William Samuelson

William Samuelson is a professor of economics and finance in Boston University’s Questrom School of Business. After receiving his Ph.D in economics from Harvard University in 1978, Samuelson joined the BU faculty. His research interests include game theory, auctions, bargaining, microeconomics and experimental economics. He serves on the editorial board of Group Decisions and Negotiation and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and has written numerous journal articles. In 1996, Samuelson received the Executive MBA Teaching Award.

EDUCATION

PhD, Harvard University, 1978 BA, Harvard College, 1974

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Samuelson, W., Riley, J. (2017). David Martimore, Recent Developments in the Economic Theory of Incentives."David Martimore, Recent Developments in the Economic Theory of Incentives", Edward Elgar Publishing 381-392
• Marks, S., Samuelson, W. (2014). "Managerial Economics", John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Samuelson, W. (2014). "Game Theory and Business Applications", Springer Verlag
• Samuelson, W. (2014). Game Theory and Business Applications."Game Theory and Business Applications", Springer
• Samuelson, W. (2014). Game Theory and Business Applications."Game Theory and Business Applications", Springer
• Baumol, W., Arrow, K., Athey, S., Baker, J., Bazelon, C., Brennan, T., Bresnahan, T., Bulow, J., Che, Y., Cramton, P., Ackerberg, D., Alleman, J., Crawford, G., DeMarzo, P., Faulhaber, G., Fox, J., Gale, I., Goeree, J., Goldfarb, B., Greenstein, S., Hahn, R., Hall, R., Hanson, W., Harris, B., Harris, R., Hauge, J., Hausman, J., Hazlett, T., Hendricks, K., Hudson, H., Jamison, M., Kagel, J., Kahn, A., Kremer, I., Krishna, V., Lehr, W., Lenard, T., Levin, J., Lien, Y., Mayo, J., McAdams, D., Milgrom, P., Noll, R., Owen, B., Plott, C., Porter, R., Reny, P., Riordan, M., Salant, D., Savage, S., Samuelson, W., Schmalensee, R., Schwartz, M., Skrzypacz, A., Smith, V., Vincent, D., Waldfogel, J., Wallsten, S., Weber, R., Wimmer, B., Woroch, G., Ye, L., Hayes, J., Rosston, G. (2009). "Comments of 71 Concerned Economists: Using Procurement Auctions to Allocate Broadband Stimulus Grants",
• Bodie, Z., Merton, R., Samuelson, W. (1992). "Labor Supply Flexibility and Portfolio Choice in a Life-Cycle Model", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 15
• Johnson, S., Kotlikoff, L., Samuelson, W. (1987). "Can People Compute? an Experimental Test of the Life Cycle Consumption Model",

AWARDS AND HONORS

• 1996, Executive MBA Teaching Award