Members

Universiteit Maastricht - Department of Economics, The Netherlands
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Faculties/SBE/Theme/Departments/Economics.htm

The Maastricht CTN research group consists of members of the Department of Economics (AE1) and of the Department of Quantitative Economics. The current active researchers are Burak Can, Christine Gutekunst, Jean-Jacques Herings, Nikita Krugljakov, Morimutso Kurino, Friederike Mengel, Ronald Peeters, Andrés Perea, Hans Peters, Arkadi Predtetchinski, Arno Riedl, Ingrid Rohde, Rene Saran, Martin Strobel and Giacomo Valletta (local coordinator). Apart from a specific interest in coalition and network theory, the researchers of the Maastricht CTN branch are very active in closely related research topics such as game theory, behavioural and experimental economics, general equilibrium theory, mathematical economics, operations research, and social choice theory.

Maastricht University Local Research Team

Giacomo Valletta (local coordinator)
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/Sitewide/Content/VallettaGiacomo.htm

Research interests: microeconomics, social choice theory, public economics.

Recent publications:

“A Fair Solution to the Compensation Problem”, Social Choice and Welfare, 2009, 32 (2009), 455-78.
“How to share benefits deriving form communication” (with E. Athanasiou and Santanu Dei), mimeo.
“The Shapley value for the fair allocation of an indivisible good” (with E. Ramaekers), mimeo.

Burak Can
PhD student, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.burakcan.xbuild.com/#

Research interests: matching theory, social choice theory and allocation design.

Selected works:

"Stereotype formation as trait aggregation" (with Remzi Sanver); Mathematical Social Sciences, 58 (2009), 226-37.
"Expected Utility Consistent Extension of Preferences" (with Bora Erdamar and Remzi Sanver) Theory and Decision, 67 (2009), 123-44.
"Consistency and Population Sensitivity Properties in Marriage and Roommate Markets" (with Bettina Klaus) Cahier de recherches économiques du DEEP No. 10.08 (2011).

Christine Gutekunst
PhD student, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/Sitewide/Content/GutekunstChristine.htm

Research interests: political economy, coalition formation.

Selected works:

“Coalition Formation with Heterogeneous Agents in International Public Goods Negotiations”, mimeo.

Jean-Jacques Herings
Professor of Microeconomics, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/p.herings/herings.htm

Research interests: microeconomic theory

Selected works:

"Transferable Utility Games with Uncertainty"(with H. Habis) forthcoming in Journal of Economic Theory
"Farsightedly Stable Networks"(with A. Mauleon, and V. Vannetelbosch) Games and Economic Behavior, 67(2009), 526-54.
"The Strong Sequential Core for Two-period Economies" (with A. Predtetchinski and H. Peters), Journal of Mathematical Economics, 38 (2002), 465-482.

Nikita Krugljakov
PhD student, Maastricht University, Department of Economicshttp://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/Sitewide/Content/KrugljakovNikita1.htm

Research interests: experimental economics, networks

Selected works:

"Social closure and social norms - an experimental test of Coleman (1988)" (with Martin Strobel), mimeo.

Morimutso Kurino
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
https://sites.google.com/site/mkurino/

Research interests: microeconomics, game theory, matching market design

Selected works:

“Fair and Efficient Assignment via the Probabilistic Serial Mechanism” (with Onur Kesten and Utku Unver), mimeo.
“House Allocation with Overlapping Generations”, mimeo.
“Credibility, Efficiency, and Stability: A Theory of Dynamic Matching Markets”

Friederike Mengel
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University and University of Nottingham
https://sites.google.com/site/friederikemengel/

Research interests: (evolutionary) game theory, learning and categorization, models of (bounded) rationality, social networks and social norms

Selected works:

“Cooperation through Imitation and Exclusion in Networks” (with Constanza Fosco), Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 35 (2011), 641-658.
“Cooperation in Viscous Populations – Experimental Evidence” (with Veronika Grimm), Games and Economic Behavior 66 (2009), 202-220.
“(Anti-) Coordination in Networks” (with Jaromir Kovarik and Gabriel Romero), Meteor Research Memorandum (2010).

Ronald Peeters
Associate Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/r.peeters/

Research interests: game theory, industrial organization, network economics, auctions, computational economics, behavioral economics, political economy.

