Jakub Steiner March 2012
Work address Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-2009 E-mail: [email protected]
Education Ph.D. in economics, CERGE, Charles University June 2006 supervisor: Avner Shaked opponents: Kenneth Binmore, Stephen Morris
MA. in Economics, CERGE 2004 MA. in Theoretical Physics, with Honors, Charles University 2000
Employment Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, Assistant Professor, since September 2009 Senior Researcher, Economics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic since January 2012 University of Edinburgh, Lecturer 2006 - 2009 London School of Economics, Teaching Assistant January - April 2006 Social Worker for Roma Community, People in Need Foundation, Prague 2000-2002
Publications 1. Who Matters in Coordination Problems, with József Sákovics in print, American Economic Review. 2. Dynamic Coordination with Private Learning, 2012, with Amil Dasgupta and Colin Stewart, Games Econ. Behavior 74, 83-101. 3. Communication, Timing, and Common Learning, , with Colin Stewart, J. Econ. Theory 146, 230-247. 4. Contagion through Learning, 2008, with Colin Stewart, Theoretical Economics 3, 431-458. 5. Coordination of Mobile Labor, 2008, J. Econ. Theory 139, 25-46. 6. Coordination Cycles, Games Econ. Behavior 63, 308-327. 7. The Effects of Risk Aversion in Mixed-Strategy Equilibria of 2x2 Games, with Dirk Engelmann, 2007, Games Econ. Behavior 60, 381-388. 8. A Trace of Anger is Enough: On the Enforcement of Social Norms, 2007, Economics Bulletin, vol. 8 9. Dynamic Scaling and Universality in Evolution of Fluctuating Random Networks, 2002, Europhys. Lett. 60, with F. Kotrla and M. Slanina
Work in Progress Influential Opinion Leaders, with Colin Stewart Reversibility in Dynamic Coordination Problems, with Eugen Kováč Price Distortion with High-Frequency Trading, with Colin Stewart ``Sand in the Wheels’’; a Global Game Perspective, with Laurent Mathevet Rational Liquidity Crises, with Colin Stewart
Non-refereed Publications Economics of Social Exclusion, 2004, in Hirt, Jakoubek, “Roma, Culturological Studies”, Cenek Publishers. (In Czech) Roma on the Labor Market: 2006, in Hirt, Jakoubek, “Roma in a Trap of Social Exlusion”, Cenek publishers. (In Czech)
Teaching MBA course in microeconomics, Kellogg Undergraduate lectures in Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, University of Edinburgh PhD. tutorials in Game Theory, IO, Public Economics and Statistics, CERGE Undergraduate tutorials in Corporate Finance, LSE Opponent for PhD. dissertation by Friederike Mengel (University of Alicante)
Presentations Seminars: 2011: Helsinki, Slovak National Bank. 2009: Kellog MEDS, Austin Texas, Penn State, Cambridge (UK), CEU (Budapest), Humboldt & Technische U in Berlin, Queens U in Belfast 2008: Cerge, U st. Andrews, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern, Hitotsubashi U., Toronto, MIT, UCL, LSE. 2007: LSE , Heriot-Watt U., Bonn, Edinburgh. 2006: Cambridge, PSE Paris, Edinburgh. 2005: LSE (Ph.D. seminar ). 2004: Max Planck Institute in Jena .
Conferences: EEA-ESEM Oslo 2011, Prague Economic Meeting 2011, Information and Coordination: Theory and Application at LBS 2011, ESWC 2010, CETC 2010, Transatlantic Theory Workshop 2009, EEA-ESEM 2009, SAET 2009, Workshop on Learning in Alicante 2008; ESSET 2008; GRIPS workshop on game theory 2008; EEA-ESEM 2007; Stony Brook Global Game Theory Workshop 2007; EEA-ESEM 2006; Award Talk at Czech Econometric Day 2005; "Roma and Social Reform" conference in Czech Parliament 2005; Czech Economic Society 2004; Bio-mathematical Conference, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic 2000.
Refereeing Econometrica, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economic, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, International Journal of Game Theory, JEBO, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, JITE, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Financial Stability.
Grants 2012 Purkyně grant of Czech Academy of Science 2008 ESRC (first grants scheme for 2008--2011) £ 127,185 2007 British Academy Overseas Travel Grant 2006 participation on ESRC research grant: Stability of the Global Financial System: Regulation and Policy Response 2004 World Bank CERGE-EI Fellowship Award: Research on Cooperation under Punishment Threats
Awards Scopus Award 2011, Czech Republic, 2nd position Best Student Paper in Theoretical Economics of 2005, Award of the Czech Econometric Society (for the „Coordination Cycles“ Paper)
Applied Projects Measuring Effectiveness of Preparatory Classes for Roma Children, 2004, for the Czech Ministry of Education Long-term Stationary Field Research of Socially Excluded Roma Communities, 2004, for Czech Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Barriers to Employment Policy, 2005, United Nation Development Project