CV
version: November 13, 2008
Personal Data
Citizenship Swiss, Hungarian
Languages native: German, Hungarian; fluent: English, French; basic: Russian, Spanish
Research Interests
Applied Microeconomic Theory, Market Microstructure and Intermediation, Mechanism Design, Dynamic Random Matching, Computational Economics and Finance
Current Position
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Kellogg School of Management, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Northwestern University
Publications
“Applying Markowitz’s Critical Line Algorithm”, with Daniel Niedermayer, forthcoming, “Handbook of Portfolio Construction: Contemporary Applications of Markowitz Techniques”, edited by John Guerard, London: Springer (contributions by Paul Samuelson, Robert Korajczyk, Eli Schwartz, John Mulvey, and others)
Working Papers
“Fee Setting Intermediaries: On Real Estate Agents, Stock Brokers, and Auction Houses”, September 2008 (with Simon Loertscher, University of Melbourne) (Job Market Paper)
“Does a Platform Monopolist Want Competition?”, University of Bern Discussion Paper 06-04, 2006 (Revise & Resubmit from the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy)
“Informational Hold-Up, Disclosure Policy, and Career Concerns on the Example of Open Source Software Development”, NET Institute Working Paper, NYU, Stern School of Business, September 2008 (with Marc Blatter, University of Bern), under review
“On Platforms, Incomplete Contracts, and Open Source Software”, University of Bern Discussion Paper 07-07, 2007
Work in Progress
Reputation and Ownership Structure in Markets with Technological Change (with Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka, University of Bristol)
Who Should Set the Price? (with Péter Esõ, MIT)
Advertising and Elections (with Marina Niessner, University of Chicago)
Grants and Awards
NET Institute Summer Research Grant 2008 (www.netinst.org), “Informational Hold-Up and Open Source Software Development”
Swiss National Science Foundation Grant PBBE1-121057 for Young Researchers
Conference and Seminar Presentations
2008
Seminars: Brown Bag Seminar at University of Bern, Seminar at University of Bristol, Theory Bag Lunch Seminar at Northwestern University, Applied Micro Theory Workshop at University of Pennsylvania, University of Michigan Theory Lunch (November 25), Seminar at the University of Mannheim (March 10, 2009)
Conferences: Fall Midwest Economic Theory Meetings in Columbus (OH), ZEW Conference on the Economics of Information and Communication Technologies in Mannheim, Society for Economic Design Conference in Ann Arbor (MI), International Industrial Organization Conference in Washington DC, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics in Lausanne
2007
Seminars: Brown Bag Seminar at University of Bern, Economics Lunch at University of Basel, Microeconomic Theory Seminar at University of Zurich
Conferences: European Association for Research in Industrial Economics in Valencia, Annual Congress of the European Economic Association/European Meeting of the Econometric Society in Budapest, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Conference in Kos (Greece), Workshop “The diffusion of F/LOSS and the Organisation of the Software Industry”, Spring Meeting of Young Economists’ in Hamburg, International Industrial Organization Conference in Savannah (GA)
2006
Seminars: Brown Bag Seminar at University of Bern
Conferences: Young Swiss Economists’ Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics in Bern, European Association for Research in Industrial Economics in Amsterdam, Swiss IO Day in Bern, International Industrial Organization Conference in Boston, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society of Economics and Statistics in Lugano