Juan Dubra
Curriculum Vitae: January
2019
Juan Dubra
Curriculum Vitae: January
2019
Universidad de
Montevideo
Departamento de
Economía
Born: March 15, 1972, in Montevideo,
Uruguay.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Economics,
M.A. Economics,
Summer School in Behavioral
Economics, Stanford, 1998.
Summer School in Non Linear Econometrics, IMPA,
Brazil, 1996.
B.A. Economics Universidad
de la República, Uruguay, 1995.
FIELDS OF
SPECIALIZATION
Decision Theory, Game Theory, Applied Game
Theory.
RESEARCH
Publications
“When to Populations Polarize? An
Explanation,” with Jean-Pierre Benoît, forthcoming International Economic Review.
“Optimal Consumption Sequences under Habit Formation and Satiation,”
with Martín Egozcue and Luis Fuentes García, Journal of Mathematical Economics 80, pp. 70-76, 2019.
“Some Elements of Peronist
Beliefs and Tastes,” with Rafael Di Tella, Latin
American Economic Review 27(6), 2018, special issue on Argentine
Exceptionalism.
“Mechanism Design when players’ preferences and information
coincide,” with Marcelo
Caffera y Nicolás Figueroa, Mathematical Social Sciences 1-96,
January 2018, pp. 56-61.
“Does the Better-Than-Average Effect Show That People Are Overconfident?: Two Experiments” with Jean-Pierre Benoît and Don Moore, Journal of the European Economic Association
13(2), April 2015, pp. 293-329.
“Anger and Regulation,”
with Rafael Di Tella, Scandinavian
Journal of Economics 116(3), July 2014.
“Supermarket Entry and the
Survival of Small Stores,” with Fernando Borraz, Daniel Ferrés and Leandro Zipitría, Review of
Industrial Organization 44(1), February 2014, pp. 73-93.
“Fairness and
Redistribution, a Comment” with Rafael Di Tella, American Economic Review 103(1), February 2013, pp. 549-53.
“On the Problem of
Prevention,” with Jean-Pierre Benoît, International
Economic Review 54(3), August 2013.
“Apparent Overconfidence,”
with Jean-Pierre
Benoît, Econometrica
79(5), September
2011, pp. 1591–1625.
“Continuity and
Completeness under Risk,” Mathematical
Social Sciences, Volume 61(1), 2011.
“On
the Efficiency of Asymmetric English Auctions and the Stolper-Samuelson
Theorem,’’ with Federico Echenique and Alejandro Manelli, Journal of Economic Theory 144(2), 2009.
“A Theory of Time Preferences over
Risky Outcomes,” Journal of Mathematical
Economics, 45(9-10), 2009.
“Crime and Punishment in
the ‘American Dream’,” with Rafael Di Tella, Journal of Public Economics, 92 (7), 2008.
“Information Revelation in
Auctions,” with Jean-Pierre Benoît, Games
and Economic Behavior, Volume 57(2), November 2006.
“A Correction to ‘Competitive
Bidding and Proprietary Information’” Journal
of Mathematical Economics, Volume 42, Issue 1, 2006.
“Why do Good Cops defend Bad
Cops?” with Jean-Pierre Benoît, International
Economic Review, 45, 2004.
“Measurability is not About
Information,” with Federico Echenique, Mathematical Social Sciences,
Volume 47, Issue 2, March 2004.
“Optimism and Overconfidence in Search,” Review of Economic Dynamics, Volume 73, Issue 1,
January 2004.
“Expected Utility Theory without the
Completeness Axiom,” with F. Maccheroni and E. Ok, Journal of Economic Theory,
Volume 115, Issue 1, March 2004.
“A Model of Procedural Decision Making in
the Presence of Risk,” with Efe Ok, International
Economic Review, 43, 2002.
“Monotone Preferences over Information,”
joint with Federico Echenique, bepress
Journals, Topics in Economic Theory, Volume 1, Issue 1, Article 1, 2001.
“An Asymmetric Kalai-Smorodinsky
Solution,” Economic Letters, Volume 73, Issue 2, Nov. 2001.
Submitted Work
“Meet the Oligarchs: Business
Legitimacy, State Capacity and Taxation,” with Rafael Di Tella and Alejandro
Lagomarsino, submitted.
Work in Progress
“Overconfidence, Illusion
of Control, or Unskilled and Unaware?” with Jean-Pierre Benoît and Giorgia
Romagnoli.
Book Chapters
“A Resource Belief Curse: Oil and Individualism,” with Rafael Di Tella and
Robert McCulloch, in Populism and Natural Resources. MIT Press.
“The
interruption of a policy for less corruption in the health sector, and better
health care in Argentina,” with Rafael Di Tella, UNDP Latin America Regional
Report.
ACADEMIC
ACTIVITIES
Jan.
2014-May 2014, 2015 and 2016, Visiting Professor at the Stern School of
Business, New York University.
June-July
2013, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Jan.
07-May 07, Jan. 08-May 08, Jan. 09-May 09, Visiting Associate Professor at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University.
Jan.
2006-Dec 2006 Visiting Associate Professor at Universidad Torcuato
Di Tella.
May
2001-Dec. 2005. Professor at the Universidad de Montevideo.
Jan.
2001-May 2001 Visiting Assistant Professor at
Feb.
2000-Dec. 2000 Assistant Professor at the Universidad de Montevideo
Courses Taught
Firms and Markets, Stern MBA, Spring 2016.
Microeconomic Theory, Koc University
2013, Stern School of Business 2014, 2015.
Law and Economics.
Maestría en Derecho Comercial, Universidad de la República, 2010-2012.
Competition Policy:
Maestría en Derecho Comercial, UdelaR, 2009; Maestría
en Derecho de la Empresa, Universidad de Montevideo, 2009 y 2010; URSEC, 2007.
