Steven Matthews

Steven Matthews is a Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, affiliated with the Department of Economics within the School of Arts and Sciences. He has been teaching at Penn since 1997 and holds a Fellowship with the Econometric Society. His research focuses on applied game theory, mechanism design, and microeconomic theory, including studies on voting systems, auction dynamics with risk-averse participants, contract renegotiation in venture capital contexts, and information acquisition in product markets.

His work addresses complex economic phenomena such as dynamic contribution games, screening in multidimensional environments, and cheap talk in political and market contexts. Matthews' research contributes to foundational understanding of strategic behavior in economic systems and institutional design.

He is based at the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics in Philadelphia and actively publishes working papers advancing auction theory, game theory applications, and public economics. Despite no listed student advisees or grant details in the provided text, his extensive academic contributions reflect significant engagement with theoretical and applied economic challenges.