Regular biography
Itai Arieli is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on microeconomic theory. Arieli holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. from The Hebrew University. He teaches courses such as Applied Game Theory and Microeconomic Theory I (PhD). His contact information is available at itai.arieli@utoronto.ca, and his profile page can be accessed at https://www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/person/person/faculty/2250.
Scholar-generated biography
Itai Arieli is an associate professor specializing in game theory and economic theory. His research explores topics such as Bayesian persuasion, social learning, and strategic communication. Arieli's work investigates how individuals update beliefs in strategic environments and how information is transmitted in social networks. He has examined the dynamics of innovation diffusion, the role of mediators in persuasion, and the implications of payoff externalities in social learning. His publications also address rationalizability in continuous games, stochastic learning dynamics, and the design of mechanisms for crowdfunding and herd behavior. Arieli's research contributes to understanding strategic decision-making and information aggregation in economic contexts.