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Chris Shannon is a Professor of Economics and Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, holding the Richard and Lisa Steiny Professorship. He serves as Senate Faculty and coordinates the NBER/NSF/CEME conference series on Mathematical Economics and General Equilibrium Theory.
His research focuses on Mathematical Economics, General Equilibrium Theory, and Decision Theory under Uncertainty. Key areas include Knightian uncertainty, surplus extraction, mechanism design, and the mathematical foundations of economic theory. His work bridges rigorous mathematical analysis with economic applications, particularly in microeconomic theory and financial markets.
Shannon's recent publications (2019-2022) demonstrate a strong trend toward uncertainty modeling in economic mechanisms, with emphasis on robustness, verifiability, and risk-sharing under ambiguity. His mathematical contributions to Lipschitz analysis and transversality theorems support foundational work in equilibrium theory.
He has advised doctoral students including Kun Chen (2018) and Junjie Zhou (2012), focusing on stability and microeconomic theory. Shannon has taught Econ 204 (Mathematical Methods for Economic Theory) continuously from 2010 through 2023, with materials showing consistent coverage of set theory, fixed point theorems, differential equations, and measure theory.
His teaching spans both in-person and online formats, with detailed lecture notes and problem sets maintained across multiple years. Shannon maintains active research collaborations, particularly with Luca Rigotti, Giuseppe Lopomo, and other leading theorists in uncertainty economics.