Selected works:

“Strategic behavior in repeated voluntary contribution experiments” (with Friederike Mengel), Journal of Public Economics 95(2011), 143-148
“Competition against peer-to-peer networks” (with Jean-Jacques Herings and Michael Yang), Information Economics & Policy 22(2010): 315-331
“Strategic party formation on a circle” (with Rene Saran and Ayşe Müge Yüksel)
Meteor Research Memorandum 10/045 (2010)

Andrés Perea
Associate Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Quantitative Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/a.perea/

Research interests: (epistemic) game theory, belief revision theory.

Selected works:

“The Weak Sequential Core for Two-Period Economies” (with J.J. Herings and A. Predtetchinski), International Journal of Game Theory, 34(2006), 55-65.
“Core concepts for dynamic TU-games” (with L. Kranich and H. Peters), International Game Theory Review, 7(2005), 43-61.
“A Simple Bargaining Procedure for the Myerson Value” (with Noemí Navarro), mimeo.

Hans Peters
Professor of Mathematical Economics, Maastricht University, Department of Quantitative Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/H.Peters/

Research interests: game theory

Selected works:

"Core Concepts for Dynamic TU Games”, (with L. Kranich and A. Perea) International Game Theory Review, 7(2005), 43-61.
"The Strong Sequential Core in a Dynamic Exchange Economy" (with J.J. Herings and A. Predtechenski), Economic Theory, 24(2004), 151-162.
"The Strong Sequential Core for Two-Period Economies" (with J.J. Herings and A. Predtechenski) Journal of Mathematical Economics, 38(2002), 465-482.

Arkadi Predtetchinski
Assistant Professor, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/a.predtetchinski/

Research interests: game theory, general equilibrium

Selected Works:

“On the Non-Emptiness of the Fuzzy Core” (with N. Allouch), International Journal of Game Theory 37(2008), 203–210.
“The Strong Sequential Core for Dynamic Cooperative Games,” Games and Economic Behavior 61(2007), 50–66.
Predtetchinski, A. and P.J.J. Herings (2004) “A Necessary and Sufficient Condition for Non–emptiness of the Core of a Non–transferable Utility Game,” Journal of Economic Theory 116, 84–92.

Arno Riedl
Professor of Public Economics, Maastricht University, Department of Economics
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/a.riedl/

Research interests: behavioral and experimental economics, networks

Selected works:

"Indirect Punishment and Generosity Toward Strangers" (with T. Cason, A. Schram, , and A. Ule), Science, 326 (2009), 1701-1704.
"Competitive Rivalry, Social Disposition, and Subjective Well-Being: An Experiment" (with J. Brandts and F. van Winden) Journal of Public Economics, 93(2009), 1158-1167.
"In Search of Stars: Network Formation among Heterogeneous Agents” (with J. Goeree and A. Ule), Games and Economic Behavior, 67(2009), 445-466.

Ingrid Rohde
Assistant Professor in Health Economics, Maastricht University, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences
http://www.personeel.unimaas.nl/i.rohde/

Research interests: Experimental Economics, Behavioral Economics, (Social) Network Economics, Social Choice, Psychology, Health Economics

Selected Works:

“Risk Attitudes in a Social Context” (with K. Rohde), mimeo
“Overcoming Coordination Failure through Neighborhood Choice” (with A. Riedl and M. Strobel), mimeo.
“Choosing Interaction Partners induces Maximum Effort in the Minimum Effort Game,” (with A. Riedl and M. Strobel), mimeo.

Martin Strobel
Assistant professor, Maastricht University, Department of economics
http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/web/Main/AboutUM/Events/DiesNatalis20.01.2011/MorningSymposium/MartinStrobel.htm

Research Interests: behavioral and experimental economics, networks

Selected works:

"Inequality Aversion, Efficiency, and Maximin Preferences in Simple Distribution Experiments" (with Dirk Engelmann) , American Economic Review, 94(2004), 857-869.
"A Comparison of Punishment Rules in Repeated Public Good Games: An Experimental Study"(with T. Decker and A. Stiehler), Journal of Conflict Resolution, 47(2003), 751-772.
"Efficient Coordination in Weakest Link Games"(with A. Riedl and I. Rohde), mimeo.