Oleksii Birulin
| Department of Economics | Phone: (814) 867 3293 (home) |
| 608 Kern Graduate Building | (814) 571 3018 (cell) |
| The Pennsylvania State University | Fax: (814) 865 4775 |
| University Park, PA 16802, USA |
E-mail: oxb108@psu.edu |
| Citizenship: | Ukraine, F-1 visa |
| Education: | Ph.D. in Economics (expected summer 2004) Department of Economics |
| The Pennsylvania State University | |
| Thesis: Efficiency in Auctions and Public Good Mechanisms | |
| Thesis advisor: Professor Vijay Krishna | |
| M.A. in Economics, New Economic School, Moscow, 1999 | |
| Diploma in Physics (Cum Laude), M.Sc. equivalent, Moscow State University, Moscow, 1996 | |
| Papers: | Public Goods with Congestion, A Mechanism Design Approach, 2003. |
| On Efficiency of the English Auction, 2003 (joint with Sergei Izmalkov). | |
| Inefficient Ex-Post Equilibria in Efficient Auctions, 2003, Economic Theory, 22/3, pp. 675-683. | |
| In Progress: | Dynamic All-Pay Dollar Auction with Asymmetric Information, 2002. |
| Efficient Equilibria in the Asymmetric English Auction, 2002 (joint with Sergei Izmalkov). | |
| Teaching: | Econ 302, Intermediate Microeconomics, Fall and Spring 2001-2002. |
| Presentations: | 13-th Summer Conference on Game Theory, SUNY at Stony Brook, 2002. |
| 14-th Summer Conference on Game Theory, SUNY at Stony Brook, 2003. | |
| Mid-West Economic Theory Meetings, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2003. | |
| Referee: | Games and Economic Behavior |
| Mathematics of Operations Research | |
| Economics Bulletin |