Sandro Brusco earned a Ph.D. in Economic Analysis and Policy from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. He is currently Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and the College of Business of Stony Brook University. His research focuses on game theory and mechanism design, looking both at pure theory and applications, especially in corporate finance and political science. It has appeared in many top-ranked academic journals, including the Review of Economic Studies, the Journal of Finance, the International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior and the Journal of Economic Theory.