Shlomo Weber (born 2 September 1949) is an economics professor and ex-Rector,

New Economic School New Economic School (NES) (in Russia known as the “Russian Economic School” — ''Российская экономическая школа'', ''РЭШ'') is a school of economics in Moscow, Russia. Academic programs * Bachelor of Arts i ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

; Academic Director o
the Center for Study of Diversity and Social Interactions at NES
Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Trustee Professor of Economics Department of Economics, Southern Methodist University. His main research interests are diversity, game theory and

political economy Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour ...

, though also

public economics Public economics ''(or economics of the public sector)'' is the study of government policy through the lens of economic efficiency and equity. Public economics builds on the theory of welfare economics and is ultimately used as a tool to improv ...

and economy of the former USSR, of

Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russia, wh ...

and

Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former ...

have been noted.

Education

Weber earned a degree of

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast ...

in mathematics from the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

in 1971. Eight years later at the

Hebrew University The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public university, public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein ...

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, he became a

Doctor of Philosophy A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, Ph.D., or DPhil; Latin: or ') is the most common degree at the highest academic level awarded following a course of study. PhDs are awarded for programs across the whole breadth of academic fields. Because it is ...

mathematical economics Mathematical economics is the application of mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics. Often, these applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include differential and integral calculus, difference a ...

. He is a professor in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

, since 1993 affiliated with the

Southern Methodist University , mottoeng = " The truth will make you free" , established = , type = Private research university , accreditation = SACS , academic_affiliations = , religious_affiliation = United Methodist Church , president = R. Gerald Turner , pr ...

(SMU) in

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

, U.S. and has Canadian and American citizenships. He also serves on the board of trustees at Graduate School of Economics and Management of UrFU.

Career

Weber's teaching experience includes political economy,

microeconomic theory Microeconomics is a branch of mainstream economics that studies the behavior of individuals and firms in making decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources and the interactions among these individuals and firms. Microeconomics foc ...

welfare economics Welfare economics is a branch of economics that uses microeconomic techniques to evaluate well-being (welfare) at the aggregate (economy-wide) level. Attempting to apply the principles of welfare economics gives rise to the field of public econ ...

industrial organization In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complications to the perfe ...

microfoundations Microfoundations are an effort to understand macroeconomic phenomena in terms of economic agents' behaviors and their interactions.Maarten Janssen (2008),Microfoundations, in ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics'', 2nd ed. Research in microf ...

of macroeconomics, principles of economics, price theory,

public choice Public choice, or public choice theory, is "the use of economic tools to deal with traditional problems of political science".Gordon Tullock, 9872008, "public choice," ''The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics''. . Its content includes the st ...

, public economics, game theory,

social choice Social choice theory or social choice is a theoretical framework for analysis of combining individual opinions, preferences, interests, or welfares to reach a ''collective decision'' or ''social welfare'' in some sense.Amartya Sen (2008). "Soc ...

, advanced economic analysis,

mathematical analysis Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limit (mathematics), limits, and related theories, such as Derivative, differentiation, Integral, integration, measure (mathematics), measure, infinite sequences, series (m ...

for economists,

operations research Operations research ( en-GB, operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve dec ...

. Between 1980 and 1986 Shlomo Weber had been a lecturer, visiting scholar, senior lecturer, associate professor or visiting associate professor at departments of economics of universities in Israel (

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropoli ...

), the USA (

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, Institute for Mathematics in Social Sciences at

Stanford Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

), and Canada ( U of T,

York York is a cathedral city with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many hist ...

). At the latter university he was Professor of Economics from 1987 till 1993 though in 1990–91 visiting professor at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. Whilst affiliated with the SMU at which he is a member of several committees, was Chairman of the Department of Economics from 1994 till 2000 and remained Director of the Richard B. Johnson Center for Economic Studies from 1994 till 2007, he was visiting professor at the

University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( it, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from ...

