SERGEI SEVERINOV
Department of Economics,
997-1873 East
Mall,
Tel:
(604)822-5661
(415)508-4083 (skype)
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Economics),
Dissertation Title: Essays on the Theory of Organization and
Information Transmission.
Main Advisor: Professor
B. Douglas Bernheim, Department of Economics
M.S. (Mathematics),
B.A. (Middle Eastern
Studies),
Game Theory
Microeconomics
Industrial Organization
Law and Economics
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Department of Economics,
Associate Professor
Department of Economics,
Professor, on leave.
Past Positions:
Fuqua
Visiting Associate Professor, 2007
Associate Professor of Business Administration, 2007
Assistant Professor of Business Administration, 2002-2007
Courses Taught: Managerial Economics (Daytime MBA Program),
Competitive Analysis (Daytime
MBA and Cross Continent Executive MBA Programs)
Game Theory (PhD level)
-Excellence
in Teaching Award, Elective course, Executive MBA Class of 2006.
- Member of the Academic Council of Duke
University, 2006-2007
National Fellow and John
Campbell Fellow,
Department of Economics,
Assistant Professor
Courses Taught: Advanced
Microeconomic Theory (graduate),
Intermediate
Microeconomics, Industrial
Organization.
PhD student advising: Yasunari Tamada
(Wisconsin Economics) Nataliya Kuribko, (Duke
Economics)
EDITORIAL
Member of the Advisory Board - Canadian
Journal of Economics, 2002-2006.
Associate Editor -
PUBLISHED
and FORTHCOMING PAPERS
[1]
‘Competition Among Sellers Who Offer Auctions Instead of Prices,’ with Michael
Peters, Journal Of Economic Theory,
75[1], July 1997, pp. 141-179.
[2]
‘On Information Sharing and Incentives in R&D,’ Rand Journal of
Economics, 32, Autumn 2001,
pp. 542-564.
[3]
‘Bequests as Signals: An Explanation for the Equal Division Puzzle’, with B.
Douglas Bernheim, Journal of Political Economy, 111, August 2003.
[4]
‘Internet Auctions with Many Traders,’ with Michael Peters, Journal Of Economic Theory 130, 2006, pp.
220-245.
[5] ‘Bequests as Signals: Implications for the
Fiscal Policy,’ Journal of Public Economics
90, 2006. pp. 1995-2008
[6]
‘Screening when Not All Agents Are Strategic: Does A Monopoly Need to Exclude?’
with
Raymond Deneckere, RAND Journal of
Economics, Winter 2006, pp. 816-841.
[7] ‘The Value of
Information and Optimal Organization,’ Rand
Journal of Economics, 39[1], Spring 2008,pp.
238-265
[8] ‘Individually
Rational, Balanced-Budget Bayesian Mechanism and Surplus Allocation,’
with Grigory Kosenok,
[9] ‘An Efficient Solution to the
Informed Principal Problem,’ Journal of Economic
Theory, 141[1], July 2008, pp.
114-133
[10]
‘Mechanism Design with
[11]
‘Ascending Double Auction,’ with Michael Peters, forthcoming in Economic Theory.
PAPERS
UNDER REVIEW and IN PREPARATION FOR RESUBMISSION
‘Investment
Tournaments,’ (2006) with Michael Schwarz.
‘Efficient
Screening with Costly Misrepresentation,’ with Raymond Deneckere (2007),
‘On
the Value of Legal Representation,’ (revised 2007) with Yeon-Koo Che
WORKING PAPERS
‘Ex-Post
Individually Rational Mechanisms,’ with Joon Song (2008)
‘Can
Lower Prices Signal High Quality: A Two-Period Model of Quality Signaling,’ (2005).
‘Influence
Activities, Efficiency and Promotion in Organizations,’(2006)
‘Sustaining Cooperation through
Delegation" (2005)
‘Methods
Of Multidimensional Screening,’ (2008)
‘Sequential
Auctions with Budget Constraints,’ with Thomas Jeitschko (2008)
CURRENT PROJECTS
1.. ‘Multidirectional
Signaling,’ with B. Douglas Bernheim.
2. ‘Optimal Debate and Trial Structure,’ with
Raymond Deneckere
3.
‘Signaling in Multiple Dimensions,’ with Raymond Deneckere
4.
‘Networks, Hubs and Competition in the
Airline Industry,’ with Raymond Deneckere.
5. ‘Acquisition and
Transmission of Information,’ with Rosella Argenziano and Francesco Squintani
6.
‘Censorship and Sponsorship,’ with Timofyi Mylovanov
7.
‘Sequential Contracting with Endogenous Timing.’’
8.
‘Competition and Network Structure,’
with Esteban Arcaute
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
North
American Meetings of the Econometric Society, 1998-2001, 2003, 2004. 2006, 2007
European
Meetings of the Econometric Society, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002.
Canadian
Economic Theory Conference, 1997-2006,2008.
World
Congress on Game Theory, 2004,2008.
Society
for Economic Dynamics, 2004.
Society
for Economic Design, 2006
International
Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook, 2000
NSF/NBER
Decentralization Conference, 2002-2005.
NSF
General Equilibrium Conference, 2003.
Law
and Mechanism Design Conference (2002),
Workshop
on the Economics of Transition (1996) organized by the Social Science
Research
Council,
Stanford
Institute for Theoretical Economics (2003).
WZB
Conference on Economics and Psychology (2003).
NSF/CEME
Conference on Mathematical Economics (2005)
Duke-Northwestern-Texas
Industrial Organization Conference (2006)
SEMINARS
Stanford
University(2001, 2004), University of Pennsylvania (1998, 2004), University of
Toronto (1998, 2003), Berkeley (2005), Duke University (1998, 2002), Vanderbilt
University, University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WZB Centrum, Berlin, Germany
Graduate
School of Business at Stanford University (2001, 2004), University of Florida-
Gainesville (2001), Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), Moscow
(2002),
UCLA
(2002, 2004), Caltech (2002),
Oxford
University (2002), McGill University (2003, 2004), London Business School(2003),
University Carlos III-Madrid (2003), University Autonoma–Barcelona (2003),
University of Arizona (2003, 2005), Northwestern University (2003), UC Berkeley (2005), Georgetown University
(2005), University of Montreal (2005), Simon Fraser University (2006), University
of Bern, Switzerland (2006), University of Texas-Austin (2006), Essex
University, UK (2006), Leicester University, UK (2006), Michigan State
University (2007);
REFEREE
Review
of Economic Studies
American
Economic Review
Econometrica
Journal
of Political Economy
Rand
Journal of Economics
Journal
of Economic Theory
Games
and Economic Behavior
Economic
Theory
Canadian
Journal of Economics
International
Economic Review
Journal
of Economics and Management Strategy
Journal
of Law, Economics and Organization
Journal
of Industrial Economics
Economic
Journal
Economics
Letters
Mathematics
of Social Sciences
National
Science Foundation
Book
reviews: Academic Press, Addison Wesley Longman
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Excellence
in Teaching Award, Executive MBA Class of 2006,
National
Fellowship,
Trent
Foundation Research Grant (2004),
C.I.R.E.Q.
Visitor,
Center
for International Business Education and Research Travel Grants (2003-2006),
Sloan
Foundation Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Economics (1997-1998)
John
Olin Fellowship in Law and Economics,
Fellow,
MEDIA
Ad
hoc commentator on business and economic issues, Voice of America Radio,
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
-Yahoo Research, Senior
Research Scientist, 2008
-
Center for International Security and Arms Control,
-
KPMG Peat Marwick,