Kevin Reffett
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Phone: 480-965-7006
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CPCOM 435J TEMPE, AZ 85287-9801
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Mail code: 9801Campus: Tempe
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Kevin Reffett is a professor of economics in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His current research focuses on (a) monotone methods in economic models and parameterized optimization problems, and includes work in comparative statics and lattice programming, interim correlated rationalizability in large supermodular games of incomplete information, stochastic and dynamic supermodular games, minimal state space Markovian equilibrium in dynamic general equilibrium models, envelope theorems, fixed point theory in ordered spaces, iterative monotone comparative statics (b) existence of BERK equilibrium in large games with misspecification, (c) equilibrium in dynamic models where agents have dynamically inconsistent preferences, (d) implicit programming methods for the construction of dynamic equilibria. He is an associate editor for the Journal of Public Economic Theory, Dynamic Games and Applications, and Journal of Dynamics and Games.
- Ph.D. Purdue University 1990
- M.A. University of Iowa 1985
- B.B.A. University of Iowa 1983
Equilibrium in dynamic models of behavioral choice, Monotone methods, Dynamic equilibrium monotone comparative dynamics, lattice programming and qualitative optimization, stochastic games, large games, existence and characterization of recursive equilibrium, nonsmooth envelope theorems
Some Representation Publications
- L. Balbus, P. Dziewulski, K. Reffett, L. Wozny, 2019, A qualitative theory of large games with strategic complementarities, Economic Theory.
- M. Datta, K. Reffett, and L. Wozny. 2018. Comparing recursive equilibrium in economics with dynamics complementarities and indeterminancies. forthcoming Economic Theory,
- L. Balbus, K. Reffett, and L. Wozny, 2018. The uniqueness of time-consistent Markov policies for quasi-hyperbolic consumers under uncertainty, forthcoming Journal of Economic Theory.
- O. Morand, K. Reffett, and S. Tarafdar. 2018, Generalized envelope theorems: applications to dynamics programming. forthcoming, Journal of Optimization and Applications.
- L. Balbus, K. Reffett, and L. Wozny, 2016. Monotone equilibria in nonatomic supermodular games. Games and Economic Behavior, 82-87
- L. Balbus, K. Reffett, and L. Wozny, 2014. A constructive study of Markovian equilibrium in stochastic games with strategic complementarities, Journal of Economic Theory, 150, 815-840.
- L. Balbus, K. Reffett, and L. Wozny, 2013. Markovian equilibrium in stochastic supermodular games with imperfect private and public information Dynamic Games and Applications, (special issue in honor of Lloyd Shapley), 3, 187-206
- L. Mirman, O. Morand, and K. Reffett. 2008. "A qualitative approach to Markovian equilibrium in infinite horizon economies with capital." Journal of Economic Theory. 139(1), 75-98.
- O. Morand and K. Reffett. 2007. "Stationary Markovian equilibrium in Overlapping Generations Models with stochastic production and Markov shocks." Journal of Mathematical Economics. 43, 3-4, 501-522.
- S. Heikkila and K. Reffett. 2006. "Fixed point theorems and their applications to the theory of Nash equilibria." Nonlinear Analysis, 1415-1436.
I am currently working on large games of incomplete information with complementarities, Markovian equilibrium in dynamic models with dynamically inconsistent preferences, comparing aggregates in games, constrained lattice programming, and methods for characterizing recursive equilibrium (minimal state space Markovian equilibrium) in various macroeconomic models with multiple equilibria and dynamic complementarities.
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 594 | Conference and Workshop |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 594 | Conference and Workshop |
| ECN 470 | Mathematical Economics |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 594 | Conference and Workshop |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
| ECN 470 | Mathematical Economics |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microeconomic Theory |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 470 | Mathematical Economics |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 470 | Mathematical Economics |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 312 | Intermed Microecon Theory |
| ECN 470 | Mathematical Economics |