Kevin W. S. Roberts Explained

Kevin W. S. Roberts^[2] was the Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford until his retirement in 2020.

He was a professorial fellow of Nuffield College, a fellow of the British Academy and a fellow of the Econometric Society.

Education

Kevin Roberts gained his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1977.^{[3] [4]}

Fellowships

• 1987 Econometric Society.^[5]
• 2007 British Academy.^[6]
• Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College.^[7]

Selected bibliography

Journal articles

1971–1980

• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Goodin . Robert E. . The ethical voter . The American Political Science Review . 69 . 3 . 926–928 . 10.2307/1958406 . September 1975 . 1958406 . 146590861 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Voting over income tax schedules . Journal of Public Economics . 8 . 3 . 329–340 . 10.1016/0047-2727(77)90005-6 . December 1977 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Welfare considerations of nonlinear pricing . The Economic Journal . 89 . 353 . 66–83 . 10.2307/2231407 . March 1979 . 2231407 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Possibility theorems with interpersonally comparable welfare levels . The Review of Economic Studies . 47 . 2 . 409–420 . 10.2307/2297001 . January 1980 . 2297001 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Interpersonal comparability and social choice theory . The Review of Economic Studies . 47 . 2 . 421–439 . 10.2307/2297002 . January 1980 . 2297002 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Social choice theory: the single-profile and multi-profile approaches . The Review of Economic Studies . 47 . 2 . 441–50 . 10.2307/2297003 . January 1980 . 2297003 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Neary . J. Peter . J. Peter Neary . The theory of household behaviour under rationing . European Economic Review . 13 . 1 . 25–42 . 10.1016/0014-2921(80)90045-8 . January 1980 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . The limit points of monopolistic competition . Journal of Economic Theory . 22 . 2 . 256–278 . 10.1016/0022-0531(80)90043-5 . April 1980 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Price-independent welfare prescriptions . Journal of Public Economics . 13 . 3 . 277–297 . 10.1016/0047-2727(86)90007-1 . June 1980 .

1981–1990

• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Weitzman . Martin L. . Martin Weitzman . Funding criteria for research, development, and exploration projects . Econometrica . 49 . 5 . 1261–1288 . 10.2307/1912754 . September 1981 . 1912754 . 1721.1/35160 . free .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Desirable fiscal policies under Keynesian unemployment . Oxford Economic Papers . 34 . 1 . 1–22 . Oxford University Press . March 1982 . 2662737 . 10.1093/oxfordjournals.oep.a041537 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Social choice rules and real-valued representations . Journal of Economic Theory . 29 . 1 . 72–94 . 10.1016/0022-0531(83)90123-0 . February 1983 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Guesnerie . Roger . Roger Guesnerie . Effective policy tools and quantity controls . Econometrica . 52 . 1 . 59–86 . 10.2307/1911461 . January 1984 . 1911461 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . The theoretical limits to redistribution . Review of Economic Studies . 51 . 2 . 177–195 . 10.2307/2297686 . April 1984 . 2297686 . 10.1.1.159.9418 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Cartel behaviour and adverse selection . Journal of Industrial Economics. 33 . 4 . 401–413 . 10.2307/2098383 . June 1985 . 2098383 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Guesnerie . Roger . Roger Guesnerie . Minimum wage legislation as a second best policy . European Economic Review . 31 . 1–2 . 490–498 . 10.1016/0014-2921(87)90067-5 . February–March 1987 .

1991–2000

• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Objective interpersonal comparisons of utility . Social Choice and Welfare . 14 . 1 . 79–96 . 10.1007/s003550050053 . December 1996 . 154546248 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Rationality and the LeChatelier principle . Journal of Economic Theory . 87 . 2 . 416–428 . 10.1006/jeth.1999.2544 . August 1999 .

2001–2010

• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Condorcet cycles? A model of intertemporal voting . Social Choice and Welfare . 29 . 3 . 383–404 . 10.1007/s00355-006-0211-2 . October 2007 . 10.1.1.217.5435 . 3848976 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . The participant's curse and the perception of unequal treatment . Economics Letters . 97 . 2 . 162–169 . 10.1016/j.econlet.2007.02.037 . November 2007 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Wage and employment determination through non-cooperative bargaining . Scottish Journal of Political Economy . 54 . 5 . 699–720 . 10.1111/j.1467-9485.2007.00437.x . November 2007 . 10.1.1.149.8157 . 6881186 .
• Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Maskin . Eric S. . Eric Maskin . On the fundamental theorems of general equilibrium . Economic Theory . 35 . 2 . 233–240 . 10.1007/s00199-007-0233-8 . May 2008 . 10.1.1.149.5367 . 16340673 .

Papers

• Book: Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Weitzman . Martin L. . Martin Weitzman . Funding criteria for research, development, and exploration projects (issue 234 of working paper) . Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Massachusetts . 1979 . 5012947 . MIT-EL-79-009 .
• Book: Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Grodal . Birgit . Hahn . F. . Hildenbrand . W. . Polemarchakis . H. . Birgit Grodal . General equilibrium 40th anniversary conference: held at CORE on 3-5 June 1993 (discussion paper) . 9482 . CORE - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Université Catholique de Lopuvain . Louvain . 1994 . 258562027 .
• Book: Roberts, Kevin W.S. . Dynamic voting in clubs (Discussion paper) . London School of Economics and the STICERD - Suntory-Toyota International Centre for Economics and Related Disciplines . London . January 1999 . 154666869 . TE/99/367 .
• Book: Roberts . Kevin W.S. . Felli . Leonardo . Does competition solve the hold-up problem? (Discussion paper) . Centre for Economic Policy Research . London . 2002 . 50900485 . 3535 .

External links

• Profile: Kevin Roberts Department of Economics, University of Oxford
• Profile: Kevin Roberts Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Notes and References

1. Perfect matching and search in economic models. 1998. phd. Eeckhout. Jan.
2. Web site: VIAF. Roberts, Kevin W.S. . Virtual International Authority File . 17 July 2014.
3. Web site: Kevin Roberts, Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics. Department of Economics, University of Oxford. 17 July 2014.
4. D.Phil. . Roberts . Kevin W.S. . 1977 . Welfare theoretic social choice . . 43126191 .
5. Web site: Fellows of the Econometric Society as of May 2014 . The Econometric Society . 17 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725192349/http://www.econometricsociety.org/fellows.asp . 25 July 2014 .
6. Web site: British Academy Fellows, ROBERTS, Professor Kevin . British Academy for the humanities and social sciences . 17 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725172423/http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/ord.cfm?member=5965 . 25 July 2014 .
7. Web site: Governing Body. Nuffield College, University of Oxford. 17 July 2014.