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Viplav Saini

Viplav Saini

Assistant Professor of Economics
On leave during 2012-13; Visiting Scholar at Department of Economics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

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Viplav Saini

Educational Background

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, October 2009.
  • Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University, May 2006.
  • Master of Arts, University of Delhi, March 2003.
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of Delhi, March 2001.


Viplav Saini (Ph.D., 2009, Johns Hopkins University) is interested in theoretical and empirical issues in Industrial Organization, which is a branch of economics that studies the strategic behavior of firms interacting in imperfectly competitive markets. His existing research analyzes the strategic behavior of farsighted firms that repeatedly participate in government procurement auctions. He currently teaches courses on industrial organization, microeconomic theory and principles of economics.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Research

"Endogenous Asymmetry in a Dynamic Procurement Auction" (web appendix)

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 43, No. 4, Winter 2012.

"Reserve Prices in a Dynamic Auction when Bidders are Capacity-Constrained"

Economics Letters, Volume 108, Issue 3, September 2010.

"Capacity Constraints and Information Revelation in Dynamic Procurement Auctions: Experimental Evidence," with Jordan Suter (submitted)

Entry, Exit, and Investment in Auction Markets


Economics Seminars in north-east Ohio