Academic
qualifications. 1993-97:
PhD (1997), Birkbeck
College, University of London (enrolled October 1993). Thesis
title: “Game theoretic models of wage bargaining”. 1991:
MSc, LSE,
University of London. 1990:
Laurea degree in Economics and Business at LUISS University,
Rome Italy, 1990.
Appointments. Main:
July 2009 - present: Professor, School of Economics and Finance,
University of St. Andrews July
2005 – June 2009: Professor, Dept.
of Economics, Queen
Mary, U.
of London. October
2002 – July 2005: Reader, Dept. of Economics, Queen Mary, U.
of London. April
2002 - September 2002: Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Economics, Queen Mary,
U. of London. 1997
- 2002: Lecturer (permanent), Dept. of Economics, Queen Mary, U. of
London. 1996-1997:
Lecturer (permanent), Department
of
Economics,
University
of
Exeter.
Other: Visiting
Fellow, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin, February-June 2011.
January
2002 - July 2010: Academic Assessor for the Civil Service Selection
Board
run by the Cabinet Office. Visiting
Professor, University of Trento, March-June 2007. Visiting
Professor, University of Trento, May-June 2005/2006. Visiting
Professor, Bocconi University, Milan, March-May 2004. Visiting
Fellow, Institute for Economic Analisys, Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (15 Feb-15 Apr. 2001) 2000
- present: Research Fellow, IZA (appointment renewed in 2003). 1997: Visiting
Research Fellow, Department of
Economics, University of Warwick. 1995-96:
Royal Economic Society Junior Fellow 1991-92:
Research Fellowship, the Centre for Economic Studies at ENI - Ente
Nazionale Idrocarburi, P.le Enrico Mattei 1, Roma
“Choice
over time”, (joint with Marco Mariotti),
in P.
Anand, P. Pattanaik
and C. Puppe (eds.) Oxford
Handbook
of
Rational
and
Social Choice,
Oxford University Press, 2009.
“A
Vague
Theory
of
Choice
over Time”, (joint with
Marco Mariotti), Advances
in Theoretical Economics, Berkeley Electronic Press, Vol.
6 : Iss. 1, Article 6, 2006.
“Stakeholder
Bargaining
Games” (joint with Clara Ponsati), International Journal of Game
Theory, 34: 67-77, 2006.
“A
Theory
of
Vague
Expected
Utility” (joint with Marco
Mariotti) , Topics in
Theoretical Economics, Berkeley
Electronic
Press,
vol. 4
Iss. 1, Article
10,
2004.
“Moody Choice”, with Marco Mariotti, SSRN Working Paper, IZA
Discussion Paper No. 5005, CRIEFF Discussion paper No. 1002, June 2010
“A Salience Theory of Choice Errors”, with Marco Mariotti, SSRN
Working Paper, IZA Discussion Paper No. 5006, University of St. Anders
discussion paper No. 1003, April 2010
“Industrial economics
applications of models of bounded
rationality” (joint with Michele Lombardi), first draft.
“Final offer and conventional
arbitration: the impact of
dispute resolution on negotiations” (notes)
Other
research
related
activities. Referee for
the
following academic Journals: American Economic Review,
Computational Economics, Econometrica,
Economic Journal, Economic
Theory, European Economic Review, Games
and
Economic
Behavior,
International
Game Theory Review, International
Journal of Game Theory,
Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management, Journal
of
Economic
Behavior
and
Organization,
Journal
of Economic Education, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of
Economic Theory,
Journal of
Economics
and Management Strategy,
Journal of
Industrial Economics,
Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal
of
International
Economics,
Journal
of Mathematical Economics,
Journal of Public Economics,
Labour,
Management
Science, Manchester School, Mathematical
Social
Sciences, Quarterly Journal of Economics,
Rand
Journal of Economics,
Research in
Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Synthese,
Theoretical
Economics, Theory and Decisions. Referee
for the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council, UK). Referee
for the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council, UK).
Referee for the NSF (National Science Foundation, USA).
Referee for the Nuffield Foundation, UK. Referee
for SSHRC (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada)
Member of the Scientific Committee of the following conferences: 2007
Conference of the association of Public Economic Theory, Nashville,
Tennessee, July. XVI European Workshop on General Equilibrium,
University of Warwick, June 9 - 10, 2007.
