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Mallesh Pai
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Mallesh Pai
Tempo
@malleshpai
Forward Deployed Researcher @tempo, Econ Professor @RiceUniversity
Joined December 2009
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Nov 5, 2025
    Don't make me tap the sign @Aaroth :)
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    Aaron Roth
    @Aaroth
    Nov 4, 2025
    I've been enjoying learning about linear regression. This is a really cool machine learning technique with some really elegant theory --- someone should have taught me about this earlier!
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Feb 1, 2024
    During my undergrad, a friend and I randomly showed up at Prof's office. We weren't even in his uni. We told him we want to work on game theory/ mech design/ social choice. Instead of kicking us out of his office (which he should have), he gave us stuff to work on and mentored us
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    Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay
    @AbhiroopMukho
    Jan 31, 2024
    Take a bow Prof Arunava Sen. #EconISIDelhi salutes you as you retire! Look forward to seeing you as emeritus faculty soon. #EconTwitter
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Sep 4, 2025
    Excited to announce that I'm joining Tempo to work on product.
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    Tempo
    @tempo
    Sep 4, 2025
    Introducing Tempo: a payments-first blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. As stablecoins go mainstream, there’s a need for optimized infrastructure. Tempo is purpose-built for stablecoins and real-world payments, born from Stripe’s experience in global payments and
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Apr 10, 2025
    Update: Along with my work @consensys/ @specialmech , I’m excited to share that I’ll be contributing @paradigm as a Research Advisor, bringing perspectives from economics, game theory and mechanism design to improving the protocol and application layers at both. (1/4)
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Sep 20, 2022
    When i tried to retweet, Twitter asked me if I'd like to read the article first 🤣🤣
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    QJE
    @QJEHarvard
    Sep 20, 2022
    Replying to @QJEHarvard
    #QJE Nov 2022 #9, “Competing Models,” by Montiel Olea (@ppm_o), Ortoleva (@pietroortoleva), Pai (@malleshpai), and Prat (@andreapratnyc): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Sep 4, 2025
    So who are these super-star colleagues @tempo that I'm referring to?
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Jul 15, 2025
    Today's email from our Provost @adittmar makes it official. I am now an unqualified professor (shamelessly ripping off @Aaroth 's tweet). Thank you to my wonderful advisors (only @Jeffely on Twitter, but also Ricky, Nabil and Eddie) who somehow granted me a PhD,
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Feb 2, 2023
    Heh cool trophy! ama.org/listings/2023/… (Was great fun working with Kanishka and Karsten, this is icing on the cake!)
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Apr 6, 2022
    🍾🥂 (to the outcome, but also to a great time working with 3 amazing coauthors @PpM_O , @PietroOrtoleva and @andreapratnyc !)
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    QJE
    @QJEHarvard
    Apr 6, 2022
    Recently accepted by #QJE, “Competing Models,” by Montiel Olea (@ppm_o), Ortoleva (@pietroortoleva), Pai (@malleshpai), and Prat (@andreapratnyc): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Oct 15, 2025
    when i was on the jm, i had some google adwords $'s. used the $'s to advertise my jmp/webpage whenever anyone searched for a close friend (also on the jm, as a joke). only my advisor noticed, and told me to cut it out in ~2 hours.
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    alz
    @alz_zyd_
    Oct 15, 2025
    Serious question: has anyone tried using sponsored tweets to promote academic papers? Would it work?
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    May 2, 2025
    In many financial settings, being even slightly faster can give you an edge. Our new paper (with @danrobinson and @ciamac) studies how latency advantages—like bidding a few milliseconds later— affect the feasibility of conducting auctions onchain.
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Jul 23, 2021
    My first TE 🍾
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    TheoreticalEconomics
    @EconTheory
    Jul 23, 2021
    Accepted: (Bad) reputation in relational contracting, Deb, Mitchell, Pai, econtheory.org/?f=4803
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    May 16, 2023
    Rereading a classic that should be required reading for econ students if it isn't already: home.uchicago.edu/~vlima/courses…
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    Mallesh Pai
    Tempo
    @malleshpai
    Oct 17, 2025
    Really really excited to have Dankrad on the team! They promised me when I joined that we'd keep upping the talent bar but this is a whole 'nother level. Also, we're still hiring: tempo.xyz/careers (marketing, bizops, gtm, engg, data and even research)! Join us!
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    Dankrad Feist
    @dankrad
    Oct 17, 2025
    I am excited to announce that I will be joining Tempo. This last year has been a turning point for crypto, where we have finally seen the outlines of our vision being materialized. While payments used to be front and center in the early days of crypto, I see a special opportunity
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