Current Position
2003 - Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
(affiliated appointment with Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University)
Previous Positions/Visits
| March 2008 | Economic Theory Centre/EDN, University of Melbourne |
| May 2006 | CEMFI |
| Mar 2005 and 2006 | Visiting Professor IGIER, Università Bocconi |
| Sep 2002 – Aug 2003 | Doctoral Visiting Fellowship, Center for Mathematical Studies in Economics & Management Science, Northwestern University |
| Feb 2002 – Jun 2002 | Visiting Department of Economics, Harvard University |
| Oct 2001 – Jan 2002 | Visiting Eitan Berglas School of Economics, Tel Aviv University as part of the European Doctoral Program |
| Nov 1999 – Oct 2001 | Research Assistant at the Financial Markets Group, London School of Economics |
Education
| 1999 – 2004 | PhD in Economics, LSE, Reputation and professional services: survival, teams and incentives under the supervision of Leonardo Felli and Margaret Bray |
| 1995 – 1997 | MSc in Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, London School of Economics, and preliminary year for the MSc |
| 1992 – 1995 | BA in Mathematics, New College, Oxford University |
Other Experience
| Jan 1998 – July 1999 | Consultant, Oxford Economic Research Associates Ltd |
| Aug 1997 - Dec 1997 | Volunteer with Inter-Cultural Youth Exchange in Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
Publications
Information gathering and marketing (with Guillermo Caruana and Vicente Cuñat), Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, forthcoming
Interrogation Methods and Terror Networks (with Mariagiovanna Baccara) (2009) Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism eds N. Memon, J. D. Farley, D. L Hicks, and T. Rosenorn, Springer, 271-290.
Breadth, Depth, and Competition, Economics Letters, (May 2009), Volume 103(2), 110-112,
How to organize crime (with Mariagiovanna Baccara) Review of Economic Studies, 2008, Volume 75(4), 1039–1067.
Recruitment, training, and career concerns (with Juanjo Ganuza) Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2008, Volume 17 (4). 839-864.
Seller Reputation (with Steve Tadelis), Foundations and Trends in Microeconomics, 2008, Volume 4:4, 273-351.
Something to prove: Reputation in teams RAND Journal of Economics, (Summer 2007), Volume 38(2), 495-511.
Imperfect Competition and Reputational Commitment, Economics Letters, (November 2005), Volume 89(2), 167-173.
Reputation and Survival: learning in a dynamic signalling model, Review of Economic Studies, (April 2003), Volume 70(2), 231-251.
Working Papers
Long-term debt and hidden borrowing (with Vicente Cuñat)
Information gathering externalities in product markets (with Guillermo Caruana and Vicente Cuñat)
Search, Design, and Market Structure (with Guillermo Caruana and Vicente Cuñat)
Work in Progress
Information and Human Capital Management (with Ian Jewitt and Clare Leaver)
Transparency, Career Concerns, and Incentives for Acquiring Expertise
Teaching Experience
| Supervision | Sergio Vicente (Phd, ongoing), Surafel Getachew (MSc SCPS, "What Executives Consider in the Decision to Adopt a KMS", awarded prize as second best thesis in the program) |
| PhD committees | Cristi Dezso (2006, Cornerstone), David Ross (2007, Columbia GSB) |
| 2006 - 2008, 2009 - | Industrial Organization (PhD) |
| 2005, 06 (March) | Mini-course in Game Theory (undergraduate, DIEM program Bocconi) |
| 2004 - 2006 | New Research in Economic Theory (PhD reading group) |
| 2003 - | Firms and Markets (MBA, Stern School of Business, NYU) to Full-time, Langone, and Executive Sections |
| 2003 (Summer) | Microeconomics (MBA, Kellogg, Northwestern University) |
| 2000 - 2001 | Economics of Industry (classes, final year undergraduate, LSE) |
| 1999 - 2001 | Microeconomic Principles I (classes, intermediate undergraduate, LSE) |
| 1996 - 1997 | Quantitative Methods for Economists, Advanced Mathematical Methods (classes, 1st year and intermediate undergraduate courses through the Department of Mathematics, LSE) |
Other Service
| 2009 - | Associate Editor for the International Journal of Industrial Organization |
| 2009 - | Associate Editor for The Economic Journal |
| 2009 - | Program Committee for the IIOC |
| 2008 - | Co-organizer of New York Commuter Industrial Organization Workshop (aka NYU IO Day) |
| 2006 - 2009 | Founder/Co-ordinator of year-round internal work in progress series |
| 2003 - 2006 | Co-ordinator of the Industrial Organization Seminar |
| 2003 - | Junior Recruitment |
Awards
NET Institute summer grant 2009
Best Corporate Finance paper in the Annual Spanish Finance Association Meeting 2005 (with Vicente Cuñat)
Young Economist Award, EEA, 2005 (with Mariagiovanna Baccara)
2001 Departmental teaching prize
ESRC studentship 2000-2002
LSE Economics Department award 1999-2000
ESRC postgraduate training award 1995-97
1993-95 Scholar at New College, Oxford
Referee Activity
American Economic Journals: Microeconomics, American Economic Review, B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Defense and Peace Economics, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Games
and Economic Behavior, Information Economics and Policy, International
Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization,
Japan and the World Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of Economics and Finance, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal
of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of Law, Economics
and Organization, Journal of Political Economy, Labour Economics, Management Science, National Science Foundation, Oxford University Press, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and Theoretical Economics.
