Professor Claudio Mezzetti
Colin Clark Chair
School of Economics
Room 550B, Level 5, Colin Clark Building (#39)
Professor Claudio Mezzetti is the Colin Clark Professor of Economics at the University of Queensland.
His research focuses on is microeconomic theory and largely focuses on mechanism design, game theory and their applications.
Professor Mezzetti is also a Fellow of the Econometric Society.
Book Chapter
Marx, Leslie M. and Mezzetti, Claudio (2015). Leniency, profiling and reverse profiling: strategic challenges for competition authorities. Anti-cartel enforcement in a contemporary age: the leniency religion. (pp. 107-122) edited by Caron Beaton-Wells and Christopher Tran. Oxford, United Kingdom: Hart Publishing.
Journal Articles
Mezzetti, Claudio (2025). Manipulative Disclosure. Rand Journal of Economics, 56 (2), 184-193. doi: 10.1111/1756-2171.12497
Gottardi, Piero and Mezzetti, Claudio (2024). Shuttle diplomacy. Journal of Economic Theory, 216 105794, 105794. doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2023.105794
Zhao, Wei, Mezzetti, Claudio, Renou, Ludovic and Tomala, Tristan (2024). Contracting over persistent information. Theoretical Economics, 19 (2), 917-974. doi: 10.3982/te5056
Delacrétaz, David, Loertscher, Simon and Mezzetti, Claudio (2022). When Walras meets Vickrey. Theoretical Economics, 17 (4), 1803-1845. doi: 10.3982/te4296
Loertscher, Simon and Mezzetti, Claudio (2021). A dominant strategy double clock auction with estimation-based tâtonnement. Theoretical Economics, 16 (3), 943-978. doi: 10.3982/TE3311
Loertscher, Simon and Mezzetti, Claudio (2019). The deficit on each trade in a Vickrey double auction is at least as large as the Walrasian price gap. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 84, 101-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2019.07.004
La Nauze, Andrea and Mezzetti, Claudio (2019). Dynamic incentive regulation of diffuse pollution. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 93, 101-124. doi: 10.1016/j.jeem.2018.11.009
Mezzetti, Claudio and Renou, Ludovic (2017). Repeated Nash implemenation. Theoretical Economics, 12 (1), 249-285. doi: 10.3982/TE1988
Marx, Leslie M., Mezzetti, Claudio and Marshall, Robert C. (2015). Antitrust leniency with multiproduct colluders. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 7 (3), 205-240. doi: 10.1257/mic.20140054
Marx, Leslie and Mezzetti, Claudio (2014). Effects of antitrust leniency on concealment effort by colluding firms. Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 2 (2), 305-332. doi: 10.1093/jaenfo/jnu008
Chillemi, Ottorino and Mezzetti, Claudio (2014). Optimal procurement mechanisms: bidding on price and damages for breach. Economic Theory, 55 (2), 335-355. doi: 10.1007/s00199-013-0751-5
Mezzetti, Claudio and Renou, Ludovic (2012). Implementation in Mixed Nash Equilibrium. Journal of Economic Theory, 147 (6), 2357-2375. doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2012.09.004
Baker, Scott and Mezzetti, Claudio (2012). A theory of rational jurisprudence. Journal of Political Economy, 120 (3), 513-551. doi: 10.1086/666655
Mezzetti, Claudio (2011). Sequential auctions with informational externalities and aversion to price risk: decreasing and increasing price sequences. Economic Journal, 121 (555), 990-1016. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2011.02438.x
Baker, Scott, Lee, Pak Yee and Mezzetti, Claudio (2011). Intellectual property disclosure as "threat". International Journal of Economic Theory, 7 (1), 21-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-7363.2010.00147.x
Mezzetti, Claudio and Tsetlin, Ilia (2009). Auctions in which losers set the price. Games and Economic Behavior, 66 (2), 855-864. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2008.06.006
Ramchurn, Sarvapali D., Mezzetti, Claudio, Giovannucci, Andrea, Rodriguez-Aguilar, Juan A., Dash, Rajdeep K. and Jennings, Nicholas R. (2009). Trust-based mechanisms for robust and efficient task allocation in the presence of execution uncertainty. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 35, 119-159. doi: 10.1613/jair.2751
Mezzetti, Claudio and Tsetlin, Ilia (2008). On the lowest-winning-bid and the highest-losing-bid auctions. Journal of Mathematical Economics, 44 (9-10), 1040-1048. doi: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2007.12.001
Mezzetti, Claudio, Pekec, Aleksandar Sasa and Tsetlin, Ilia (2008). Sequential vs. single-round uniform-price auctions. Games and Economic Behavior, 62 (2), 591-609. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2007.05.002
Mezzetti, Claudio (2007). Mechanism design with interdependent valuations: Surplus extraction. Economic Theory, 31 (3), 473-488. doi: 10.1007/s00199-006-0104-8
