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Odilon Câmara

  • Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics

Odilon Câmara is an economist who specializes in microeconomics and political economy. He studies how individuals strategically use information to persuade decision makers. He also studies the extent to which voters can use re-elections to create political accountability and discipline elected officials. His research has been published in American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, Management Science, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Politics, and Games and Economic Behavior. Before receiving his PhD, Professor Camara worked in the banking industry.

Odilon Câmara
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Areas of Expertise

Applied Game Theory
Decision-making
Elected Officials
Elections
Game Theory
Information Economics
Persuasion
Voting

Departments

Finance + Business Economics

RESEARCH + PUBLICATIONS

COURSES

Spring 2024
  • ECON-351
    Microeconomics for Business
    Development and business applications of: theory of the firm; theory of the consumer; inter-temporaldecisions; decisions under risk; market failures; industrial and enterprise structure. Prerequisites: MATH 118 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 226. Not for major credit for: Economics, Economics/Mathematics, Social Sciences (Economics). Duplicates credit in BUAD 351.