Publications
Articles & Papers
Unpublished Recent Papers
G. Ashkenazi-Golan, D. Karos and E. Lehrer - "A Taste for Variety", (2024). mimeo.
D. Lagziel, E. Lehrer and O. Raveh - "Resource Windfalls and Political Sabotage: Evidence from 5.2 Million Political Ads", (2024). mimeo.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Dynamic Screening", (2021). mimeo.
S. Alon and E. Lehrer - "Cardinality and Utilitarianism Through Social Interactions ", (2021). mimeo.
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - "Markovian Persuasion with Stochastic Revelations", (2022). mimeo.
M. D’Antoni, E. Lehrer, E. Solan and A. Tabbach - "Bayesian Dissuasion with Bandit Exploration", (2023). Formerly titled "Intertemporal Persuasion". mimeo.
E. Lehrer and T. Wang - "Learning and Stochastic Dominance with Applications to Subjective Valuation of Options", (2023). mimeo.
Ergodic theory and probability theory
E. Lehrer and B. Weiss - "An e-free Rohlin lemma", (1982). Ergodic Theory Dynamical Systems, 2, 45-48.
E. Lehrer - "Topological mixing and uniquely ergodic systems",(1987). Israel Journal of Mathematics, 57, 239-255.
E. Lehrer and H. Pant - "On strictly ergodic models which are not almost topologically conjugate",(1991). Israel Journal of Mathematics, 73, 1-15.
E. Lehrer and E. Shmaya - "A subjective approach to quantum probability", (2006). Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 462.
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - "Exchangeable processes: de Finetti theorem revisited", (2020). Mathematics of Operations Research, 45(3), 1153-1163.
Dynamic games
Markovian Persuasion, Dynamic Persuasion
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - "Markovian Persuasion", (2021). mimeo.
Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitoring
E. Lehrer - "Two-Player Repeated Games with Nonobservable Actions and Observable Payoffs",(1989). International Journal of Game Theory, 18, 57-89.
E. Lehrer - "Nash Equilibria of n-player repeated games with semi-standard information",(1990). International Journal of Game Theory, 19, 191-217.
E. Lehrer - "Internal correlation in repeated games",(1991). International Journal of Game Theory, 19, 431-456.
E. Lehrer - "On the equilibrium payoffs set of two player repeated games with imperfect monitoring",(1992). International Journal of Game Theory, 20, 211-226.
E. Lehrer - "Correlated equilibria in two-player repeated games with non-observable actions",(1992). Mathematics of Operations Research, 17, 175-199.
E. Lehrer - "Two-Player Repeated Games with Nonobservable Actions and Observable Payoffs",(1992). Mathematics of Operations Research, 17, 200-224.
E. Lehrer and E. Solan - "High Frequency Repeated Games with Costly Monitoring", (2018), Theoretical Economics, 13(1), 87–113.
Galit Ashkenazi-Golan and E. Lehrer - "What You Get is What You See: Cooperation in Repeated Games with Observable Payoffs", (2019). Journal of Economic Theory, 181(C), 197-237.
Repeated games with incomplete information
E. Lehrer - "A note on the monotonicity of Vn", (1987). Economic Letters, 23, 341-342.
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - " Repeated Games with Incomplete Information Over Predictable Systems", (2022), Mathematics of Operations Research. Online: https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/moor.2022.1285
Epsilon-Consistent Equilibrium
E. Lehrer and S. Sorin - "e-Consistent equilibrium in repeated games",(1998). International Journal of Game Theory, 27, 231-244.
Repeated Games with Differential Time Preferences
E. Lehrer and L. Yariv - "Repeated games with incomplete information on one side: The case of different discount factors",(1999). Mathematics of Operations Research, 24, 204-218.
E. Lehrer and A. Pauzner - "Repeated games with differential time preferences", (1999). Econometrica, 67, 393-412.
Markov Decision Problems (MDP)
E. Lehrer, E. Solan and O. N. Solan- "The Value Functions of Markov Decision Processes", (2016). Operations Research Letters, 44(5), 587-591.
Bounded recall
E. Lehrer and L. Yariv - "Repeated games with incomplete information on one side: The case of different discount factors",(1999). Mathematics of Operations Research, 24, 204-218.
