Dr Andrew Clausen

Senior Lecturer

Background

I studied computer science and mathematics in Australia before starting my PhD in economics at the University of Pennsylvania. I am interested in designing institutions that promote accountability, such as policing, journalism and the legal system.  For example, I am interested in trade-offs such as loyalty versus independence, transparency versus privacy, rewards versus punishments, and accuracy, i.e. protection from false accusations versus accountability for true accusations.

Current research interests

Economic Theory, Microeconomics, Contract Theory

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