Axel Z. Anderson - Georgetown University

Axel Z. Anderson
August, 2013
Contact Information:
Department of Economics Phone: 202-687-7829
Georgetown University Fax: 202-687-6102
Washington, DC 20057-1036
E-mail: aza@georgetown.edu
Web: www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/aza/
Education:
Ph.D. Economics, University of Michigan (Spring 2002)
B.A. Economics, James Madison University (May 1992)
Research Interests:
Matching, Search, Dynamic Games, Information Economics
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor, Georgetown University, 2010 – present
Assistant Professor, Georgetown University, 2002 – 2010
Visiting Professor, University of Michigan, Spring 2007
Senior Consultant, Price Waterhouse, 1992-1995
Publications:
“Dynamic Deception,” with Lones Smith, American Economic Review, forthcoming
(2013).
“Search by Committee,” with James Albrecht and Susan Vroman, Journal of
Economic Theory, 145(4): 1386-1407 (2010).
“Dynamic Matching and Evolving Reputations,” with Lones Smith, Review of
Economic Studies, 77(1): 3-29 (lead article) (2010).
“Geometric Asymptotic Approximation of Value Functions,”B.E. Journal of
Theoretical Economics (Contributions), 9(1): Article 42 (2009).
“Go for Broke or Play it Safe Dynamic Competition with Choice of Variance,” with
Luis Cabral, RAND Journal of Economics, 38(3): 593-609 (2007).
“Opportunistic Matching in the Housing Market,” with James Albrecht, Eric Smith,
and Susan Vroman, International Economic Review, 48(2): 641-664 (2007).
Working Papers:
“A Dynamic Generalization of Becker’s Assortative Matching Result.”
“Greed, Fear, and Rushes,” with Andreas Park and Lones Smith.
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“Iron Sharpens Iron: Rethinking Dynamic Matching Theory,” with Lones Smith.
“Predicting Play in Dynamic Competitive Games,” with Lones Smith.
“The Financial Oversight Multiplier,” with Lones Smith.
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