Current Position

Research Fellow, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, University of Bonn, Germany

Assistant Professor, Kyiv School of Economics - Kyiv Economics Institute, Ukraine -- (on leave)

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

Research Interests

Game Theory, Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Auction Theory

Teaching

Microeconomic Theory, Industrial Organization, Mathematics for Economists

Working Papers

Auctions and Contracts
Contracts for Experts with Opposing Interests (joint with Tymofiy Mylovanov, University of Bonn)
Optimal Mechanisms for an Auction Mediator (joint with Alexander Matros, University of Pittsburgh)
Combinatorial Auctions with Restricted Bidding (joint with Alexander Matros, University of Pittsburgh)

Multiplayer Bargaining and Cooperative Games
Should a Solution Be Aggregate Monotonic? (joint with Yair Tauman, Tel Aviv University and Stony Brook University)
Negotiations Failure, or the Algebra of Strikes (joint with Yair Tauman, Tel Aviv University and Stony Brook University)

Learning and Evolution
No-Regret Dynamics with Discounting
On Convergence of No-Regret Dynamics

Matching Models and Signaling
Job Market Signaling and Job Search (joint with Ro'i Zultan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Altruism, Partner Selection, and Fixed-Cost Signaling (joint with Ro'i Zultan, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Market Efficiency and Market Density

Publications

Bargaining with a Property Rights Owner (with Yair Tauman). Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming
Better-Reply Dynamics with Bounded Recall. Mathematics of Operations Research, forthcoming

Optimal Fees in Internet Auctions (with Alexander Matros). Review of Economic Design, forthcoming
Strategic Complements and Substitutes, and Potential Games (with Pradeep Dubey and Ori Haimanko). Games and Economic Behavior 54 (2006), 77-94. [DOI link]

An Evolutionary Approach to Study of Investment Efficiency in an Economy (with Olexander Chernyak). Financial Risks, №1 (1999), Kiev.

Investments from the Position of the Theory of Evolutionary Processes (with Olexander Chernyak). Banking, №6 (1998), 42-45, Kiev (In Russian).

Application of the Theory of Markov Processes in Operation Research (with Oleksiy Semchinski and Lyudmila Sinyavska). NAS Ukraine, Applied Informatics Research & Training Center (1997), Kyiv (In Russian)

Last updated:  September 06, 2008