David P Myatt
Professor of Economics
BSc (Econ) (LSE) DPhil (Oxford)
Professor David P Myatt is an expert in game theory and its application to both economics and political science. His current research uses game-theoretic analysis to examine strategic decision-making across multiple domains. In economics, his work explores advertising, marketing, product design strategies, optimal pricing, product-line structure, and price dispersion in markets with search frictions. In political science, his research includes theories of leadership, voting behaviour, executive performance, protest voting, voter turnout, strategic voting, and wartime conflicts.
Professor Myatt is an accomplished educator who teaches across London Business School's full portfolio of degree programmes. Within the core MBA Marketplaces and EMBA Marketplace Environment courses, he teaches marketplace analysis and the relationship between competition and economic performance. In the tailored core Pricing course and the elective Market Power for Profitability courses, he teaches advanced pricing techniques for exploiting market power, based on research conducted at the School. His elective Thinking Strategically uses game theory to analyse strategic decision-making. He teaches microeconomics to PhD students and participates in custom executive education programmes. His Global Experiences programme participation has included visits to Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Miami.
Professor Myatt was educated at the London School of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Oxford. Prior to joining London Business School, he held various academic positions at Oxford, including Fellowships of St Catherine's College and Nuffield College. His research articles have been published in top journals including the American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics.
Professional experience
Chair, Economics Subject Area, London Business School (2023–2026)
Professor of Economics, London Business School (2011–present)
Academic Director (Leadership Programmes: EMBA and Sloan), London Business School (2021–2023)
Academic Director (Finance and EMBA Programmes), London Business School (2017–2018)
Deputy Dean (Programmes), London Business School (2015–2017)
Leadership Institute Academic Advisor, London Business School (2015–2017)
Co-editor, RAND Journal of Economics (2016–2023)
Chair, Economics Subject Area, London Business School (2014–2015)
Associate Fellow, University of Warwick (2013–2015)
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory (2013–present)
Editorial Board, Journal of Theoretical Politics (2014–present)
Editorial Board, Political Science Research and Methods (2012–present)
Managing Editor, Economic Journal (2011–2012)
Co-editor, Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2009–2022)
Chair, Economics Group, Nuffield College, Oxford (2009–2011)
Associate Member, Nuffield College, Oxford (2011–present)
Editorial Board, BE Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (2008–2012)
Official Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford (2008-2011)
Editor, Economic Journal (2007–2013)
Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research (2007–2017)
Senior Research Fellow in Economics, University of Oxford (2005–2007)
Lecturer in Economic Theory and Mathematical Economics, University of Oxford (1998–2005)
John Thomson Fellow and Tutor in Economics, St Catherine's College, Oxford (1999–2005)
Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow in Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford (1998–1999)
John F Kennedy Memorial Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994–1996)
Teaching portfolio
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