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Tomas Sjöström (born March 19, 1962) is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at
Rutgers University – New Brunswick . His current research interests include theories of conflict and behavioral economics.
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He graduated from
Stockholm University with a bachelor's degree in business economics in 1985. He then continued to study economics at the
University of Rochester , earning his Ph.D. in 1991.
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Sjöström worked at
Harvard University from 1991 to 1998. From 1998 to 2004, he served as Professor of Economics at the
Pennsylvania State University before taking on the role of Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. He is a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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2018 .
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“Decentralization and Collusion” with S. Baliga,
Journal of Economic Theory (1998) 83:196-232.
Ghatak, Maitreesh; Morelli, Massimo; Sjöström, Tomas (2001).
"Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives" . The Review of Economic Studies . 68 (4): 781–810.
doi :
10.1111/1467-937X.00190 .
ISSN
0034-6527 .
JSTOR
2695909 .
Baliga, Sandeep; Sjöström, Tomas (2004).
"Arms Races and Negotiations" . The Review of Economic Studies . 71 (2): 351–369.
doi :
10.1111/0034-6527.00287 .
ISSN
0034-6527 .
JSTOR
3700629 .
Rai, Ashok S.; Sjöström, Tomas (2004).
"Is Grameen Lending Efficient? Repayment Incentives and Insurance in Village Economies" . The Review of Economic Studies . 71 (1): 217–234.
doi :
10.1111/0034-6527.00282 .
ISSN
0034-6527 .
JSTOR
3700717 .
Kuo, Wen-Jui; Sjöström, Tomas; Chen, Yu-Ping; Wang, Yen-Hsiang; Huang, Chen-Ying (2009-04-24).
"Intuition and Deliberation: Two Systems for Strategizing in the Brain" . Science . 324 (5926): 519–522.
doi :
10.1126/science.1165598 .
ISSN
0036-8075 .
PMID
19390048 .
Chung, Hui-Kuan; Sjöström, Tomas; Lee, Hsin-Ju; Lu, Yi-Ta; Tsuo, Fu-Yun; Chen, Tzai-Shuen; Chang, Chi-Fu; Juan, Chi-Hung; Kuo, Wen-Jui; Huang, Chen-Ying (2017-11-29).
"Why Do Irrelevant Alternatives Matter? An fMRI-TMS Study of Context-Dependent Preferences" . Journal of Neuroscience . 37 (48): 11647–11661.
doi :
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2307-16.2017 .
ISSN
0270-6474 .
PMC
6705742 .
PMID
29109242 .
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