Unbundling and anti-competitive practices in telecommunications,
URSEC, 2007.
Auction Theory, Microeconomics, Quantitative Economic
Analysis, Financial Economics, Economic Theory, Tepper
School of Business (undergrad).
Strategy, Masters in Finance, Universidad de
Montevideo, Masters in Economics and Masters in Fianance,
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Microeconomics I, Masters in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.
Economics of Information,
Universidad de Montevideo, Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), 2003.
Social Security, Universidad
de Montevideo and Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), 2002.
Decision Theory, Theory
Sequence,
Mathematical Economics,
Economic Dynamics, Undergraduate, Universidad de Montevideo.
Econometrics I and II, Universidad de la República, Fall and Spring 1994,
1995.
Seminar Presentations
Washington University in St. Louis, UNSW, U. Sydney,
U. Queensland, U. Melbourne, 2018.
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Rio de Janeiro, U. Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad
Católica Chile, Penn State, U. South Florida, 2017.
London Business School, Columbia, Toronto, Tel Aviv,
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Spring 2016.
Stanford, Yale, Penn State, Georgetown, Johns Hopkins,
IADB, British Columbia, Arizona State, Carnegie Mellon, Spring
2015.
Princeton University, Rutgers University, New York
University 2014.
FGV-Sao Paulo, Universidad
Católica de Chile, 2013.
George Washington University,
Johns Hopkins University, Spring 2012.
CATO Institute, New York
University, 2011.
PUC-Rio March 2010.
United Nations Development
Programme (NY), New York University, Harvard University, Carnegie Mellon
University, Spring 2009.
University of Chicago, Harvard
University, Fall 2008.
University of Pittsburgh, Tepper CMU, Arizona State University, London Business
School, Biased Beliefs Workshop, University College London, Spring
2008.
NYU, Arizona State, Tepper CMU, Caltech, Spring 2007.
Yale,
NYU,
UCLA and Caltech Theory
Seminars, October 2002.
Yale Theory Seminar, March
2001.
Princeton and
Conference on Behavioral Economics,
Yale, Theory Reading Group,
Spring 1999.
IV Meeting of the Society for
Social Choice and Welfare, Summer 1998.
HONORS
AND AWARDS
Fellow of the Econometric
Society, 2017.
Sloan Dissertation Fellowship,
1999-2000.
Dean’s Dissertation
Fellowship, New York University, 1999-2000.
MacCracken Fellowship, New York
University, 1996-2001.
Outside the US
Premio a la Excelencia, Elsevier,
2018.
Secretary, Standing Committee, Latin American Chapter
of the Econometric Society, 2008- 2016.
Member, Standing Committee,
Latin American Chapter of the Econometric Society, 2003-2015.
First Edition of the National
Economics Prize, Uruguay 2002.
Fulbright Fellowship,
1997-1999.
REFEREEING
2015. Journal of
Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Economica,
Journal of Economic Theory, Review of Economic Studies, International Economic
Review, American Economic Review, Review of Industrial Organization, Economic
Inquiry, Theoretical Economics.
2014. Journal of
Economics and Management Strategy, Review of Economic Studies, American Economic
Journal: Microeconomics, Games and Economic Behavior,
American Economic Review, Journal of
Economic Theory, European Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Industrial
Economics, Theory and Decision.
2013. Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Political Economy, Theoretical Economics, Journal of the European Economic
Association, Journal of
Economic Behavior and
Organization, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Mathematical Social
Sciences, Economics Letters,
US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Games and Economic Behavior, Arabian Journal of Science and
Engineering.
2012. Journal of the European Economic Association,
American Economic Journal: Micro, Economic Theory, Journal of Economic Theory,
Economics Letters.
2011. Econometrica, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of the
European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Theory, Social Choice and
Welfare, SERI, Japanese Economic Review, American Economic Review, American
Economic Journal: Microeconomics, Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, Economic Journal.
2010. Review of Economic Studies, Econometrica,
Journal of Economic Theory, Theoretical Economics, Theory and Decision, Games and Economic Behavior and Social
Choice and Welfare.
2009. Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies,
Theory and Decision, Theoretical Economics, Macro Dynamics, Journal of Human
Capital, International Economic Review.
2008. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Journal of the
European Economic Association.
2007. Management Science, International Economic Review, Journal of the
European Economic
Association.
2006. American Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior.
2005. Economic Theory, Journal of the European Economic Association.
2004. Berkeley Electronic Press.
2003. Journal of Political Economy.
2002. International Economic Review, Math. of
Operations Research, Operations Research.
2001. Journal of Political Economy.
2000. Social Choice and Welfare.
1999. Journal of Economic Theory
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
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Columnist for
El Observador (Uruguayan newspaper). Expert witness in a case of abuse
of dominant position in the beer market. Expert witness in competition
policy: maritime agencies in Uruguay. Expert witness in competition
policy: sale of TV rights to DirecTV Consultant IDRC Canada. Competition policy: Effect
of supermarket entry. Expert witness in competition policy on the LP Gas
market. Expert witness in competition policy on the cable
TV/Internet industry Expert witness in competition policy trial against
liquid oxygen providers. Consultant for United Nations/IADB on Competition
Policy. Expert witness in competition policy trial against
(medical) Laboratories. Consultant for United Nations/IADB on Competition
Policy. Consultant for Microsoft, Miami Headquarters. Columnist for El Pais
(Uruguayan newspaper). Consultant for Microsoft, Miami Headquarters. Apex Consultants. Research Department of Bado, Guerra y Vargas Stock
Brokers. Consultant with CINDEC. Preparation of Monthly
Economics Reports. Columnist for El Observador (Uruguayan newspaper). |