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[Curriculum Vitae]

Detailed CV in .pdf-format 

Last update: May 2004



   
My coordinates:
   
Matthias Messner
Department of Economics
Università Luigi Bocconi
Via Salasco 5
20136 Milano
Italy

Office 010/B
Tel: +39 02 58 36 33 20
Fax: +39 02 58 36 33 02
e-mail: matthias.messner@uni-bocconi.it
             


   
Current position:
   

Since Sept. 2006 

Associate Professor at Bocconi University

  2002 - 2006 Assitant Professor at Bocconi University and
  Since Sept. 2006  IGIER Research Affiliate
 
 
   
Education:
   
1997 - 2002

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Graduate Studies in Economics
Dissertation: "Choosing Rules and Institutions"

Supervisor: Antonio Cabrales
Date of Completion: March 2002

   
1996 - 1997 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn
Participant in the European Doctoral Programme in Quantitative Economics
   
1992 - 1996 Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
Diploma programme in economics
   
1991 High School Graduation


   
Research Intersts
   
Political Economy, Voting Models, Social Choice, Game Theory, Contract Theory.


   
Publications
   
"Cooperation in Stochastic OLG Games" (joint with Mattias Polborn),  Journal of Economic Theory, Vol. 108(1) (January 2003), 152-168. 
   
"Voting on Majority Rules" (joint with Mattias Polborn).  Review of Economic Studies Vol. 71 (2004), 115-132.

"Paying Politicians" (joint with Mattias Polborn),  Journal of Public Economics Vol. 88(12) (December 2004), 2423-2445.

"Strong and Coalition-Proof Political Equilibria under Plurality and Runoff Rule" (joint with Mattias Polborn), forthcoming in International Journal of Game Theory.

 

   
Unpublished Research Papers (for a detailed description click here.)
   
"Comment on: A Positive Theory of Social Security Based on Reputation" (joint with Mattias Polborn), mimeo 2001.
 
 
"On Recursive Contracts" (joint with Nicola Pavoni), work in progress.
   
"On the Recursive Saddle Point Method" (joint with Nicola Pavoni), February 2004 (is currently being revised and extended).
   
"Robust Political Equilibria under Plurality and Runoff Rule" (joint with Mattias Polborn), December 2003.


   
Awards:
   
Luois André Gerard Varet Memorial Prize 2002
for the best dissertation defended at a member institution of the Association of South European Economic Theorists (ASSET) during the academic years 2000/2001 and 2001/2002.

   
Teaching Experience:
   
Sept. 2002 - present 

Instructor of Microeconomics at the graduate and undergraduate level at Bocconi University

Instructor of the PhD course 'Social Choice and Voting Models' at Bocconi University

   
Sept. 1998 - June 2002  Teaching assistant for several courses at the graduate (Real Analysis) and undergraduate level (Econometrics, Linear Algebra and Dynamic Systems) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra

   
Academic Visits:
   
June 1999 - Sept. 1999  University of Bonn
   
March 2000  University of Western Ontario
   
March 2001 - April 2001  University of Western Ontario
  Sept. 2005 - January 2006   University College London 


   
Seminars and Conferences:
   
1999
 
EEA Congress, Santiago de Compostela;
paper presented: "Voting on Majority Rules".
   
1999
 
ESEM, Santiago de Compostela;
paper presented: "Voting on Majority Rules".
   
2000
 
Games2000 Congress, Bilbao;
paper presented: "Cooperation in Stochastic OLG Games";
   
2001 University of Western Ontario;
paper presented: "Paying Politicians";
   
2001
 
University of Toronto;
paper presented: "Paying Politicians";
   
2001
 
First Barcelona Workshop on Economic Design;
paper presented: "Paying Politicians";
   
2001
 
Exploratory Workshop on Political Economy, Malaga; organized by centrA;
paper presented: "Paying Politicians";
   
2002 IGIER-PIER Conference on Political Economics, Philadelphia;
   
2002

ASSET Conference, Larncaca;

          2003

   University College London, invited seminar; 

          2003

   London School of Economics, invited seminar;

          2003

   University of Venice, invited seminar;

        

          2005

 

   SED, Budapest 

 

          2005

 

   University College London, invited seminar,

 

          2005

 

   University of Edinburgh, Workshop on Limited Commitment 



   
Refereeing:
   
Econometrica,  American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, The Economic Journal, International Economic Review, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, European Journal of Political Economy

   
Languages:
   
German Native
   
English Fluent
   
Italian Fluent
   
Spanish Working knowledge

 

 


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