Session organizer, SAET conference in Lisbon, July 2011.
Research
seminars: Papers presented at the following conferences:
International
Economic Association XI World Congress, Tunis, December 1995;
Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM'96), Istanbul, August 1996;
ESEM'97, Pasadena, June 1997; ESRC Game Theory Group conference, UCL,
London, May 1998; Society for Social Choice and Welfare conference in
Vancouver, Canada, July 1998; the ESEM'98 in Berlin, August 1998;
CORE-FEEM-GREQAM 4th Meeting of the Coalition Theory Network,
Aix-en-Provence, January, 8-9, 1999; Stony Brook Game Theory
Conference, Stony Brook, NY, July 1999; Society for Social Choice and
Welfare conference in Alicante, Spain, June 2000; Second Exploratory
Workshop in Bargaining in Sitges, Spain, May 2001; XIV Italian Meeting
on Game Theory and Applications, Ischia, Italy, July 2001; Fifth
Spanish Meeting On Game Theory, Seville, Spain, July 2002; XV Italian
Meeting on Game Theory and Applications, Urbino, Italy, July 2003, ESEM
conference, Madrid, August 2004; Society foer Economic Theory
conference, Vigo, Spain, July, 2005; SET-FEEM international workshop
“Economic Theory and Experimental Economics” 24-25
November
2005, Milano Italy; XII FUR Conference, Rome 2006; 2007 Apet
Conference, Nashville, Tennessee; ESEM2007 Budapest; XIII FUR
Conference, Barcelona, 2008; GAMES2008, Evanston, 2008; Econometric
Society World Congress, Shanghai, 2010.
Invited
talks: 2010-2011:
European Commission DG ECFIN - Brussels, Univerity of Aberdeen,
University of Bonn, Herito Watts University, University College London;
2009-2010: Thema, Paris, University of Milan Bicocca; 2008-09:
CRETA Workshop at the University of Warwick, Tinbergen Institute in
Rotterdam, Kyoto University; 2007-08: University of Helsinki,
University of Lausanne, University of Leicester, University of Padova,
Tinbergen Institute in Amsterdam, University of St. Andrews, University
of Verona, University of Zurich; 2006-07: Luiss University, Rome;
University
of Malaga; 2005-06:
University of Birmingham. 2004-05: Brunel University; Cattolica
University, Milan; London Metropolitan University; Nottingham
University; University of Oslo, Oslo; Concordia University, Montreal.
2003-04: Bocconi University, Milan. 2002-2003: Rice University (Texas);
University of St. Andrews; 2001-2002: Universitat Autonoma de
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; 2000-2001: University of Essex; Stockholm
School of Economics (Sweden); University of Newcastle; 1999-2000:
Aarhus University, Denmark; 1998-99: University of Essex; University of
Warwick; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain); 1997-98: University
of Essex; University of Manchester; University of Exeter; University of
Edinburgh; 1996-97: University of Bristol; Labour Market Imperfection
Group Birkbeck College.
Invited
lectures:
1-3 July 2009: XII Urrutia
Elejalde Summer School
on Economics and Philosophy: Welfare Economics: Where do we Stand?
10-12 January 2009, Lectures
on Boundedly Rational
Decision Making, Hitotsubashi COE Lectures and Workshop on Choice,
Games, and
Welfare
February 2008, 2009: Guest
lecturer, Bavarian
Graduate Programme in Economics (Advanced Microeconomics)
Spring 2005-2009: Guest
lecturer, CIFREM Doctoral Programme (Advanced Game Theory, Decision
Theory, Game Theory)
PhD
students. Current:
Queen Mary (extramural):
Ms
Raphaela Hyee (since October 2007), topic: “Essays
on intrahoushold Bargaining”
At University of Trento (extra mural):
Ms. Sibilla di Guida (since September 2008), topic: “Mental
Representation of Games, Categorization, and Similarity”
Past: Mr.
Mauro Papi, University of Trento,
topic: “Decision-making
when the choice set is not given: a theoretical and experimental
approach”(completed
April 2011, first appointment as Lecturer at St. Andrews University). Dr. Ivan
Soraperra University of Trento,
topic: “Frames
and
Revealed
Preferences: Choice, Theory and Experiments” (completed
February 2009, first appointment as Postod researcher, University of
Trento). Dr.
