Resumen de Introduction 2
The Revue Économique is happy and proud to host a special issue in honor of Professor David Schmeidler. From 1960 to 1969, David Schmeidler studied mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BSc, MSc, and PhD), the advanced degrees under the supervision of Robert Aumann. He visited the Catholic University of Louvain and University of California at Berkeley before joining Tel Aviv University in 1971, holding professorships in statistics, economics, and management. He has published 70 articles, co-edited 4 books and has served as the President of the Game Theory Society from 2014 to 2016. He has advised graduate students regularly. Some of his early students (Peter Wakker, Itzhak Gilboa) have had many students of their own, generating an impressive dynasty. And he has also continued to work with young students (Shiri Alon, Xiangyu Qu) throughout his career. He is a fellow of the Econometric Society, honorary foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He held a part-time position as professor of economics at the Ohio State University since 1987.