E. Lehrer - "Repeated games with Bounded Recall Strategies", (1988). Journal of Economic Theory, 46, 130-144.
E. Lehrer - "Many Players with Bounded Recall in Infinite Repeated Games", (1994). Games and Economic Behavior, 7, 390-400.
Dynamic programming
E. Lehrer - "Bounded variation of Vn and its limit", (1994). International Journal of Game Theory, 22, 31-42.
E. Lehrer and D. Monderer - "Discounting versus averaging in dynamic programming", (1994). Games and Economic Behavior, 6, 97-113.
E. Lehrer and D. Monderer - "Low discounting and the upper long-run average value in dynamic programming", (1994). Games and Economic Behavior, 6, 262-282.
E. Lehrer and S. Sorin - "A uniform Tauberian theorem in dynamic programming", (1992). Mathematics of Operations Research, 17, 303-307.
Rational learning and merging
E. Kalai and E. Lehrer - "Rational learning leads to Nash equilibrium", (1993). Econometrica, 61, 1019-1045.
E. Kalai and E. Lehrer - "Subjective equilibrium in repeated games", (1993). Econometrica, 61, 1231-1240.
E. Kalai and E. Lehrer - "Weak and Strong merging of opinions", (1994). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 23, 73-86.
E. Kalai and E. Lehrer - "Subjective games and equilibria", (1995). Games and Economic Behavior, 8, 123-163.
E. Lehrer and R. Smorodinsky - "Compatible measures and merging", (1996). Mathematics of Operations Research, 21, 697-706.
E. Lehrer and R. Smorodinsky - "Merging and learning", (1996). in Statistics, Probability and Game Theory - Papers in Honor of David Blackwell, (T. Ferguson, L. Shapley, eds.), IMS Lecture Notes - Monograph Series 30, 147-168.
E. Kalai, E. Lehrer and R. Smorodinsky - "Calibrated forecasting and merging", (1999). Games and Economic Behavior, 29, 151-169.
E. Lehrer and R. Smorodinsky - "Relative entropy in sequential decision problems", (2000). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 33, 425-439.
Mediated talk -- cheap talk through a channel
E. Lehrer - "Mediated talk", (1996). International Journal of Game Theory, 25, 177-188.
E. Lehrer and S. Sorin - "One-shot public mediated talk", (1997). Games and Economic Behavior, 20, 131-148.
Approachability, No-regret strategies, Attainability (vector-payoff games)
E. Lehrer - "Approachability in infinitely dimensional spaces", (2002). International Journal of Game Theory, 31, 253-268.
E. Lehrer - "A wide range no-regret theorem", (2003). Games and Economic Behavior, 42, 101-115.
E. Lehrer - "The game of normal numbers", (2004). Mathematics of Operations Research, 29, 259-265.
E. Lehrer and E. Solan - "Excludability and bounded computational capacity strategies", (2006). Mathematics of Operations Research, 31, 3, 637-648.
E. Lehrer and S. Sorin - "Minmax via differential inclusion", (2007). Convex Analysis 14, 2, 271-273.
E. Lehrer and E. Solan - "Approachability with bounded memory", (2009). Games and Economic Behavior, 66, 995-1004.
E. Lehrer and E. Solan - "A general internal regret-free strategy", (2016). Dynamic Games and Application, 6, 112-138.
D. Bauso, E. Lehrer E. Solan and Xavier Venel- "Attainability in repeated games with vector payoffs", (2015). Mathematics of Operations Research, 739-755.
E. Lehrer and D. Lagziel - "Regret-free strategy with delayed information", (2015). Journal of Economic Theory, 157, 425-444.
E. Lehrer and E. Solan - "A general internal regret-free strategy", (2016). Dynamic Games and Application, 6, 112-138.
Y. Du and E. Lehrer - "Constrained no-regret learning", (2020). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 16-24.
Inspection
E. Lehrer - "Any inspection is manipulable", (2001). Econometrica, 69, 5, 1333-1347.
Cooperative games (static, dynamic, fuzzy, with externalities)
Banzhaf value
E. Lehrer - "An Axiomatization of the Banzhaf Value", (1988). International Journal of Game Theory, 17, 89-99.
R. Holzman, E. Lehrer, and N. Linial - "Some Bounds for the Banzhaf Index and Other Semivalues", (1988). Mathematics of Operations Research , 13, 358-363.