Conferences, Seminars etc
D denotes discuss, A attendance by invitation, and PD presentation and discussion
Before 2003: Society of Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (July 2000, San Jose, Costa Rica); Spring Meeting of Young Economists (April 2001, Copenhagen); LSE Research Lab Opening (July 2001, London, D); various MIT, Harvard, Tel Aviv student theory and organizational economics seminars (2001 and 2002); Econometric Society European Meetings (August 2001, Lausanne); European Doctoral Program Jamboree (April 2002, Paris); Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings (June 2002, Los Angeles, PD); European Doctoral Program Jamboree (November 2002, London); London School of Economics (2002); Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (2002 and 2003); Nuffield College, Oxford University (2002); Stern School of Business, New York University (2003); University of Toronto (2003); Princeton University (2003); University of Pennsylvania (2003); University of Wisconsin at Madison (2003); University of California at Berkeley (2003); University of Rochester (2003); First Interdisciplinary Symposium on Online Reputation Mechanisms (May 2003, Cambridge, MA); CEPR/IDEI workshop The Economics of Personnel and Organization (May 2003, Toulouse, D)
2003/4: Georgetown University (2004); Université de Montréal (2004); Carnegie Mellon University (2004); International Industrial Organization (April 2004, Chicago, PD); Third Oxford Financial Research Summer Symposium (June 2004, A); European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (July 2004, Gerzensee)
2004/5: Olin School of Business, Washington University (2004); FMG Research Students: a Retrospective (November 2004, London); Columbia GSB (2005); Bocconi (2005); INSEAD (2005); Stern NYU (2005); UCLA (2005); European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory (July 2005, Gerzensee, A); European Summer Symposium in Financial Markets (July 2005, Gerzensee); Econometric Society World Congress (August 2005, London)
2005/6: NY IO Day (September 2005, NYC); NYU Political Economy workshop (2005); USC Marshall School (2005); Tel Aviv University (2005); NBER National Security Working Group (March 2006, Boston, A); Bocconi (2006); International Industrial Organization (April 2006, Boston, PD); Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University (2006); NET Institute Conference (April 2006, New York, D); Canadian Economic Theory Conference (May 2006, Toronto); CEMFI (2006); Southampton University (2006); Nuffield College, Oxford University (2006); IDEI Toulouse (2006); THEMA (Université de Cergy-Pontoise) (2006); Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques (PSE) (2006)
2006/7: The 3rd Conference on Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism (Sep 2006, DC); Cooperation and Conflict (Nov 2006, Chicago, A); American Economic Association (Jan 2007, Chicago); Utah Winter Business Economics Conference (March, 2007); Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (March, 2007); International Industrial Organization (April 2007, Savannah, PD); Chicago GSB (April 2007); Technion (May, 2007); University College London (May, 2007); Econometric Society North American Summer Meetings (June 2007, Raleigh/Durham); EARIE (September 2007, Valencia)
2007/8 6th Annual Duke-Northwestern-Texas IO Theory Conference (Oct 2007, Duke); Michigan State University (February 2008); University of Melbourne (March 2008); University of Sydney (March 2008); SUNY Albany (April 2008); UC San Diego (April 2008); USC Marshall School (April, 2008); NET Institue Conference (April, 2008, D); Issues in Executive Compensation (May 2008, NYC, D); Society of Labor Economists (May 2008, NYC); International Industrial Organization (May 2008, DC, PD); Spring Workshop in Economic Theory (May 2008, Brown, D); Workshop on the Economics of Advertising and Marketing (June 2008, Frankfurt); Hans-Möller-Seminar, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich (June 2008); GAMES 2008 (Evanston, July 2008); HKUST IO mini-conference (July 2008, Hong Kong)
2008/9 Johnson School, Cornell (Sep 2008); Maryland (Oct 2008); Berkeley Economics (Oct 2008); Haas, Berkeley (Oct 2008); University of Oregon (Oct 2008); University of Cambridge (Nov 2008); Toulouse (Nov 2008); Oxford University Economics (Nov 2008); London Business School (Dec 2008); Oxford Said Business School (Dec 2008); Harvard Business School (Dec 2008); University of Essex (Jan, 2008); Oxford University Economics (Jan 2009); Rutgers (Feb, 2009); Fuqua, Duke (Feb, 2009); International Industrial Organization Conference (April, 2009, Boston, PD); Princeton (April, 2009); Indiana (May 2009); Stanford (May 2009); Canadian Economic Theory Conference (May 2009, Toronto); Econometric Society NASM (June 2009, Boston); 2nd Workshop on the Economics of Advertising and Marketing (June 2009, St. Germain-an-Laye, PD); Madrid SWET (June 2009, A); Cowles Economic Theory (June 2009, Newhaven, A)
2009/10(Scheduled) University of Pennsylvania (Sep 2009); 8th Annual Duke-Northwestern-Texas IO Theory Conference (Nov 2009, Northwestern, D); FTC-Northwestern Microeconomics Conference (Nov 2009, Washington DC, D); UCLA Anderson (Dec, 2009); Erasumus University Rotterdam (Dec, 2009); Conference on search and switching costs (Dec 2009, Groningen); Econometeric Society North American Winter Meeting (Jan 2010, Atlanta); University of Virgina (Feb, 2010); Conference on Social Networks (June 2010, Bristol)