MARIAGIOVANNA BACCARA Curriculum Vitae ______Olin School of Business Washington University in St
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10/21 MARIAGIOVANNA BACCARA Curriculum Vitae __________________________________________________________________ Olin School of Business Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1133, One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO 63130 Phone: (314) 935-3639 Email: [email protected] Main Academic Appointments 2021- Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, Full Professor 2013-2021 Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, Associate Professor (with tenure) 2010-2012 Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, Assistant Professor 2002-2010 New York University, Stern School of Business, Assistant Professor Other Academic Appointments 2010- Washington University in Saint Louis, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Economics (Affiliated Faculty) 2002-2010 New York University, School of Arts & Sciences, Department of Economics (Affiliated Faculty) Jun 2011 Department of Economics, Sciences-Po (Paris), Short-term Visitor 2006-2007 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Department of Finance and Business Economics, Visiting Assistant Professor Nov 2004 Bocconi University and IGIER, Short-term Visiting Professor 2000-2001 University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business, Department of Finance and Business Economics, Visiting Lecturer Education Princeton University, Ph.D., Economics, 2003 University of Trieste (Italy), B.A. in Economics, Summa cum Laude Professional Associations 2020- American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Member of the Editorial Board 2020- Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Co-editor 2020- Theoretical Economics, Associate Editor 2021- International Journal of Industrial Organization, Associate Editor 2020- CEPR, Organizational Economics Programme, Research Fellow 2012-2020 Review of Economic Design, Associate Editor 2010-2017 Center of Political Economics, Washington University in St. Louis, Fellow Fellowships, Grants, and Awards Weidenbaum Center Impact Grant, with SangMok Lee and Brian Rogers, WUSTL, 2021 WUSTL Provost Office Grant for “New Directions in Microeconomics,” 2013 Excellence in Refereeing Award, American Economic Review, 2009 EEA Young Economist Award, 2005 NSF grant # 0317634, with Ronny Razin, 2003-2004 Goldfeld Summer Research Award, Princeton University, 1999 Princeton University Fellowship, 1995-1999 Italian National Research Council Fellowship, 1998-1999 Ente Luigi Einaudi (Rome, Italy) Fellowship, 1997-1998 Mortara Fellowship (awarded by the Bank of Italy), 1996-1997 “Institute for Insurance Studies’’ Fellowship, 1994-1995 Published Papers “Patent Auctions and Bidding Coalitions: Structuring the Sale of Club Goods,” with John Asker and SangMok Lee, RAND Journal of Economics, 52(3), 662-690, Fall 2021 “Optimal Dynamic Matching,” with SangMok Lee and Leeat Yariv, Theoretical Economics, 15, 1221-1278, July 2020 “Choosing Peers: Homophily and Polarization in Groups,” with Leeat Yariv, Journal of Economic Theory, 165, 152-178, September 2016 “Child-Adoption Matching: Preferences for Gender and Race,” with Allan Collard-Wexler, Leonardo Felli and Leaat Yariv, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(3), 133-58, July 2013 (previously circulated as “Gender and Racial Biases: Evidence from Child Adoption”) “Homophily in Peer Groups” with Leeat Yariv, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 5(3), 69-96, August 2013 (previously circulated as “Similarity and Polarization in Groups”) “A Field Study of Matching with Network Externalities”, with Ayse Imrohoroglu, Alistair Wilson and Leaat Yariv, American Economic Review, lead article, 102(5), 1773-1804, August 2012 “Subsidies, Entry, and the Distribution of R&D Investment”, joint with John Asker, International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28(3), 254-270, May 2010 “How to Organize Crime,” joint with Heski Bar-Isaac, Review of Economic Studies, 75(4), 1039- 1067, October 2008, awarded the 2005 EEA Young Economist Award “Bargaining on New Ideas: Rent Distribution and Stability of Innovative Firms,” with Ronny Razin, Journal of European Economic Association, lead article, 5(6), 1095-1129, December 2007 “Outsourcing, Information Leakage and Consulting Firms”, RAND Journal of Economics, 38(1), 269-289, Spring 2007 “Interrogation Methods and Terror Networks,” joint with Heski Bar-Isaac, in "Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism," edited by N. Memon, J. D. Farley, D. L Hicks, and T. Rosenorn, Springer Ed., February 2008 “Effective vs. Efficient Securities in Arbitrage-Free Markets with Bid-Ask Spreads: A Linear Programming