Simple games
E. Einy and E. Lehrer - "Regular simple games", (1989). International Journal of Game Theory, 18, 195-207.
Cooperative games with externalities
I. Gilboa and E. Lehrer - "Global games", (1991). International Journal of Game Theory, 20, 129-147.
Dynamic cooperative games
E. Lehrer - "Allocation processes in cooperative games", (2002). International Journal of Game Theory, 31, 341-351.
E. Lehrer and M. Scarsini - "On the core of dynamic cooperative games", (2011). mimeo.
Fuzzy cooperative games
Y. Azrieli and E. Lehrer - "On some families of cooperative fuzzy games", (2007). International Journal of Game Theory, 36, 1-15.
Extendability and market games
Y. Azrieli and E. Lehrer - "Extendable cooperative games", (2007). Journal of Public Economic Theory, 9, 1069-1078.
Y. Azrieli and E. Lehrer - "Market games in large economies with a finite number of types", (2007). Economic Theory, 31, 327-342.
Joint games
H. Assa, S. Elliston, and E. Lehrer - "Joint Games and Compatibility", (2013). Economic Theory, DOI 10.1007/s00199-015-0880-0.
Sandwich games
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Sandwich Games", (2013). To appear in Mathematical Programming. Online version: DOI 10.1007/s10107-014-0796-7.
Set-valued games
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Allocation in Multi-Agenda Disputes: A Set-Valued Games Approach", (2020). Games and Economic Behavior, 440-452.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Set-Valued Capacities: Multi-Agenda Decision", (2018). Economic Theory, 69 (1), 233-248.
Value of information
I. Gilboa and E. Lehrer - "The value of information - An axiomatic approach", (1991). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 20, 443-459.
E. Lehrer and D. Rosenberg - "What restrictions do Bayesian games impose on the value of information?", (2006). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 42, 343-357.
Y. Azrieli and E. Lehrer - "The value of a stochastic information structure", (2008). Games and Economic Behavior, 63, 679-693.
E. Lehrer and D. Rosenberg - "A note on the evaluation of information in zero-sum repeated games", (2010). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 46, 393-39.
B. De Meyer, E. Lehrer, and D. Rosenberg - "Evaluating information in zero-sum games with incomplete information on both sides", (2010). Mathematics of Operations Research, 35, 851-863.
E. Lehrer and T. Wang - "The Value of Information in Stopping Problems", (2023). to appear in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
Information structures
E. Lehrer - "Comparison of experts", (1998). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 30, 207-217.
E. Lehrer and E. Shmaya - "Two remarks on Blackwell's theorem", (2008). Journal of Appl. Probability, 45, 580-586.
E. Lehrer, D. Rosenberg, and E. Shmaya -- "Garbling of Signals and Outcome Equivalence", (2013). Games and Economic Behavior. 179-191.Original version: "Signaling and mediation in Bayesian games", (2006).
E. Lehrer, D. Rosenberg and E. Shmaya - "Signaling and mediation in games with common interests", (2010). Games and Economic Behavior, 68, 670-682.
The concave integral, Integral for capacities, set-valued capacities
E. Lehrer - "Updating non-additive probabilities -- a geometric approach", (2005). Games and Economic Behavior, 50, 42-57.
E. Lehrer - "A new integral for capacities", (2009). Economic Theory, 39, 157-176
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "The concave integral over large spaces", (2008). Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 2130-2144.
Y. Even and E. Lehrer - "Decomposition-Integral: Unifying Choquet and the concave integrals", (2014). Economic Theory, 56, 33-58.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Set-Valued Capacities: Multi-Agenda Decision", (2018). Economic Theory, 69 (1), 233-248.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Allocation in Multi-Agenda Disputes: A Set-Valued Games Approach", (2020). Games and Economic Behavior, 440-452.
G. Gayer, E. Lehrer and D. Persitz - "Aggregating Inconclusive Evidence", (2021). To appear in Games and Economic Behavior.
Partially-specified probability
E. Lehrer - "Coherent risk measures induced by partially specified probabilities", (2007). mimeo.
E. Lehrer - "Partially specified probabilities: decisions and games", (2012). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 4 , 70 -100.
Decision theory
E. Lehrer - "On a representation of a relation by a measure ", (1991). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 20, 107-118.
