Curriculum Vitae - Philipp Kircher February 2012 Department of Economics Phone: +44 (0)20 7955 6128 London School of Economics Email: p.kircher@lse.ac.uk Haughton Street, S.486 (mail: S.600) Homepage: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/kircher London, WC2A 2AE, UK Citizenship: German Academic Positions: London School of Economics, Reader in Economics since 2010 University of Pennsylvania, Assistant Professor of Economics (on leave) since 2006 University of Oxford and Corpus Christi College, Lecturer in Economics 2009 – 2010 Professional Activities and Affiliations: Joint Managing Editor for the Review of Economic Studies (since 2011) Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research, London (since 2011) Program Chair for the Society of Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (2011) Editorial Board of the Review of Economic Studies (since 2010) Executive and Scientific Committee: Search and Matching Research Group (since 2010) Associate Editor for the Review of Economic Dynamics (2010) Education: Ph.D. University of Bonn (Economics), 2006 M.S. University of Karlsruhe (Industrial Engineering), 2001 MBA University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (Business Administration), 1999 Publications (1) "Strategic Firms and Endogenous Consumer Emulation," with Andrew Postlewaite, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2008 (123), 621-661. (2) "A Model of Money with Multilateral Matching," with Manolis Galenianos, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2008 (55), 1054-1066. (3) "Directed Search with Multiple Job Applications," with Manolis Galenianos, Journal of Economic Theory, 2009 (114), 445-471. (4) "Efficiency of Simultaneous Search", Journal of Political Economy, 2009 (117), 861- 913. (5) "Sorting vs Screening – Search Frictions and Competing Mechanisms," with Jan Eeckhout, Journal of Economic Theory, 2010 (145), 1354-1385. (6) "Sorting and Decentralized Price Competition," with Jan Eeckhout, Econometrica, 2010 (78), 539–574. (7) "Market Power and Efficiency in a Search Model," with Manolis Galenianos and Gabor Virag, International Economic Review, 2011 (52), 85-104. (8) "Identifying Sorting – In Theory," with Jan Eeckhout, Review of Economic Studies, 2011 (78), 872-906. (9) "On the Game-theoretic Foundations of Competitive Search Equilibrium," with Manolis Galenianos, International Economic Review, Vol 53 (1), 1-21. Working Papers and Work in Progress “The U-Shapes of Occupational Mobility” with Fane Groes and Iourii Manovskii, revise and resubmit at Review of Economic Studies “Efficient Firm Dynamics in a Frictional Labor Market,” with Leo Kaas “A Note on the Difference Between Social and Private Good,” with S. Ludwig and A. Sandroni “An Equilibrium Model of the African HIV/AIDS Epidemic,” with J. Greenwood and M. Tertilt “Sorting and Factor Intensity: Production and Unemployment across Skills” with J. Eeckhout. “Efficient Cheap talk in Directed Search: On the Non-Essentially of Commitment in Market Games” with Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim Other Publications and Books (I) Poverty Reduction Strategies, Peter Lang Verlag, Frankfurt, Germany, 2002. (II) "Knowledge-Based Resources as Determinants of MNC Structure: Tests of an Integrative Model," with Tailan Chi and Paul Nystrom, Journal of International Management, 2004, 10: 219 – 238. Scholarships and Honors ERC Starting Grant “Labor Heterogeneity in Search Markets (No 284119, PI, €1.170.000) 2012 – 2017 NSF Grant “Rationalization” (SES-0922404, $227.825, Co-PI) 2009 – 2012 NSF Grant “Sorting Effects in Competitive Search Markets” (SES0752076, $212.675, PI) 2008 – 2011 Honorary Masters Degree, University of Oxford 2009 Young Economist Award, European Economic Association 2007 European Recovery Program scholarship, German Ministry of Economic Affairs 2002 – 2004 Bonn Graduate School of Economics scholarship 2001 - 2002 DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus scholarship 1998 - 2001 German National Merit Foundation scholarship 1998 - 2001 Fulbright Foundation scholarship 1998 – 1999 Presentations / Conferences 2012 Conference Presentations: Member of the Panel Discussion at the AEA meetings in Chicago on “Markets with Frictions” (joint w. D. Mortensen, P. Diamond, R. Shimer), Workshop on “Indystry and Labor Market Dynamics” at Barcelona. Research Seminars: UCSB, BI in Oslo, Autonoma, Bilbao, Bristol 2011 Conference Presentations: SED, ESPE, “Matching: Findings, Flaws and Future” at Northwestern, “Matching and Price Theory” at Chicago, “Buyer and Seller Relationsships” at Warwick, “New Developments in the Theory of a Frictional Labour Market” at Mainz. Research Seminars: Helsinki, UCL, Cambridge, European University Institute, UCSD (micro and macro), UCLA, Mainz, Namur, Marseille, Bonn, Simon Lang Grammar School For Boys in Canterbury, Edinburgh. Discussant: “Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups” by Christopher Chablis and co-authors, at the workshop on Psychology and Economics of Scarce Attention (Toulouse) 2010 Conference Presentations: SED, NBER Summer Institute, EALE/SOLE, Applied Microeconometrics Conference (Oxford), Economics and Musik (Essex), Labour Market Search and Policy Applications (Konstanz), Cool3 Macro Conference (London) Research Seminars: Toulouse, Yale, Queen Mary, LSE, Essex, Philadelphia FED, Minnesota FED, Northwestern, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Cape Town, Carlos III Madrid, LBS, CEMFI Madrid Discussant: “Awareness and AIDS: A Political Economy Model,” by Gani Aldashev and Jean-Marie Baland at the Center for the Study of African Economies (Oxford