Following Anwar Sadat's visit to Israel in 1978, Perry was one of the leaders of the 348 Israeli military reserves officers petition urging Israeli Prime MinisterMenachem Begin to continue with the drive for peace. This petition led to the creation of Peace Now, a movement dedicated to raising public support for the peace process. Throughout the years Perry has opposed Israeli settlement in the West Bank, which he perceives as being immoral and an obstacle for the possibility of peace with the Palestinians.
Motty Perry was also among the Air Force reserve pilots who caused controversy on the eve of Rosh Hashanah with their declaration that they would refuse to participate in "targeted killings". The Pilots’ Letter, which was sent to the commander of the Air Force, generated a great deal of media awareness in Israel and the world.
In 2005 Perry was also one of the organizers of an open letter from faculty members of Israeli universities, supporting students who refuse to serve as soldiers in the occupied territories. From 2011 he serves as a board member of B'Tselem.
Published works
1. "Optimal Linear Taxation with Partial Information," 1980. Economics Letters, 15, 257-263. 2. “Non-Linear Price Strategies in a Contestable Market,” 1984. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 32, No. 2, 246-264. 3. “Wage Bargaining, Labor Turnover, and the Business Cycle,” 1985 with G. Solon. Journal of Labor, Vol. 3, No. 4, 421-433. 4. “An Example of Price Formation in a Bilateral Situation,” 1986. Econometrica, Vol. 54, No. 2, 312-322. 5. “Search in a Known Pattern,” 1986 with A. Wigderson. Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 94, No.1, 225-230. 6. “Sequential Bargaining under Asymmetric Information,” 1986 with S. Grossman. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 39, No.1, 97-119. 7. “Perfect Sequential Equilibrium,” 1986 with S. Grossman. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 39, No.1, 120-154. 8.a “Strategic Delay in Bargaining,” 1987 with A. Admati. Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 54, 345-363. 8.b “Strategic Delay in Bargaining,” 1992 with A. Admati. In Linhart Radner and Satterthwaite Bargaining with Incomplete Info, Academic Press, 321-40. 9. 1991 with A. Admati. Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 58, 259-276. 10. “Non Cooperative Bargaining Without Procedures,” 1993 with P. Reny. Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 59 No. 1, 50-77. 11. 1994 with L. Samuelson. The RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 25, No.2, 348-359. 12.a “,” 1994 with P. Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 62, No.4, 795-818. 12.b “A Noncooperative View of Coalition Formation and the Core,” 1997 with P. Reny. In E. Maskin,Recent Developments in Game Theory. 13. “,” 1996 with J. Glazer. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 15, No.1, 27-32. 14. “,” 1999 with P. Reny. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 26, No. 2, 279-285. 15. “,” 1997 with R. J. Aumann, and S. Hart. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 1, 102-116. 16. “,” 1997 with R. J. Aumann, and S. Hart. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 1, 117-120. 17. “,” 1999 with P. Reny Econometrica, Vol. 67, No.4, 895-90. 18. “," 2000 with E. wolfstetter and S. Zamir. Games and Economic Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 2, 265-273. 19. “,” 2002 with D. Vincent. International Economic Review. 20. “,” 2002 with Phil Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 70, No. 3 – May, 2002, 1199-1212. 21. “,” 2005 with P. Reny. The Review of Economic Studies, 72, 567-592. 22. "," 2006 with P. Reny. Econometrica, Vol. 74, 1231-1269. 23. "" 2009 with A. Gershkov, Games and Economic Behavior, Vol.66, 162-190. 24. "" 2012 with A. Gershkov, The Review of Economic Studies, Vol 79, 268-306. 25. "” 2014 with Ilan Kremer and Yishay Mansour, Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 122, 988-1012. 26. 2016 with P. Reny and A. Robson, Economic Journal forthcoming. 27. 2016 with Phil Reny, American Economic Review forthcoming.
