Jakub Steiner

November 2012

 

  

 

Education

Ph.D.  in economics, CERGE, Charles University                                                           2002 - 2006

supervisor: Avner Shaked

opponents: Kenneth Binmore, Stephen Morris

 

MA. in Economics, CERGE                                                                                                      2004

MA. in Theoretical Physics, with Honors, Charles University                                                    2000

   

Employment

Associate Professor, CERGE-EI                                                                       since September 2012

Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management, Managerial Economics and Decision

Sciences Department, Assistant Professor,                                                                        2009 - 2013

University of Edinburgh, Lecturer                                                                                    2006  - 2009

London School of Economics, Teaching Assistant                                              January - April  2006

Social Worker for Roma Community, People in Need Foundation, Czech Republic           2000-2002

 

Publications

1. Reversibility in Dynamic Coordination Problems, with Eugen Kováč, accepted to Games Econ. Behavior.

2. Who Matters in Coordination Problems, with József Sákovics accepted to American Economic Review.

3. Dynamic Coordination with Private Learning, 2012, with Amil Dasgupta and Colin Stewart, Games Econ. Behavior 74, 83-101.

4. Communication, Timing, and Common Learning, 2011, with Colin Stewart, J. Econ. Theory 146,  230-247.

5. Contagion through Learning, 2008, with Colin Stewart, Theoretical Economics 3, 431-458.

6. Coordination of Mobile Labor,  2008, J. Econ. Theory 139, 25-46.

7. Coordination Cycles, Games Econ. Behavior  63, 308-327.

8. The Effects of Risk Aversion in Mixed-Strategy Equilibria of 2x2 Games, with Dirk Engelmann, 2007, Games Econ. Behavior 60, 381-388.

9. A Trace of Anger is Enough: On the Enforcement of Social Norms, 2007, Economics Bulletin, vol. 8

10. Dynamic Scaling and Universality in Evolution of Fluctuating Random Networks,  2002, Europhys. Lett. 60,  with F. Kotrla and M. Slanina

 

Work in Progress

``Sand in the Wheels’’; a Global Game Perspective, with Laurent Mathevet r&r in J. Econ. Theory

Price Distortion with High-Frequency Trading, with Colin Stewart

Influential Opinion Leaders, with Colin Stewart, and Antoine Loeper

Market Stability in Presence of Strategic Uncertainty, 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:

2012 (including planned): Oxford, Edinburgh, Bielefeld, Paris Dauphine, Toulouse, UCL, Carlos III, Koc University

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: Prague theory workshop 2012, Rational inattention workshop Prague 2012, Games 2012, SED 2012, 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, Economic Journal, Economic Theory, Journal of Money, IER, 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)  Ł 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, 2nd position in a completion for Czech scientists under 35,

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