Andrés Perea is a contemporary Dutch game theorist and economist affiliated with Maastricht University, specializing in the epistemic foundations of game theory. His research examines how rationality, belief revision, and plausibility orderings govern strategic reasoning in both static and dynamic games. He is best known for systematically comparing and unifying competing epistemic frameworks—particularly those of Aumann and Stalnaker—to clarify what assumptions drive differing solution concepts.
Authored Epistemic Game Theory: Reasoning and Choice (Cambridge University Press, 2012), a foundational textbook in the field
Developed formal analyses distinguishing Aumann's and Stalnaker's models of rationality, identifying the structural assumptions behind their divergent conclusions
Advanced the theory of plausibility orderings and belief revision in sequential games under actual play
Contributed to rigorous treatments of iterated admissibility and common belief in rationality
Long-term faculty at Maastricht University's Department of Quantitative Economics
The difference in conclusions between Aumann (1995) and Stalnaker (1998) is due to differing models of belief revision upon deviation from the backward induction path
claimPlausibility updates in sequential games during actual play differ in interpretation from plausibility updates used in pregame deliberation for Backward Induction.
The difference in conclusions between Aumann (1995) and Stalnaker (1998) is due to differing models of belief revision upon deviation from the backward induction path