“Reference Functions and Possibility Theorems for Cardinal Social
Choice Theory” with Rich McLean and Simon Wilkie, Social Choice
and Welfare, Vol. 14, 1997, pp. 65 78.
“Fundamental Nonconvexities in Arrovian Markets and a Coasian Solution
to the Problem of Externalities” with John Boyd III, Journal of
Economic Theory, Vol. 72, 1997, pp. 388 407.
“On Uniquely Implementing Cooperation in the Prisoner’s Dilemma:
Corrigendum” with Bhaskar Chakravorti and Bart Taub, Economic
Theory, Vol. 9, 1997, pp. 377-8
“Equivalence of the Core and Competitive Equilibrium in a Tiebout
Economy with Crowding Types” with Myrna Wooders, Journal of Urban
Economics, Vol. 41, 1997 pp. 421-440.
“Anonymous Lindahl Prices in a Tiebout Economy with Taste Types”
John P. Conley and Myrna H. Wooders, Canadian Journal of Economics,
Vol. 31, 1998 pp.952-74.
“Public Economic Theory” John P. Conley and Myrna H. Wooders, Journal
of Public Economic Theory, Vol. 1, 1999 pp. 1-3.
“Optimal and Equilibrium Jurisdiction Size in a Tiebout Economy with
Spillovers” with Manfred Dix, Journal of Urban Economics,
Vol. 46, 1999, pp. 215-229.
“Endogenous Enfranchisement when Groups' Preferences are Conflicting”
with Akram Temimi, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 109,
No. 1, 2001, 79-102.
“Tiebout Economies with Differential Genetic Types and Endogenously
Chosen Crowding Characteristics” with Myrna Wooders, Journal of
Economic Theory, Vol. 98, No. 2, 2001 pp. 261-294
“Probabilistic Cheap Talk” with Bhaskar Chakravorti and Bart Taub,
Social Choice and Welfare, 2002 Vol. 19, pp. 281-294
“The Tiebout Theorem: On the Existence of Asymptotically Efficient
Migration-proof Equilibria” with Hideo Konishi, Journal of Public
Economics, Vol 86, 2002, pp.243-62.
“Finite Decentralization in a Tiebout Economy with Crowding Types”
with Stefani Smith, Social Choice and Welfare, 2003, vol.
20, pp 49-75.
“Beneficial Inequality in the Provision of Municipal Services: Why
Rich Neighborhoods should get Plowed First” with Manfred Dix, Southern
Economic Journal, Vol. 70, 2003 No. 4, pp. 731–745.
“Bargaining efficiency and the repeated prisoners' dilemma,” with
Bhaskar Chakravorti, Economics Bulletin, 2004, Vol. 3 no.
3 pp. 1-8.
“Hedonic Independence and the Taste-Homogeneity of Optimal Jurisdictions
in Tiebout Economy with Crowding Types” with Myrna Wooders, Annals
of Economics and Statistics July-Dec. 2004; Vol. (75-76): 197-219.
“Coasian Equilibrium” with Stefani Smith, Journal of Mathematical
Economics, Volume 41, Issue 6, September 2005, Pages 687-704
“Crime and Ethics” with Ping Wang, Journal of Urban Economics,
2006 Vol 60, No. 1, pp 107-123
“Memetics and Voting: How Nature Makes us Public Spirited” with Ali
Toossi and Myrna Wooders, International Journal of Game Theory,
Forthcoming.
Parts of Books
“Anonymous Pricing in Public Goods Economies” with Myrna Wooders,
in Topics in Public Economics, D. Pines, E. Sadka, and I.
Zilcha, editors, Cambridge University Press, 1997, pp. 89-120.
“Economic Applications of Probabilistic Cheap Talk” with Bhaskar
Chakravorti and Bart Taub, in Topics in Mathematical Economics
and Game Theory: Essays in Honor of Robert Aumann, M. Wooders,
editor, Fields Institute Communication, Toronto, 1999, pp. 153-170.
