PhD defence: Yun Liu
In my Ph.D. thesis, I study the impact of heterogeneous market participants on allocation outcomes in different market mechanisms; in addition, how to design alternative mechanisms that can more effectively allocate scarce resources with diverse economic and social goals. Chapter 1 studies the impact of affirmative action policies in the context of school choice. Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 address the questions of how ex ante asymmetry affects bidders' equilibrium strategies and collusion incentives in auction markets with multiple homogeneous objects. Chapter 4 illustrates the coalition formation processes in a variant of the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves auction, the Ausubel's clinching auction, in markets with multiple heterogeneous objects.
Supervisor:
Professor Peter Bogetoft
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School
Secondary supervisor:
Professor Dolores Romero Morales
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School
Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Anette Boom (Chair)
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business School
Professor Jens Leth Hougaard
Production and Technology Division, FOI
Copenhagen University
Professor Mich Tvede
Newcastle University Business School
Newcastle University
Thesis:
The thesis is available here.
Reception:
The Doctoral School of Economics and Management will host a reception, which will take place immediately after the defence in the Lobby outside Rs.20.