I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of St. Gallen.
My main interests are in topics of industrial organization, such as contracts and auctions. I also study incentives in blockchain markets and in cryptographic protocols.
I am affiliated with the Zurich Center for Market Design.
Publications
- Working for References (with Curtis Taylor).
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 15(3), 2023, 33-77.
- Risk Aversion in Share Auctions: Estimating Import Rents from TRQs in Switzerland.
Quantitative Economics, 14(2), 2023, 419-470. [Replication Files].
- On Young Turks and Yes Men: Optimal Contracting for Advice (with Curtis Taylor).
The RAND Journal of Economics, 53(1), 2022, 63-94.
- Eternal Peace in the Tug-of-War?
Economic Theory, 74, 2022, 1570–1101. (Online first: 2020.)
- Sorting in Iterated Incumbency Contests (with Georg Nöldeke).
Economic Theory, 74, 2022, 1103–1140. (Online first: 2019.)
- Stable Biased Sampling.
Games and Economic Behavior, 107, 2018, 109-122.
- A Tug-of-War Team Contest.
Games and Economic Behavior, 104, 2017, 372-391.
- Payoff Shares in Two-Player Contests (with Georg Nöldeke).
Games, Volume 7(3), 2016, p. 25.
Working Papers
Teaching
- Introduction to Market Design (Bachelor).
- Microeconomics for CS (Bachelor).
- Blockchain Markets (Master).
- Corporate Finance (Master).