Research Program
Cluster 3
Microeconomics, Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Public Finance
In this cluster six faculty members of the Ruhr Graduate School combine to cover wide areas of theoretical, applied and experimental Microeconomics, Public Finance and Economic Policy recommendations based on microeconomic modelling. These areas include Industrial Organization, Public Choice, fiscal, environmental and educational economic policy and pure game theory. Examples of research topics include the theory of contests and its applications (see recent publications in journals such as Economic Theory, European Journal of Political Economy or Public Choice), theory of taxation (see recent publications in the Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, International Tax or Public Finance) and market entry and regulation (see recent publications in Games and Economic Behavior or Review of International Economics).
| Cluster 3: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Public Finance | |
|---|---|
| Professor | Research Areas |
| Amann | Game theory, auction theory, evolutionary game theory |
| Brosig | Market design, experimental economics, game theory |
| Leininger | Economic theory, in particular microeconomic theory, game theory, auction theory, public choice, industrial organization |
| Richter | Public finance, in particular taxes and social security systems; regional, educational and environmental economics |
| Schimmelpfennig | General problems in the fields of microeconomics, game theory and/or finance; public choice; cost estimation of natural monopoly; questions of privatization and regulation of railways, O-ring production functions |
| Upmann | Labour market participation decisions, labour market negotiations, theory of taxation, strategic fiscal and environmental policies in open economies, interjurisdictional tax competition |
| Robledo | Public goods, industrial organization, economics of innovation, network economics |
Cluster 3 current doctoral students:
Julia Belau
Nicole Becker
Sebastian Garmann
Klemens Keldenich
Guanzhong Yang
Yu Zheng
Cluster 3 Alumni:
Dr. Baudouin Tameze Azamo
Dr. Christoph Braun
Dr. Yiquan Gu (senior lecturer)
Dr. Jan Heufer
Dr. Alesia Khudnitskaya
Dr. Sina Risse
Dr. Pavel Stoimenov
Junior-Prof. Dr. Tobias Wenzel