Published Scholarly Papers 

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Published scholarly papers:

• Z. Murra-Anton and R. Serrano, "Mediated (Anti)Persuasive Communication," Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design (special issue in honor of Vince Crawford), vol. 10, Issue 1 (December 2025).

• V. H. Aguiar and R. Serrano,  “A New Look at the Symmetry of the Slutsky Matrix,” Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics, vol. 3, no. 2, (May 2025) pp. 289-302.

• T. Yamawake, J. Sheely, R. Serrano, and J. Hodoshima, "Comparative Performance of Cryptocurrencies through the Aumann-Serrano Economic Index of Riskiness", Annals of Operations Research, (October 2024).

• Roberto Serrano, “Top5itis Revisited: Some Thoughts on the Notion of General Interest in Economics”, Ensayos, Revista de Economia, vol.43, Issue 1 (2024). 

• T. Kunimoto, R. Saran, and R. Serrano, “Interim Rationalizable Implementation of Functions,” Mathematics of Operations Research, 49, (2024), 1791-1824, "Corrigendum to Lemma 3".

• Yusuke Kamishiro ®  Rajiv Vohra ®  Roberto Serrano, “Signaling, Screening, and Core Stability”, Journal of Economic Theory, 213 (2023), 105715.

• Roberto Serrano,  “The Neoclassical Economists Did Not Misinterpret Cournot on Competition: A Comment on Nomidis.”  History of Economics Review, Volume 85, Issue 1 (2023), DOI: 10.1080/10370196.2023.2232524.

• G. de Clippel, R. Saran, and R. Serrano, “Continuous Level-k Mechanism Design.”  Games and Economic Behavior, 140 (2023), 481-501.

• Y. Kamishiro, R. Serrano and M. Wooders, “Monopolists of Scarce Information and Small Group Effectiveness in Large Quasilinear Economies.”  International Journal of Game Theory 50 (2021), 801-827.

• V. Aguiar and R. Serrano, “Cardinal Revealed Preference: Disentangling Transitivity and Consistent Binary Choice.”  Journal of Mathematical Economics. Volume 94 (2021), 102462. 

• R. Serrano,  “Sixty-Seven Years of the Nash Program: Time for Retirement?,” SERIEs, Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, Volume 12, issue 1, March 2021, 35-48.

• E. Inarra, R. Serrano, and K.-I. Shimomura, “The Nucleolus, the Kernel, and the Bargaining Set: An Update,” La Revue Economique, 71, (2020), 225-266. Download Figures.

• Y. Kamishiro and R. Serrano, “Small Informational Size and Interim Cores of Large Quasilinear Economies,” International Game Theory Review, 22, No. 1 (2020), DOI: 10.1142/S0219198919500129.

• T. Kunimoto and R. Serrano, “Rationalizable Implementation of Correspondences,” Mathematics of Operations Research, 44, (2019), 1326-1344. Online Companion.

• V. H. Aguiar, R. Pongou, R. Serrano, and J.-B. Tondji, “An Index of Unfairness,” in Handbook of the Shapley Value, E. Algava et al. (eds.), CRC Press Taylor and Francis, (2019).

• G. de Clippel, R. Saran, and R. Serrano, “Level-k Mechanism Design,” Review of Economic Studies, 86, (2019), 1207-1227. Online Appendix.

• V. H. Aguiar and R. Serrano, “Classifying Bounded Rationality in Limited Data Sets: A Slutsky Matrix Approach,” SERIEs, Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 9, (2018), 389-421.

• R. Serrano, “Top5itis,” Economics Bulletin, 38, No. 2, (2018), p. A2.

• R. Serrano, “Game of Trons: Normatrons and Positrons Contribute to Economic Design,” in The Future of Economic Design, J.-F. Laslier et al. (ed.), Springer, New York, (2018).

• R. Serrano, “An Annotated Bibliography of Lloyd Shapley’s Contributions,” Games and Economic Behavior, 108, (2018), 13-21.

• V. H. Aguiar and R. Serrano, “Slutsky Matrix Norms: The Size, Classification, and Comparative Statics of Bounded Rationality,” Journal of Economic Theory, 172, (2017), 163-201. Online Supplement.

• A. Cabrales, O. Gossner, and R. Serrano, “A Normalized Value for Information Purchases,” Journal of Economic Theory, 170, (2017), 266-288.

• R. Pongou and R. Serrano, “Volume of Trade and Dynamic Network Formation in Two-Sided Economies ,” Journal of Mathematical Economics, 63, (2016), 147-163.

• R. Serrano, “The Nash Program: A Broader Interpretation,” From a lecture at the Mexican Colloquium on Mathematical Economics, Monterrey, Ensayos, 33 , (2014), 105-106.

• R. Saran and R. Serrano, “Ex-Post Regret Heuristics under Private Values (II): 2X2 Games ,” Journal of Mathematical Economics 54, (2014), 112-123.