Michele
Lombardi, Queen Mary University of London, thesis title “Essays
on Behavioural Economic Theory”
(completed in December 2007, first appointment as Research Fellow
at
CRETA,
University of Warwick) Dr.
Eliane
Catilina, thesis title “Essays on Industrial
Organization”
(completed in October 2001, first appointment as Assistant Professor at
American
University, Washington D.C.).
External
assessing:
Graduate
examining:Dr. Dominique
Cappelletti, University of Trento, April 2009; Dr. Pedro
Rey, UCL, 2005; Dr. Helmut
Rainer, University of Essex, March 2005; Dr.
Mariano Selvaggi, University of Bristol, August 2004; Dr.
Mercedes Adamuz Peña, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona,
December 2002. External
member
of selection committee for the Doctoral Program in Economics and
Management, University of Trento, Italy, November 2004.
External Examiner, Economic Tripos part IIB, University of Cambridge
(2009, 2010).
External assessor, Departmental review of the Economics Department at
Royal Holloway, University of London, 2006.
Research
funding secured. 2009-2010:
ESRC
Research Grant for a project on "Formal models of bounded rationality
",
joint with Marco Mariotti (£93,675) 2009-
2010: Nuffield
Foundation
Grant
for
a
project "Alternative methods for the elicitation
of time preferences" (£7,500), joint with Marco Mariotti 2006-2007:
ESRC
Research Grant for a project on "The Elicitation of Time Preferences ",
joint with Marco Mariotti (£47,375 ) 2005:
Nuffield Foundation Grant for a project "Bargaining with elicited time
preferences" (£7,490) 2005-2006:
ESRC
Research Grant for a project on "Preferences over Sequences of
Outcomes", joint with Marco Mariotti (£51,922 ) 2000-2001:
ESRC
Research Grant for a project on "The role of active mediators in the
resolution of bargaining disputes" (£41,195.95) 1999:
European
Science Foundation, for an Exploratory workshop in bargaining theory,
joint with researchers from three other European countries (FF150.000) 1999:
Social Science Research Fund, QMW (£950), for a follow up
study on time preferences and their role in negotiations. 1999:
Social
Science Research Fund, QMW (£900), joint with Nick Vriend
(QMW),
on a project for the experimental test of coordination failures. 1998:
Nuffield Foundation Research Grant (£4,700), joint with Nick
Vriend (see above). 1997:
Social Science Research Fund, QMW (£900), for a study on time
preferences and their role in negotiations.
Administrative
duties (University of St. Andrews)
2011 - present: Director of Research, Director of Postgraduate Research
Studies.
2010 - 2011: Deputy Head of School. 2007-
2009: Member of Research Committee, Member of Teaching Committee Administrative
duties (QMUL) Department
level responsibilities. 2007-
2009: Member of Research Committee 2006
- present: Graduate Admission Selector MSc in Economics. 2005-2006:
Director of Graduate studies. 2003
- present: member of Graduate Committee. 2002
- present: organiser of the Reading Group in Economic Theory. 2003
- 2005: Graduate Admission Selector MSc/Certificate in Economics. 2003
- 2005: MSc Economics Tutor; September
1998
– 2003: Coordinator for the Department of Economics of the
Associate Students coming into the department from abroad. September
1998 - December 2000: Coordinator for the Department of Economics of
the Socrates/Erasmus exchange program. September
1997 - May 2000: Seminar organiser.
Faculty, College or University level responsibilities. 2007-
present: Member of the Sector Wide Research Strategy Committee for the
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2005
– 2006: member of the Graduate School of the Humanities and
Social Science Committee 2003
- present: member of the Queen Mary Performance Appraisal Scheme
monitoring group. 2002
- 2004: Departmental Faculty Board Representative. Various
Hiring panels (Lectureship and Professorship level)
Teaching
Present:
Microeconomic Principles, Quantitative methods (undergraduate).
Past:
Graduate: Mathematics for
Economists; Economic Theory Reading Group, Microeconomics;
Economics of Industry, Decision Theory, Game
Theory. Undergraduate:
Econometric Methods, Information and Decisions, Microeconomics,
Quantitative Techniques, Industrial Economics, Mathemathical Methods
for Economics. Classes in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Industrial
Economics and Econometrics.