Myrna Wooders | |
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Born | 1950 (age 74–75) |
Nationality | Canadian |
Academic career | |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Doctoral advisor | Leonid Hurwicz |
Myrna Wooders (born 1950) is a Canadian economist who has made significant contributions to public economic theory, network theory and game theory.[1] Specifically, her work has focused on coalition theory, public good theory and club theory. Myrna currently is a professor of economics at Vanderbilt University and the University of Warwick.
Wooders completed her PhD under Leo Hurwicz. She is editor of the Journal of Public Economic Theory, Fellow of the Econometric Society,[2] Charter Member of the Game Theory Society,[3] and the founding editor of Economics Bulletin.[4] She currently serves as an elected member of the Game Theory Society Council and holds the Presidency of the Association of Public Economic Theory.