Characterization,” joint with Anna Battauz and Fulvio Ortu, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 30(1), 55-79, January 2006 Book Chapters “Dynamic Matching,” with Leeat Yariv, in “Online and Matching-Based Market Design,” edited by Federico Echenique, Nicole Immorlica, and Vijay V. Vazirani, October 2020, forthcoming Completed Papers “Task Allocation and On-the-job Training,” with SangMok Lee and Leeat Yariv, September 2020, Revised September 2021, CEPR Discussion Paper 15356 “Access to Clients and Professional Careers: Theory and Evidence from Law Firms,” with Heski Bar-Isaac, Bernardo Silveira, and Natasha Watkins, first draft in preparation “Innovation and Corporate Conservatism,’’ joint with Ronny Razin, Revised December 2011, CEPR Discussion Paper 12986 “From Thought to Practice: Appropriation and Endogenous Market Structure with Imperfect Intellectual Property Rights,” joint with Ronny Razin, First Draft: Nov 2001, earlier version of “Bargaining on New Ideas: Rent Distribution and Stability of Innovative Firms” (see above) Teaching Experience MBA and EMBA Level 2020 Applied Problem Solving for Organizations, Center for Experiential Learning, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis 2016- Managerial Economics, Executive MBA (Kansas City and Shanghai Programs), Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 9/10, median: 9/10 2015- Game Theory for Business, Elective, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 9.55/10, median: 10/10 Spring 2021 Game Theory for Business, Redesigned Online Format, Elective, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 9.55/10, median: 10/10 2014-2016 Competitive Industry Analysis, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 8.6/10, median: 9/10 Spring 2011 Managerial Economics, Core, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis Fall 2009 Game Theory and Business Strategy, Elective, Stern School of Business, New York University 2002-2010 Firms and Markets, MBA Core, Stern School of Business, New York University, latest evaluation average: 6.45/7.0, median: 7/7 2006-2007 Managerial Economics, MBA Core, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, evaluation average: 4.25/5.0, median 5/5 Undergraduate Level 2010- Game Theory for Business, Olin School of Business, Washington University, latest evaluation average: 9.23/10, median 10/10 2021 Game Theory for Business, Redesigned Online Format, Olin School of Business, Washington University, latest evaluation average: 9.23/10, median 10/10 2014-2016 Competitive Industry Analysis, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 8.97/10, median: 9/10 2011- Microeconomics, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, latest evaluation average: 8.69/10, median 9/10 Fall 2011 Matching and Social Networks, Honor course, Olin School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis, evaluation average: 10/10, median 10/10 2006-2007 Economic Analysis for Business Decisions, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California PhD Level 2011-2015 Industrial Organization, Washington University in St. Louis 2004-2008 Industrial Organization, New York University 2002-2006 PhD Workshop “New Research in Economic Theory” with Heski Bar-Isaac, Debraj Ray and Ennio Stacchetti Fall 2004 Game Theory, Bocconi University PhD Advising (both informal and as a Committee member) Ramesh Sankaranarayanan (NYU, 2004, Committee member, University of Connecticut) Hong Luo (NYU, 2011, Harvard Business School) Nicholas Papageorge (WUSTL, PhD 2012, Johns Hopkins University) Juan Block (WUSTL, 2014, Committee member, University of Cambridge) Jiemai Wu (WUSTL, 2016, Committee member, University of Sydney) Ryan Cooper (WUSTL, 2015, University of Maryland) Sandip Agarwal (WUSTL, 2013, Committee member) Feng Dong (WUSTL, 2014, Shanghai Jiao Tong University) Andres Hincapie (WUSTL, 2017, University of North Carolina) Chuan Chen (WUSTL, 2019, Committee member, University of Wisconsin-Madison Post-Doc) Meichen Chen (WUSTL, PhD Candidate) Xiannong Zhang (WUSTL, Committee member, PhD Candidate) Tsung-Yu Ho (WUSTL, Committee member, PhD Candidate) Kohei Yamagata (WUSTL, Committee member, PhD Candidate) Laura Hurtado Moreno (WUSTL, Committee member, PhD Candidate) Sumedha Rajbanshi (WUSTL, PhD Candidate) Charlie An (WUSTL, PhD Candidate) Yves-Paul Auffray (WUSTL, PhD Candidate) Other Professional Activities At WUSTL Fall 2021 Search for the Olin Associate Dean of IDEA, Committee Member 2021- University Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee 2017-2021 Economics Area Chair, Olin School of Business 2015-2017 Economics Area co-Chair, Olin School of Business 2016- Omnibus Committee, Olin Business School 2020- Online MBA Program Design Committee, Olin Business School 2019-2020 BSBA Committee, Olin School