Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
SUMMARY of research interests (100 words)
David Rietzke is a microeconomic theorist who uses game theory to study how firms and individuals respond to incentives: how rivals compete in contests, what drives incentives for research and development, and how regulation, market structure and the organisation of supply chains shape competition between firms, including their decisions to enter markets. He is also interested in both applying and further developing monotone comparative statics, a set of tools for predicting how economic decisions respond to changes in underlying conditions.
His work has been published in leading journals including Econometrica, the Journal of Economic Theory, the RAND Journal of Economics and Games and Economic Behavior.
Profile
David completed his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Miami University in Ohio and his PhD at the University of Arizona, before moving to Lancaster in 2014. He is a Coordinating Editor at Theory and Decision and co-director of the Economics PhD programme, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Personal webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/davidrietzke/home
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A Comment on "Monotone Comparative Statics"
Amir, R. & Rietzke, D., 31/07/2025, In: Econometrica. 93, 4, p. 1481-1490 10 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Incentivizing variety in innovation contests with specialized suppliers
Protopappas, K. & Rietzke, D., 31/10/2025, In: Games and Economic Behavior. 153, p. 586-621 36 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Contests on Networks
Matros, A. & Rietzke, D., 30/11/2024, In: Economic Theory. 78, 3, p. 815-841 27 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Push or Pull? Performance-Pay, Incentives, and Information
Rietzke, D. & Chen, Y., 20/03/2020, In: RAND Journal of Economics. 51, 1, p. 301-317 17 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Simple Contracts under Observable and Hidden Actions
Chen, B., Chen, Y. & Rietzke, D. M., 1/06/2020, In: Economic Theory. 69, p. 1023-1047 25 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Activities
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Theory and Decision (Journal)
Rietzke, D. (Peer reviewer)
09/2026 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Lancaster University School of Mathematics
Groves, J. (Organiser), Grabowski, J. (Supervisor), Sherlock, C. (Supervisor), Haslegrave, J. (Supervisor), Eichinger, B. (Supervisor), Tiltman, P. (Chair), Mercer, M. (Supervisor), Zibouche, N. (Supervisor), Badawy, A. (Supervisor), Quayle, S. (Supervisor), Zhao, N. (Supervisor), Burton, D. (Supervisor), Ponomarenko, L. (Supervisor), Ferrando, J. (Supervisor), Rietzke, D. (Supervisor), Barnett, H. (Participant) & Campbell, R. (Organiser)
4/02/2026Activity: Business or School/HEI Engagement › School Engagement
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Lancaster University School of Mathematics
Groves, J. (Organiser), Campbell, R. (Organiser), Turner, J. (Organiser), Sherlock, C. (Supervisor), Haslegrave, J. (Supervisor), Tiltman, P. (Participant), Mercer, M. (Supervisor), Zibouche, N. (Supervisor), Badawy, A. (Supervisor), Quayle, S. (Supervisor), Zhao, N. (Supervisor), Burton, D. (Supervisor), Ponomarenko, L. (Supervisor), Ferrando, J. (Supervisor), Rietzke, D. (Supervisor) & Frost, B. (Speaker)
15/10/2025Activity: Business or School/HEI Engagement › School Engagement
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Lancaster PhD Summer School
Rietzke, D. (Organiser)
4/06/2025 → 6/06/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Other
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Lancaster PhD Summer School
Slechten, A. (Organiser) & Rietzke, D. (Organiser)
4/06/2025 → 6/06/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course