“Coalitions and Clubs: Existence, Decentralization, and Optimality”
with Stephanie Smith 2003, in Group Formation in Economics : Networks,
Clubs, and Coalitions Gabrielle Demange and Myrna Wooders, editors,
Cambridge University Press, 2005
“The Law of Demand in Tiebout Economies” with Edward Carwright and
Myrna Wooders, 2005, in The Tiebout Model at fifty : essays in
public economics in honor of Wallace Oates / William A. Fischel,
editor, Lincoln Lamd Institute, Cambridge, MA, 2006
Book Reviews
“Rejected: Leading Economists Ponder the Publication Process,” edited
by George B. Shepherd, Thomas Horton and Daughters, Sun Lakes, AZ,
1995 for International Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.
6 pp. 441-2.
Manuscripts
“Intergenerational Fiscal Constitutions: How to Protect Future Generations
Using Land Taxes and Federalism” with Antonio Rangel, NBER Working
Paper No. W8394
2001
“Intergenerational Spillovers, Decentralization and Durable Public
Goods” 2002
“The Tiebout Hypothesis: On the Existence of Pareto Efficient Competitive
Equilibria” with Nizar Allouch and Myrna Wooders, 2004.
“Voluntary contributions to public projects in a coalitional framework”
2004
“Ordinal Egalitarian Solution for Finite Choice Sets” with Simon
Wilkie, 2005.
“Failures of the Law of Demand in Tiebout Economies” with Edward
Carwright and Myrna Wooders, 2005
“Leadership and Coalition Formation” 2006
“Endogenous Games and Equilibrium Adaptation of Social Norms and
Ethical
Constraints” with William Neilson 2006
Conference Organization
Session organizer: Public Choice Society Meeting, Houston, TX, April
1996.
Session organizer: Public Choice Society Meetings, San Francisco,
CA, March 1997.
Session organizer: Public Choice Society meetings, New Orleans, LA,
March 1998.
Co-organizer: Association for Public Economic Theory Meetings, Tuscaloosa,
AL, May 1998.
Program committee: 3rd Spanish Meeting on Game Theory and Applications,
Barcelona, Spain, June 1998
Program committee: Social Choice Society Conference, Vancouver, BC,
July 1998.
Organizing committee: Warwick Conference on the Environment and Economies
in Transition, Warwick, U. K, May 1999.
Session organizer: Economic Theory Meetings, Rodos, Greece, June
1999,
Organizing committee: Midwest Mathecon Meetings, October 1999, University
of Illinois,
Organizing committee: PET 2000 (Second meeting of the Association
for Public Economic Theory) University of Warwick, U.K., July 2000
Organizing committee: PET 2002 (Third meeting of the Association
for Public Economic Theory) University of Paris 1 (Pantheon-Sorbonne),
July 2002
Co-Chair, Organizing committee, PET2003 (Fourth meeting of the Association
for Public Economic Theory) Duke University, July 2003
Organizer, Taipei Conference on Public Economics, Academia Sinica,
August 2004(Vanderbilt University)
Organizing Committee PET04, Beijing, China, August 2004.
Organizing Committee, Midwest Mathecon Meetings, Nashville, April,
2005
Organizing Committee PET05, Marseilles, France, June 2005.
Organizing Committee, PET 06, Hanoi, Vietnam, August 2006
Coorganizer of “Externalities, Public Goods and Games" workshop
at Stony Brook Summer Game Theory Festival, July 2006
Organizing Committee, PET 07, Vanderbilt Nashville, TN, July 2007
Service
Department
Kinkead Chair Search Committee, 1992
David Kinley Lecture Committee, 1993
Masters of Science in Policy Economics Committee, 1994
Graduate Admissions Committee, 1995
Recruiting Committee, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999
Department of Economics Planning Committee, 1996
Department of Economics Faculty Development Committee, 1996, 2001,2002
Department of Economics Advisory Committee, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001,
2002
Chairman, Recruiting Committee, 1998
Placement Director 2000, 2001
Chairman, Recruiting Committee, 2002, 2003
Promotion Committee 2003, 2004.
Admission Committee 2005
Chairman, Admission Committee 2006
College
Commerce College Academic Integrity Committee, 1992
Chairman, Commerce College Academic Integrity Committee, 1993
Commerce College Placement Committee, 1996
Commerce College Research Policy Committee, 2001, 2002
Senior Ad hoc Review Committee (Vanderbilt University) 2005-2006
University
Faculty Mentor for Summer Research Opportunities for Minorities
Program, 1991
Faculty Senate, 2000, 2001, 2002
University Library Committee 2000, 2001, 2002
Institutional Repository Policy Committee (Vanderbilt University)
2003-2004
