John P. Conley
Professor of Economics
Office Address
Department of Economics Tel: 615-322-2920
Vanderbilt University Fax: 615-343-8495
414 Calhoun Hall
Nashville, TN 37235
j.p.conley@vanderbilt.edu
Date of Birth: May 5, 1962
Citizenship: USA
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-
Academic Service:
Scholarly Communications Portal Editor, AccessEcon.com 2007-
Vice President/Treasurer, Association for Public Economic Theory, 2002-Present
Advisory Board, Warwick Center for Public Economics 1999-Present
President, Association for Public Economic Theory, 1997-2002
Reviewer and referee for many journals, publishers, departments, and granting agencies.
Academic Organizations
Association for Public Economic Theory
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
“The bargaining problem without convexity : Extending the egalitarian and Kalai-Smorodinsky solutions” 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.(Editorial Comment)
“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
“Migration-Proof Tiebout Equilibrium: Existence and Asymptotic Efficiency” 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) pp. 197-219.
“Coasian Equilibrium” with Stefani Smith, Journal of Mathematical Economics, September 2005, Volume 41, Issue 6, pp. 687-704.
“Crime and Ethics” with Ping Wang, Journal of Urban Economics, 2006 Volume 60, pp. 107-123.
“Memetics and Voting: How Nature Makes us Public Spirited” with Ali Toossi and Myrna Wooders, International Journal of Game Theory, December, 2006, Volume 35, Number 1.pp.71-90.
“The Journal of Public Economic Theory at Ten Years Old” with Myrna Wooders, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Volume 10, Number 1, pp.1-5 (Editorial Comment)
“Anonymous Price Taking Equilibrium in Tiebout Economies with a Continuum of Agents; Existence and Characterization” with Nizar Allouch and Myrna Wooders, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Forthcoming.
“But what have you done for me lately? Commercial Publishing, Scholarly Communication, and Open-Access” with Myrna Wooders Economic Analysis and Policy, Forthcoming.
“Endogenous Games and Equilibrium Adaptation of Social Norms and Ethical
Constraints” with William Neilson Games and Economic Behavior, 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 Land 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
“Leadership and Coalition Formation” 2006
“Intergenerational Spillovers, Decentralization and Durable Public Goods” with Robert Driskill and Ping Wang, 2006.
“How Competition and Changes in Publication Rates Affect the Tenure Chances in the Economics Profession, and how they should, With Mario Crucini, Robert Driskill and Ali Sina Onder, 2007.
“Public Goods, Bounded Attention Spans and Equilibrium in the Internet Economy” with Paul J. Healy, 2007.
“Endogenous Games, Cultural Integrity and the Coexistence of Conventions” with William Neilson, 2007.
“Private Benefits, Warm Glow and Reputation in the Free and Open Source Software Production Model” with Fan-chin Kung, 2008
“Ordinal Egalitarian Solution for Finite Choice Sets” with Simon Wilkie, 2008.
“Axiomatic Foundations for Compromise Theory and the Relationship to Multi-Objective Programming Solutions” with Rich McLean and Simon Wilkie, 2008.
“Endogenous Networks” With Frank Page 2008.
“Copyright and Impure Public
Goods: A Formal Model” with Christopher Yoo, 2008.
Grants
UIUC Research Board, for equipment to support research on “The Bargaining Problem without Convexity,” 1990.
UIUC Bureau of Economic and Business Research, to support research on “The Bargaining Problem without Convexity,” 1990.
UIUC Research Board, to support research on “Innovation Games with Nonincreasing Returns to Scale and Heterogeneous Goods,” 1992.
UIUC Research Board, to support research on “Endogenous Enfranchisement when Groups have Conflicting Tastes,” 1994.
UIUC Department of Economics, to support research on “Taste-Homogeneity of Optimal Jurisdictions in a Tiebout Economy with Endogenous Crowding Types,” 1994.
NSF, grant number SBR 95‑14918,to support “Taste-Homogeneity of Optimal Jurisdictions in a Tiebout Economy with Crowding Types,” 1996‑98.
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
Coorganizer of “Externalities, Public Goods and Games" workshop at Stony Brook
Summer Game Theory Festival, July 2006
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
Main Organizer, PET 07, Vanderbilt. June 2007
Organizing Committee, PET08, Seoul, Korea, June 2008
Organizing Committee, PET09, Galway, Ireland, June 2009
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 Committees, 2003. 2004
Admission Committee, 2005
Chairman, Admission Committee, 2006
Head of Promotion Committee, 2006
Member, Undergraduate program evaluation committee, 2007
Graduate Studies Committee
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, 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, 2003-2004
