doc. Jakub Steiner, Ph.D.

Jakub Steiner is an economist. He uses mathematical models to study human decision-making and strategic interactions. Using tools from game theory, he has examined coordination games, such as bank runs. He is currently focusing on topics in behavioral economics. Through mathematical models, he explores possible mechanisms that lead to deviations in human decision-making from normative rational decision criteria. He finds inspiration in fields such as neuroscience and information theory. In one of his articles, he explains how manipulating human attention influences decision-making. In another work, he studies habits - automated behavior - which reduce the mental costs of decision-making within the theory of rational inattention. In the past, he has worked at Northwestern University in the USA and the University of Edinburgh. He currently works part-time at CTS and CERGE-EI in Prague and at the University of Zurich, where he holds a scientific appointment.

He has published in journals such as the American Economic Review and Econometrica. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Economic Theory and, in the past, on the editorial boards of the American Economic Review and Review of Economic Studies. He was the principal investigator of an ERC consolidator grant on the topic of behavioral economics. He served on the ERC scientific panel for economics and related fields.