, Italy, in the summers of 1994–95 and obtained further professional experience as visiting professor at the

Université catholique de Louvain The Université catholique de Louvain (also known as the Catholic University of Louvain, the English translation of its French name, and the University of Louvain, its official English name) is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It ...

Louvain-la-Neuve Louvain-la-Neuve (, French for ''New Leuven''; wa, Li Noû Lovén) is a planned town in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Wallonia, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the province of Walloon Brabant. The town w ...

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, in 2000–2001, followed by a few months at the

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

Pasadena Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district. Its ...

, USA. He was an Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize holder at the

Technical University of Dresden TU Dresden (for german: Technische Universität Dresden, abbreviated as TUD and often wrongly translated as "Dresden University of Technology") is a public research university, the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, th ...

in Germany in 2003, and from 2004 till 2006 the Research Director at the

Center for Operations Research and Econometrics The Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) located in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Since 2010, it is part of the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis ...

(CORE) of the Catholic University in Louvain-la-Neuve.Three documents of the same source
CORE
, UCL, Belgium, retrieved on 1 September 2007:
Curriculum vitae - Shlomo Weber
(July 2005)

(23 June 2007)

(23 February 2007).

Academic awards

Weber has won the following awards:

Publications (selection)

More than a hundred articles by Shlomo Weber have been published in scientific journals on economics and on political sciences

Co-authored

*Masahisa Fujita and Shlomo Weber, discussion paper: On Labor Complementarity, Cultural Frictions and Strategic Immigration Policies (2004, Institute of Developing Economies) *Michel le Breton and Shlomo Weber, Stability of coalition structures and the principle of optimal partitioning *Michel le Breton and Shlomo Weber
Stable Partitions in a Model with Group-Dependent Feasible Sets
(2003) *Michel Le Breton, Shlomo Weber, journal article: The Art of Making Everybody Happy : How to Prevent a Secession (IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 50, 2003) *Klaus Desmet, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín and Shlomo Weber, paper
Peripheral Diversity and Redistribution
(2005) *Hideo Konishi, Michel le Breton and Shlomo Weber, Group formation in games without spillovers * Victor A. Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, article: La dynamique des langues en Belgique (The Dynamics of languages in Belgium) (2006) * Victor Ginsburgh and

Sheila Weyers Sheila (alternatively spelled Shelagh and Sheelagh) is a common feminine given name, derived from the Irish name ''Síle'', which is believed to be a Gaelic form of the Latin name Caelia, the feminine form of the Roman clan name Caelius, meani ...

: Economics of Literary Translation: A Simple Theory and Evidence; CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6432 (August 2007) ISSN 0265-8003; Centre for Economic Policy Research, London * Victor Ginsburgh: How Many Languages Do We Need? The Economics of Linguistic Diversity, Princeton University Press, Princeton/Woodstock 2011 *Jean J. Gabszewicz, Victor A. Ginsburgh and Shlomo Weber, article: Bilingualism and Communicative Benefits (2005) Victor A. Ginsburgh, Ignacio *Ortuño-Ortín and Shlomo Weber, article: Why Do People Learn Foreign Languages? (2005) *Victor A. Ginsburgh, Ignacio Ortuño-Ortín and Shlomo Weber, article: Disenfranchisement in linguistically diverse societies. The case of the European Union (2005)

Seminars

*17 March 2005 Shlomo Weber (CORE), "The Rawlsian Principle and Secession-Proofness in Large Heterogeneous Societies". Se
announcement
in a series of weekly seminars organized by the Unit of Economic Analysis of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (part of the Department of Economics and Economic History), jointly with the IAE.

References

External links

Personal website

Profile page: Shlomo Weber
New Economic School, Moscow, Russia {{DEFAULTSORT:Weber, Shlomo 1949 births Microeconomists Macroeconomists Living people Academic staff of the University of Bonn Canadian economists University of Toronto faculty Einstein Institute of Mathematics alumni