• R. Saran and R. Serrano, “Ex-Post Regret Heuristics under Private Values (I): Fixed and Random Matching ,” Journal of Mathematical Economics 54, (2014), 97-111.

• K. Eliaz and R. Serrano, “Sending Information to Interactive Receivers Playing a Generalized Prisoners’ Dilemma,” International Journal of Game Theory 43, (2014), 245-267.

• R. Serrano, “Lloyd Shapley’s Matching and Game Theory,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 115, (2013), 599-618.

• F. Forges and R. Serrano, “Cooperative Games with Incomplete Information: Some Open Problems,” International Game Theory Review 15, No. 2 (2013), DOI: 10.1142/S0219198913400094.

• R. Pongou and R. Serrano, “Fidelity Networks and Long-Run Trends in HIV/AIDS Gender Gaps,” American Economic Review 103, Papers and Proceedings, (2013), 298-302.

• G. Artemov, T. Kunimoto and R. Serrano, “Robust Virtual Implementation: Toward a Reinterpretation of the Wilson Doctrine,” Journal of Economic Theory 148, (2013), 424-447. Online Appendix.

• A. Cabrales, O. Gossner and R. Serrano, “Entropy and the Value of Information for Investors,” American Economic Review 103, (2013), 360-377. Online Appendix.

• R. Saran and R. Serrano, “Regret Matching with Finite Memory,” Dynamic Games and Applications 2, (2012), 160-175.

• A. Cabrales and R. Serrano, “Stochastically Stable Implementation,” SERIEs, Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 3, (2012), 59-72.

• T. Kunimoto and R. Serrano, “A New Necessary Condition for Implementation in Iteratively Undominated Strategies,” Journal of Economic Theory 146, (2011), 2583-2595.

• A. Cabrales and R. Serrano, “Implementation in Adaptive Better-Response Dynamics: Towards a General Theory of Bounded Rationality in Mechanisms,” Games and Economic Behavior 73, (2011), 360-374. Corrigendum

• Y. Kamishiro and R. Serrano, “Equilibrium Blocking in Large Quasilinear Economies,” Mathematics of Operations Research 36, (2011), 552-567.

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, "Multiplicity of Mixed Equilibria in Mechanisms: a Unified Approach to Exact and Approximate Implementation," Journal of Mathematical Economics 46, (2010), 775-785.

• A. Kar, I. Ray and R. Serrano, "A Difficulty in Implementing Correlated Equilibrium Distributions," Games and Economic Behavior 69, (2010), 189-193.

• R. Serrano, “On Watson’s Non-Forcing Contracts and Renegotiation,” Economics Bulletin 29, No. 3, (2009), 2357-2367.

• R. Serrano, "Cooperative Games: Core and Shapley Value," in Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, R. Meyers (ed.), Springer, New York, (2009).

• A.M. Feldman and R. Serrano, "Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem: Two Simple Single-Profile Versions," Harvard College Mathematics Review 2, No. 2 (2008), 46-57.

• R. J. Aumann and R. Serrano, "An Economic Index of Riskiness," Journal of Political Economy 116, No. 5, (2008), 810-836.

• G. de Clippel and R. Serrano, "Marginal Contributions and Externalities in the Value," Econometrica 76, (2008), 1413-1436.

• R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Mistakes in Cooperation: the Stochastic Stability of Edgeworth’s Recontracting," Economic Journal 118, (2008), 1719-1741.

• Kandori, M., R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Decentralized Trade, Random Utility and the Evolution of Social Welfare," Journal of Economic Theory 140, (2008), 328-338.

• R. Serrano, "Bargaining," in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, (2nd edition), S. Durlauf and L. Blume (eds.), McMillan, London (2008).

• R. Serrano, "Nash Program," in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, (2nd edition), S. Durlauf and L. Blume (eds.), McMillan, London (2008).

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, "Information Transmission in Coalitional Voting Games," Journal of Economic Theory 134, (2007), 117-137.

• R. Serrano and K.-I. Shimomura, "A Comparison of the Average Prekernel and the Prekernel," Mathematical Social Sciences 52, (2006), 288-301.

• I. Palacios-Huerta and R. Serrano, "Rejecting Small Gambles under Expected Utility," Economics Letters 91, (2006), 250-259.

• P. Gottardi and R. Serrano, "Market Power and Information Revelation in Dynamic Trading," Journal of the European Economic Association 3, (2005), 1279-1317.

• R. Serrano, "Fifty Years of the Nash Program, 1953-2003," Investigaciones Economicas 29, (2005), 219-258.

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, "A Characterization of Virtual Bayesian Implementation", Games and Economic Behavior 50, (2005), 312-331.

• R. Serrano, "The Measurement of Intellectual Influence: the Views of a Sceptic", Economics Bulletin, 1, No. 3, (2004), 1-6.

• R. Serrano, "The Theory of Implementation of Social Choice Rules", SIAM Review 46, (2004), 377-414.

• T. Kunimoto and R. Serrano, "Bargaining and Competition Revisited," Journal of Economic Theory 115, (2004), 78-88.