G. Ashkenazi and E. Lehrer - "Relative utility", (2001). mimeo.
E. Lehrer - "A comment on an example by Machina", (2007). mimeo.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Justifiable preferences", (2010). Journal of Economic Theory, 146, 762-774.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Extension rules, or what would the sage do?" (2014). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 6(1), 5-22.
S. Alon and E. Lehrer - "Subjective multi-prior probability: A representation of a partial likelihood relation", (2014). Journal of Economic Theory, 151, 476-492
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "Subjective independence and concave expected utility", (2015). Journal of Economic Theory, 158, 33-53.
E. Lehrer and R. Teper - "The dynamics of preferences, predictive probabilities, and learning", (2015). mimeo.
S. Alon and E. Lehrer - "Subjective Utilitarianism: Decisions in a social context", (2020). Journal of Economic Theory , 190.
S. Alon and E. Lehrer - "Cardinality and Utilitarianism Through Social Interactions ", (2021). mimeo.
Interactive epistemology and common priors
E. Lehrer and D. Samet - "Agreeing to agree", (2011). Theoretical Economics, 6, 269-287.
E. Lehrer and D. Samet - "Belief consistency and trade consistency", (2014). Games and Economic Behavior, 83, 165-177. For a table summarizing the three equivalence theorems see "Home page of Samet".
Y-C. Chen, E. Lehrer, J. Li, D. Samet and E. Shmaya - "Agreeing to agree and Dutch books", (2015). Games and Economic Behavior, 108-116.
A. Di Tillio, E. Lehrer and D. Samet - "Monologues, Dialogues, and Common Priors ", (2022). Theoretical Economics. 587-615.
E. Lehrer and D. Samet - "Interpersonal Independence of Knowledge and Belief", (2023). Synthese. Forthcoming.
Exchange economy: ranking and bargaining
Y. Du, E. Lehrer and A. Pauzner - "Competitive prices as a ranking system over networks". (2015). Games and Economic Behavior, 1-13.
S. Alon and E. Lehrer - "Competitive equilibrium as an ordinal bargaining solution: an axiomatic approach". (2019). Games and Economic Behavior, 60-71
Screening, Reward schemes
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "The Tried-Stone Scheme and a Million-Dollar Bet". December 2016, mimeo.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Reward Schemes". (2018), Games and Economic Behavior,107, 21-40.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "A Bias of Screening", (2019). American Economic Review: Insights, 1(3), 343 – 356.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Screening Dominance: A Comparison of Noisy Signals" (2020). American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Volume 14 (4), 1-24.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Transferable Deposits as a Screening Mechanism". (2021). Economic Theory, 71:483–504.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Dynamic screening", (2021). mimeo.
Macro models
B. Light and E. Lehrer - "Interest Rate Policies in Consumption-Savings Dynamic Models". (2018), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 94: 63-71.
Persuasion
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - "Markovian Persuasion", (2023). To appear in Theoretical Economics.
E. Lehrer and D. Shaiderman - "Markovian Persuasion with Stochastic Revelations", (2022). mimeo.
M. D’Antoni, E. Lehrer, E. Solan and A. Tabbach - "Bayesian Dissuasion with Bandit Exploration", (2023). Formerly titled "Intertemporal Persuasion". mimeo.
Miscellaneous (Social choice, Voluntary bargaining, Categorization, Commitment folk theorem, Equilibrium payoffs)
E. Lehrer and S. Nitzan - "Some General Results on the Metric Rationalization for Social Decision Rules", (1985). Journal of Economic Theory, 37, 191-201.
E. Lehrer and Z. Neeman - " The scope of voluntary bargaining under asymmetric information", (2000). The Review of Economic Studies, 67, 309-326.
Y. Azrieli and E. Lehrer - "Categorization generated by extended prototypes - An axiomatic approach", (2007). Journal of Mathematical Psychology, 51, 14-28.
A.T. Kalai, E. Kalai , E. Lehrer, and D. Samet - "A commitment folk theorem", (2010). Games and Economic Behavior, 69, 127-137.
E. Lehrer, E. Solan, and Y. Voissat - "Equilibrium payoffs of finite games", (2011). Journal of Mathematical Economics, 47, 48-53.
D. Lagziel and E. Lehrer - "Performance Cycles", (2023). Economic Theory. Corrigendum on Theorem 4.