Dindos, M and Mezzetti, C (2006). Better-reply dynamics and global convergence to Nash equilibrium in aggregative games. Games and Economic Behavior, 54 (2), 261-292. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.12.001
Baker, Scott and Mezzetti, Claudio (2005). Disclosure as a strategy in the patent race. Journal of Law and Economics, 48 (1), 173-194. doi: 10.1086/426879
Friedman, James W. and Mezzetti, Claudio (2005). Random belief equilibrium in normal form games. Games and Economic Behavior, 51 (2 SPEC. ISS.), 296-323. doi: 10.1016/j.geb.2003.08.004
Mezzetti, Claudio (2004). Mechanism design with interdependent valuations: Efficiency. Econometrica, 72 (5), 1617-1626. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0262.2004.00546.x
Caillaud, Bernard and Mezzetti, Claudio (2004). Equilibrium reserve prices in sequential ascending auctions. Journal of Economic Theory, 117 (1), 78-95. doi: 10.1016/j.jet.2003.11.002
Friedman, James W. and Mezzetti, Claudio (2002). Bounded rationality, dynamic oligopoly, and conjectural variations. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 49 (3), 287-306. doi: 10.1016/S0167-2681(02)00005-7
Friedman, James W. and Mezzetti, Claudio (2001). Learning in Games by Random Sampling. Journal of Economic Theory, 98 (1), 55-84. doi: 10.1006/jeth.2000.2694
Baker, Scott and Mezzetti, Claudio (2001). Prosecutorial resources, plea bargaining, and the decision to go to trial. Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 17 (1), 149-167. doi: 10.1093/jleo/17.1.149
Mezzetti, Claudio and Tsoulouhas, Theofanis (2000). Gathering information before signing a contract with a privately informed principal. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 18 (4), 667-689. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7187(98)00040-x
Biglaiser, Gary and Mezzetti, Claudio (2000). Incentive auctions and information revelation. RAND Journal of Economics, 31 (1), 145-164. doi: 10.2307/2601033
Friedman, James W. and Mezzetti, Claudio (1998). Games with Partially Enforceable Agreements. Games and Economic Behavior, 23 (2), 176-200. doi: 10.1006/game.1997.0618
Biglaiser, Gary and Mezzetti, Claudio (1997). Politicians' decision making with re-election concerns. Journal of Public Economics, 66 (3), 425-447. doi: 10.1016/S0047-2727(97)00032-7
Mezzetti, Claudio (1997). Common agency with horizontally differentiated principals. RAND Journal of Economics, 28 (2), 323-345. doi: 10.2307/2555808
Makowski, Louis and Mezzetti, Claudio (1994). Bayesian and weakly robust first best mechanisms: Characterizations. Journal of Economic Theory, 64 (2), 500-519. doi: 10.1006/jeth.1994.1079
Mezzetti, Claudio (1993). Investment, employment and wages: a bargaining approach. Metroeconomica, 44 (1), 79-92. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.1993.tb00790.x
Biglaiser, Gary and Mezzetti, Claudio (1993). Principals competing for an agent in the presence of adverse selection and moral hazard. Journal of Economic Theory, 61 (2), 302-330. doi: 10.1006/jeth.1993.1071
Makowski, L and Mezzetti, C (1993). The Possibility of Efficient Mechanisms for Trading an Indivisible Object. Journal of Economic Theory, 59 (2), 451-465. doi: 10.1006/jeth.1993.1029
Mezzetti, C and Dinopoulos, E (1991). Domestic unionization and import competition. Journal of International Economics, 31 (1-2), 79-100. doi: 10.1016/0022-1996(91)90057-D
Mezzetti, C. (1987). Paretian efficiency, rawlsian justice and the Nozick theory of rights. Social Choice and Welfare, 4 (1), 25-37. doi: 10.1007/BF00433953
Mezzetti, Claudio (1987). Rawlsian distributive justice and rights. Economics Letters, 24 (4), 317-320. doi: 10.1016/0165-1765(87)90063-2
Working Papers
Mezzetti, Claudio and Renou, Ludovic (2012). Implementation in Mixed Nash Equilibrium. Working Paper Series. Research Paper Number 1146. Department of Economics, University of Melbourne.
Baker, Scott and Mezzetti, Claudio (2012). A Theory of Rational Jurisprudence. Research Paper Number 1144. Department of Economics, University of Melbourne.
Chillemi, Ottorino and Mezzetti, Claudio (2011). Procurement under default risk: auctions or lotteries. "Marco Fanno". 0131. Department of Science, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA.
Mezzetti, Claudio (2008). Aversion to price risk and the afternoon effect. TWERPS. 857. Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
Ramchurn, Sarvapali D, Dash, Rajdeep K, Jennings, Nick, Giovannucci, Andrea, Rodríguez-Aguilar, Juan A and Mezzetti, Claudio (2008). Trust-based mechanisms for robust and efficient task allocation in the presence of execution uncertainty. The Warwick economic research papers series. No. 880. Department of Economics, University of Warwick.
Baker, Scott, Lee, Pak Yee and Mezzetti, Claudio (2007). Intellectual Property Disclosure as "Threat". Discussion papers in Economics. 07/08. Department of Economics, University of Leicester.