Simon Board: Curriculum Vitae

Address

Department of Economics,
Bunche Hall, Rm 8283,
405 Hilgard Avenue, UCLA,
Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1477,
USA.
Tel: 310-825-5304
Fax: 310-825-9528
Email: email

Employment

2007-	Assistant Professor at Department of Economics, UCLA.

2004-7	Assistant Professor at Department of Economics, University of Toronto.

Education

1999-04	Ph.D. in Economics at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.
	Thesis: On Market Power. Advisor: Jeremy Bulow. Committee: Andy Skryzpacz and Jeff Zwiebel.
	Awards: Jaedicke Prize.

1997-99	M.Phil in Economics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
	Thesis: Commitment in Auctions. Advisor: Alan Beggs.
	Awards: Kennedy Scholarship (declined), George Webb Medley Thesis Prize.

1994-97	BA Hons. in Economics at Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, (double first).
	Awards: Wrenbury Scholarship, Evanthia Sofinou Prize (95/97), College Scholarship (95), Senior Scholarship (96), College Book Prize (95/96/97)

Research Areas

Primary Fields: Industrial Organisation, Contract Theory.

Secondary Fields: Auction Theory, Corporate Finance.

Publications

``Monopolistic Group Design with Peer Effects'', Theoretical Economics > Vol. 4, No. 1 (March 2009), pp. 89-125..

"Revealing Information in Auctions: The Allocation Effect," Economic Theory > Vol. 38, No. 1 (January 2009), pp. 125-135.

"Durable-Goods Monopoly with Varying Demand," Review of Economic Studies > Vol. 75, No. 2 (April 2008), pp. 391-413.

"Bidding into the Red: A Model of Post-Auction Bankruptcy," Journal of Finance > Vol. LXII, No. 6 (December 2007), pp. 2695-2723.

"Selling Options," Journal of Economic Theory > Vol. 136, No. 1 (September 2007), pp. 324-340.

Working Papers

Reputation for Quality (with Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn).

Relational Contracts with On-the-Job Search.

Relational Contracts and the Value of Loyalty.

Endogenous Competitive Bargaining (with Jeff Zwiebel).

Presentations

Reputation for Quality (presentations by Moritz are asterisked): 2009: Arizona State, Bonn*, CETC* (Toronto), Chicago, Cowles*, NYU Stern, Penn*, SED (Istanbul), SWET* (Caltech), Washington, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, UCSD*, UNC/Duke, USC, UT Austin.
Relational Contracts with On-the-Job Search: 2009: NYU.; 2008: CETC (UBC), Games World Congress (Northwestern), Princeton, NAWM (New Orleans), SED (Boston), SWET (Santa Barbara), UCSD.; 2007: Caltech, Chicago, Edinburgh, Northwestern, Toronto, UCLA, USC, Warwick.
Relational Contracts and the Value of Loyalty: 2009: NBER.; 2007: CETC (Montreal), Harvard Business School, IIOC (Savannah), NASM (Duke), Northwestern (Kellogg), UBC, UC Berkeley, UCLA.; 2006: CEMFI, Toronto, Western Ontario.
Monopolistic Group Design with Peer Effects: 2006: EEA-ESEM (Vienna), IIOC (Boston), Soc Ec Design (Bodrum).; 2005: Brock, McMaster, Toronto, York.
Endogenous Competitive Bargaining (presentations by Jeff are asterisked): 2007: Harvard-MIT*.; 2005: World Congress* (London), LSE*, Oxford*.; 2004: NYU*, Queen's, Toronto.
Durable-Goods Monopoly with Varying Demand: 2005: CETC (Vancouver), SED (Budapest).; 2004: Cambridge, Essex, LSE, Northwestern, NYU, Oxford, Rochester, UC San Diego, Stanford, UT Austin, Toronto, Wharton Yale.

Teaching

UCLA: Intermediate Microeconomics. Undergrad.; Contract Theory. PhD.; Maths Pre-enrollment. PhD.
Toronto: Contract Theory. PhD.; Auctions, Bargaining and Pricing. PhD.; Information Economics. Undergrad.; Managerial Economics I: Competitive Strategy. Undergrad.
Stanford: Maths and Economics Pre-enrollment. PhD.; Corporate Finance (TA). PhD.
Oxford: Introductory Microeconomics. Undergrad.; Introductory Industrial Organisation. Undergrad.; Introductory Game Theory. Undergrad.

Moreover

Referee: American Economic Review, BE Journals, Canadian Journal of Economics, Econometrica, Economic Theory, Economics Bulletin, European Economic Review, Games and Economic Behaviour, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Organisation, Journal of Economics Surveys, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Law and Economics, Operations Research, Quarterly Journal of Economics, RAND Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Theoretical Economics.

Grants: SSHRC Standard Grant with RTS (2007-10), Connaught Matching Grant (2005-7). Connaught Start-up (2005-6).

Committees: Program committee Econometric Society World Congress (2010).

Departmental Committees (UCLA): PhD placement (2007-8), Graduate appeals (2007-8).

Departmental Committees (Toronto): PhD Admissions (2005-7), Recruiting (2006-7).

Short visits: Northwestern (November, 2007).

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Date: January 2008