University) 2009 Conference Presentations: COWLES Foundation and JET conference on Search Theory (New Haven), SED Annual Conference (Istanbul), SAET Annual Conference (Iscia), NBER Summer Institute (Boston), NBER Conference on Micro and Macro Perspectives on the Aggregate Labor Market (Atlanta), NBER Conference on Macroeconomics across Space and Time (Philadelphia), Philadelphia FED – New York FED conference (Philadelphia), IZA conference on Unemployment and Flexicurity (Bonn) Research Seminars: LSE, Aarhus, Zurich, MIT, Rutgers, Maryland, Oxford, Penn State, Philadelphia FED, Rochester Discussant: “A Supply and Demand Model of the College Admissions Problem,” by Hector Chade, Gregory Lewis and Lones Smith at NBER Conference on Micro and Macro Perspectives on the Aggregate Labor Market (Atlanta FED) “Family Job Search, Wage Bargainin, and Optimal Unemployment Insurance” by Susanne Ek and Bertil Holmlund at IZA conference on unemployment and flexicurity (Bonn, December 2009) 2008 Conference Presentations: NBER Summer Institute, Economic Fluctuations and Growth (Boston), Society for Economic Dynamics (Boston), Society for Economic Design (Ann Arbor), Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (New Orleans), Economic and Music (Essex), Winter meeting of the American Economic Association (New Orleans), Penn Search and Matching Workshop (Philadelphia), Duke-Northwestern-Texas IO Theory Conference (Austin) Research Seminars: University of Bonn, University of Leicester, University of Mannheim, Minnesota Federal Reserve Bank, University of Munich, Arizona State University, Washington University, UCLA, UCSB, CalTech, Discussant: “Labor Market Dynamics under Long Term Wage Contracting,” by Leena Rudanko at Philadelphia FED - NY FED Workshop (Philadelphia, April 2008), “Liquidity Provision in Capacity Constraint Markets” by Pierre-Olivier Weill at Journal of Money, Credit and Banking Conference (Cleveland, November 2008) 2007 Conference Presentations: Society of Economic Dynamics (Prague), European Meeting of the Econometric Society (Budapest), Workshop on Optimal Monetary Policy and Central Bank Communication (Locarno), European Economic Association Meetings (Budapest), Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory Summer Meeting (Kos), Midwest Micro Theory Meetings (Minnesota), Midwest Mirco Theory Meetings (Ann Arbor), Penn Search and Matching Workshop (Philadelphia). Research Seminars: Yale University, Georgetown University, Michigan State University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, University of California at Los Angeles, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: “Unobserved Heterogeneity in Directed Search Equilibrium,” by Michael Peters at NBER Conference on Micro and Macro Perspectives on the Aggregate Labor Market (Chicago) “Sovereign Default and Banking,” by Igor Livshits at Workshop on Optimal Monetary Policy and Central Bank Communication (Locarno) 2006 Conference Presentations: NBER Summer Institute, Economic Fluctuations and Growth (Boston), Conference on Matching and Two-Sided Markets (Bonn), Cleveland FED Workshop on Money, Banking and Credit (Cleveland). Research Seminar: University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Bonn 2005 Conference Presentations: Minnesota Workshop on Macroeconomic Theory (Minneapolis), Conference in Tribute to Jean-Jacques Laffont (Toulouse, invited talk), Verein für Socialpolitik, (Bonn), Penn Search and Matching Workshop (Philadelphia). Research Seminars: University of Helsinki, University of Basel, University of Karlsruhe 2002/2003/2004: Conference Presentations: European Economic Association (Madrid 2004), Society of Economic Design (Mallorca 2004), Society for Economic Dynamics (Paris 2003) Referee Activities American Economic Journal – Microeconomics, American Economic Review, BE Journal on Macroeconomics, BE Journal on Economic Theory, Econometrica, Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Journal of Economic Theory, Journal of Human Rescources, Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Dynamics, Review of Economic Studies, Scandinavian Journal of Economics Conference/Workshop Organization Founding Member: Search and Matching Research Group (http://sam.univ-lemans.fr/, 2010) Program Committee Member: Society of Economic Dynamics Annual Meeting (2009 and 2010) Co-Organizer: Conference in Honor of Andy Postlewaite Session Organizer: AEA 2008, “Directed Search Models of Labor and Consumer Product Markets” University Committee’s / Other Organization Co-Organizer: LSE Theory Workshop (2009/2010/2011/2012) Organizer: Penn Search and Matching Workshops (2006, 2007, 2008) Co-Organizer: Penn Applied Micro Theory Seminar (2006, 2007, 2008) Corpus Christi Admissions Committee (2009) Penn Ph.D. Admission Committee (2006, 2007, 2008) Ph.D. Students (Committee Member): Juan Licari (06), Adhemar Villani Jr. (07), Athanasios Geromichalos (08), Matthew Swartz (08), Efraim Berkovich (08), Deniz Selman (08), KyungMin (Teddy) Kim (08), Simo Kalla (08), Chao Fu (09) Courses Taught Game Theory (Tutorials, 04), Intermediate Micro (Tutorials 05), Econ 101 – Intermediate Microeconomics (06/07, 07/08), Econ 682 – Graduate Game Theory (08/09), Econ 712 – Frictionless Matching, Competing Mechanism Design and Competitive Search (08/09), Advanced Undergrad. Microeconomic Theory (09), Oxford Paired Undergraduate Tutorials, Corpus Christi College (09/10), Advanced Graduate Macroeconomics – Labor Search (10), LSE Advanced Graduate Microeconomics tutorials (10/11), EC100 – Economics for Non-Economists (11). Languages : English (fluent), German (native speaker), French (intermediate)