Professor Benny Moldovanu
Prof. Moldovanu
New papers:
"Extreme Points and Majorization: Economic Applications" (joint with Andy Kleiner and Philipp Strack), University of Bonn, 2020
"Optimal Auctions for Dual Risk Averse Bidders: Myerson meets Yaari" (joint with Alex Gershkov, Philipp Strack and Mengxi Zhang), University of Bonn, 2020
"Abortions, Brexit and Trees" (joint with Andreas Kleiner), University of Bonn, 2019
"Brexit: Dynamic Voting with an Irreversible Option" (joint with Frank Rosar), University of Bonn, 2019
"A Theory of Auctions with Endogenous Valuations" (joint with Alex Gershkov, Philipp Strack and Megxi Zhang), University of Bonn, 2019
"The Art of Compromising: Voting with Interdependent Values and the Flag of the Weimar Republic" (joint with Alex Gershkov, Andreas Kleiner and Xianwen Shi), University of Bonn, 2019
"Monotonic Norms and Orthogonal Issues in Multi-Dimensional Voting" (joint with Alex Gershkov and Xianwen Shi), University of Bonn, 2018
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| Microeconomics, University of Bonn, Lennéstr. 37, 53113 Bonn Tel: + 49-228-73 63 95 Tel: + 49-228-73 9242 (Secretary) Fax: + 49-228-73 7940 E-Mail: mold(at)uni-bonn(dot)de |
Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 1995 | Habilitation, University of Bonn |
| 1991 | Ph.D. Economics (summa cum laude), University of Bonn. Advisor: Prof. Reinhard Selten |
| 1989 | M.Sc. Mathematics (with distinction), Hebrew University Jerusalem. Advisor: Prof. Bezalel Peleg |
| 1986 | B.Sc. Mathematics (with distinction), Hebrew University Jerusalem |
Employment
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Fall 2017 -
Winter 2018
| Visiting Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| Fall 2009 | Visiting Professor of Economics, Northwestern University |
| Spring 2005 | Visiting Professor of Economics, University College London |
| Fall 2004 | Visiting Professor of Economics, Yale University |
| 2002-present | Full Professor of Economics, University of Bonn |
| Spring 1999 | ENTER Research Professor, University College London |
| Fall 1998 | Visiting Research Professor, Northwestern University |
| 1995-2002 | Full Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim |
| 1992-1993 | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor |
| 1991-1995 | Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bonn |
| Spring 1992 | Visiting Lecturer, University of Tel-Aviv |
| Summer 1991 | Landau Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Honors and Grants
Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Manchester 2019
von Thünen Lecture, Verein für Socialpolitik, Freiburg 2018
Fellow of Game Theory Society, elected 2017
Keynote Lecture, EARIE Annual Conference, Stockholm 2011
Advanced Investigators Grant, European Research Council, 2010 - 2016
Fellow of the European Economic Association, 2009
Invited Lecture, European Congress of the Econometric Society in Milano, 2008
Invited Lecture, World Congress of the Econometric Society in London, 2005
Fellow of the Econometric Society, elected 2004
Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association, 2004
Invited Lecture, Second World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Marseille 2004
Member of the Nordrhein-Westfalian Academy of Science, elected 2003
Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Venice 2002
Invited Lecture, Econometric Society US Meeting, Evanston 2003
Max Planck Research Prize, 2001
Landau Fellow, Jerusalem 1991
W.A. Jörn Prize for Best Dissertation, Bonn 1991
Research Grant, SFB Transregio, German Science Foundation, 2004 - present
Research Grant, SFB 504, German Science Foundation, 1996 - 2002
Research Grant, SFB 303, German Science Foundation, 1989 - 1995
Professional Activities
Director, Reinhard Selten Institute for Research in Economics, 2017 - present
Co-Director of the Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013, 2018 - present
Academic Director/ Speaker of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, 2014 - present
Director, Institute for Microeconomics, Department of Economics, 2012 - present
Council Member, European Economic Association, 2010 - 2015
Council Member, Game Theory Society, 2008 - 2013
Co-Director of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013
Member of the Fellows Nominating Committee, Econometric Society, 2006
Associate Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003 - 2005
Associate Editor, Econometrica, 2002 - 2008
Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2002 - 2006
Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory, 2001 - 2007
Panel Member, Economic Policy, 2000 - 2002
Coordinator of the European Symposium on Economic Theory, 2001 - 2006
Research Fellow, CEPR, 1999 - present
Organizer, Summer Program on Mechanism Design, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn 2009
Organizer, Conference on Matching and Two Sided Markets, Bonn 2006
Organizer, Conference on Auctions and Market Structure, Mannheim 2000
Organizer, Conference on Multidimensional Mechanism Design, Bonn 1994
Chairman of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Madrid 2004
Chairman of scientific committee, German Economic Association meeting, Magdeburg 2001
Member of Economic Theory Panel, German Economic Association, 1998- present
Member of scientific committee, European Economic Association meeting, Toulouse 1997
Member of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Maastricht 1994, Stockholm 2003, World Congress 2010
Member of scientific committee, German Economic Association meeting, Lugano 1991, Mainz 1999, Berlin 2000
Consulting
Auction design for large governmental projects (telecommunications, natural resources); Auction design for the electricity sector; Development of internet-based auction procedures for B2B e-commerce firms; Analysis of procurement mechanisms for large industrial firms; Freelance Consultant for CRA International, Boston USA.
Selected clients: General Electric, RWE, DaimlerChrysler, Trans-Elect, Fonterra, Dutch Government
