Mihai Manea

Mihai Manea is a Professor in the Department of Economics at Stony Brook University. He specializes in Game Theory and its applications to economic mechanisms, networks, and bargaining scenarios. His research focuses on understanding strategic interactions in dynamic markets, network structures, and cooperative game frameworks. He teaches both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in Game Theory.

Key research areas include bargaining theory, network intermediation, and the design of efficient economic mechanisms. His work often explores how information asymmetries and network topologies influence market outcomes, trade dynamics, and social status formations. Recent contributions address topics like bottleneck links in networks, steady-state matching dynamics, and Bayesian trade mechanisms.

Manea's articles frequently appear in top journals, focusing on theoretical advancements with practical implications for market design and strategic behavior analysis. His Google Scholar profile highlights sustained academic engagement since 2005, with a focus on mechanism design, cooperative games, and network economics.