Alexander Westkamp
Curriculum vitae
- Since 2018 Associate Professor (W2) with tenure, University of Cologne
- 2015 - 2018 Associate Professor (W2) w.o. tenure, University of Cologne
- 2013 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Maastricht University
- 2012 - 2013 Visiting Scholar, Economics Department, Stanford University
- 2009 – 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Microeconomics, University of Bonn
- 2005 - 2009 Doctoral studies, Bonn Graduate School of Economics, summa cum laude, advisor: Benny Moldovanu
- 2007 - 2008 Visiting Fellow, Economics Department, Harvard University - Host: Alvin E. Roth
- 2001 - 2005 Diploma in economics, University of Bonn
- 2003 - 2004 Erasmus student at Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Selected publications
- “An analysis of the German university admissions system”, Economic Theory 53, 561 - 589 (2013)
- “Stability and competitive equilibrium in trading networks”, with John Hatfield, Scott Kominers, Alexandru Nichifor, and Michael Ostrovsky, Journal of Political Economy 121, 966 - 1005 (2013)
- “Implementing quotas in university admissions: an experimental analysis”, with Sebastian Braun, Nadja Dwenger, and Dorothea Kubler, Games and Economic Behavior 85, 232 - 251 (2014)
- “Strategy-proof Tie-Breaking in Matching with Priorities ”, with Lars Ehlers,Theoretical Economics 13, 1009 - 1042 (2018)
- “Full substitutability in trading networks”, with John Hatfield, Scott Kominers,Alexandru Nichifor, and Michael Ostrovsky,Theoretical Economics, forthcoming