Larry Samuelson (born April 2, 1953) is the A. Douglas Melamed Professor of Economics at Yale University and one of the faculty of the Cowles Foundation of Yale University. Samuelson earned his B.A. in economics/political science from the University of Illinois in 1974. He continued on with the University of Illinois for both his master's degree in 1977 and his PhD in 1978—both in economics. He has previously held faculty positions at the University of Florida,

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and the University of Wisconsin. He has made significant contributions to microeconomic theory and

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. Areas of specialization include the theory of repeated games and the evolutionary foundations of economic behavior. Samuelson has served on the editorial boards of ''Games and Economic Behavior'', the ''International Journal of Game Theory'', ''Economic Theory'', the ''Journal of Economic Theory'', ''Theoretical Economics'', the ''Journal of Economic Literature'', and ''Econometrica''. He has served as a co-editor of ''Econometrica ''and the'' American Economic Review''.

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