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Faculty of Management, Economics and Social SciencesCenter for Economic Research (CER)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Westkamp

SSC (Building 102)
Universitätsstraße 22a, 4th Floor
50923 Köln

Email: westkampSpamProtectionwiso.uni-koeln.de
Phone: +49 221 470 1226

Personal Research Website | Professorship​​​​​​​

Office: shared-office-2SpamProtectionwiso.uni-koeln.de
Office hours by appointment

Research Focus

Economics, especially in Behavior and Design.

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

Selected Publications

  • “Stability, strategy-proofness, and cumulative offer mechanisms”, with John Hatfield and Scott Kominers, Review of Economic Studies 88, 1457–1502 (2021)
  • “Strategy-proof exchange under trichotomous preferences”, with Vikram Manjunath, Journal of Economic Theory 193, 105197 (2021)
  • “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)