John P. Conley Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University USA j.p.conley@vanderbilt.edu http://www.vanderbilt.edu/econ/jpconley/ Biographical Sketch: Professor Conley completed his undergraduate work at the University of Chicago and received his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester in 1990. He is past-president of the Association for Public Economic Theory (APET) and is the editor of the Economics Bulletin and the Journal of Public Economic Theory. His research focuses on public goods, externalities, political economy and cooperative and non-cooperative games. He also has worked on the economics of cloud computing, scholarly communication, and research productivity. Primary Research Focus : Applications of general equilibrium and game theory to problems of local and pure public goods, externalities and voting. JEL Areas : H0:Public Economics: General C7:Game Theory and Bargaining Theory:General