• A. Ben-Shoham, R. Serrano and O. Volij,"The Evolution of Exchange," Journal of Economic Theory 114, (2004), 310-328.

• Y. In and R. Serrano, "Agenda Restrictions in Multi-Issue Bargaining," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 53, (2004), 385-399.

• Y. In and R. Serrano, "Agenda Restrictions in Multi-Issue Bargaining (II): Unrestricted Agendas," Economics Letters, 79 (2003), 325-331.

• A. Greenwald, K. Hall, and R. Serrano, "Correlated Q-Learning," in Proceedings of the Workshop on Multiagent Learning in NIPS, 2002. Published as Greenwald and Hall, in Proceedings of the 2002 AAAI Spring Symposium and ICML (2003).

• R. Serrano "Decentralized Information and the Walrasian Outcome: a Pairwise Meetings Market with Private Values," Journal of Mathematical Economics 38, (2002), 65-89.

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, "Implementing the Mas-Colell Bargaining Set ," Investigaciones Economicas 26, (2002), 285-298.

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, " Bargaining and Bargaining Sets," Games and Economic Behavior 39, (2002), 292-308.

• R. Serrano, R. Vohra and O. Volij, "On the Failure of Core Convergence in Economies with Asymmetric Information,," Econometrica 69, (2001),1685-1696.

• M. R. Blouin and R. Serrano, "A Decentralized Market with Common Values Uncertainty: Non-Steady States," Review of Economic Studies 68, (2001), 323-346.

• R. Serrano and R. Vohra, "Some Limitations of Virtual Bayesian Implementation," Econometrica 69, (2001), 785-792.

• S. Baliga and R. Serrano, "Multilateral Negotiations with Private Side-Deals: a Multiplicity Example," Economics Bulletin 3, No. 1, (2001), 1-7

• R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Walrasian Allocations without Price-Taking Behavior," Journal of Economic Theory 95, (2000), 79-106

• N. Dagan, R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Bargaining, Coalitions and Competition," Economic Theory 15, (2000), 279-296

• N. Dagan, R. Serrano and O.Volij, "Feasible Implementation of Taxation Methods," Review of Economic Design 4, (1999), 57-72.

• R. Serrano and K.-I. Shimomura, "Beyond Nash Bargaining Theory: the Nash Set," Journal of Economic Theory 83, (1998), 286-307.

• N. Dagan, R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Comment on McLennan and Sonnenschein 'Sequential Bargaining as a Non-Cooperative Foundation for Walrasian Equilibrium'",Econometrica 66, (1998), 1231-1233.

• R. Serrano and O. Volij, "Axiomatizations of Neoclassical Concepts for Economies," Journal of Mathematical Economics 30, (1998), 87-108.

• R. Serrano and I. Zapater, "The Three-Legged Race: Cooperating to Compete," Games and Economic Behavior 22, (1998), 343-363.

• N. Dagan and R. Serrano, "Invariance and Randomness in the Nash Program for Coalitional Games," Economics Letters 58, (1998), 43-49.

• R.Serrano, "Reinterpreting the Kernel," Journal of Economic Theory 77, (1997), 58-80.

• R. Serrano and R.Vohra, "Non-Cooperative Implementation of the Core," Social Choice and Welfare 14, (1997), 513-525.

• R. Serrano,"A Comment on the Nash Program and the Theory of Implementation," Economics Letters 55, (1997), 203-208.

• N. Dagan,R. Serrano and O. Volij, "A Non-Cooperative View of Consistent Bankruptcy Rules," Games and Economic Behavior 18, (1997), 55-72.

• R. Serrano and O. Yosha,"Welfare Analysis of a Market with Pairwise Meetings and Asymmetric Information," Economic Theory 8, (1996),167-175.

• V. Krishna and R. Serrano, "Multilateral Bargaining," Review of Economic Studies 63, (1996), 61-80.

• S. Baliga and R. Serrano, "Multilateral Bargaining with Imperfect Information," Journal of Economic Theory 67, (1995), 578-589.

• R. Serrano,"A Market to Implement the Core," Journal of Economic Theory 67, (1995), 285-294.

• R. Serrano and O. Yosha,"Decentralized Markets with Pairwise Meetings: Recent Developments," Journal of International and Comparative Economics 4, (1995), 223-241.

• V. Krishna and R. Serrano, "Perfect Equilibria of a Model of n-Person NonCooperative Bargaining," International Journal of Game Theory 24, (1995), 259-272.

• R. Serrano, "Strategic Bargaining, Surplus Sharing Problems and the Nucleolus," Journal of Mathematical Economics 24, (1995), 319-329.

• R. Serrano, "Non-Cooperative Implementation of the Nucleolus: the 3-Player Case," International Journal of Game Theory 22, (1993), 345-357.

• R. Serrano and O. Yosha, "Information Revelation in a Market with Pairwise Meetings: the One-Sided Information Case," Economic Theory 3, (1993), 481-499.