Sandeep Baliga

Sandeep Baliga is the John L. and Helen Kellogg Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. His research focuses on game-theoretic approaches to international relations, mechanism design, and organizational theory. He has held visiting positions at Harvard University, MIT, and Boston University, and was a Fulbright Scholar and Fellow at Stanford’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Harvard University, 1993
• BA in Economics, St. John's College, Cambridge University, 1988 (Double First Class Honors)

Research Interests:

• International Relations and Conflict Analysis
• Bounded Rationality and Decision-Making
• Organizational Design and Firm Theory
• Mechanism Design and Contract Theory
• Cheap Talk and Repeated Games

Recent Academic Contributions:

• Pioneering work on the causes of war, compellence strategies, and deterrence dynamics.
• Exploration of behavioral biases in economic decision-making and their market impacts.
• Co-creator of Purple Pricing, an auction method for ticket allocation used at Northwestern University.

Awards & Recognition:

• Excellence in Refereeing Awards (multiple years) from the American Economic Review
• Google Research Award (2014–2016)
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2011–2012)

Teaching & Editorial Work:

• Doctoral courses on Conflict and Cooperation, Contract Theory, and Mechanism Design.
• Editorial roles at Games and Economic Behavior, European Economic Review, and the Berkeley Electronic Press Journals in Theoretical Economics.

Labs & Collaborations:

• Co-director of the Math Center at Kellogg.
• Collaborative projects with Tomas Sjöström on conflict theory, firm design, and international relations frameworks.