Theoretical economics

Price discrimination, robustness, contract theory, potential competition, experiment theory...

The Theory group brings together TSE researchers and graduate students working in economic theory.

Activities of the group

  • a weekly seminar on Tuesdays morning from 11h00 to 12h30
  • a workshop where graduate students discuss recent papers in theory and present their own work.

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List of members

Kourosh Khounsari

TSE PhD Student

Supervisor: Johannes Hörner & Jean Tirole

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Titouan Le Mouël

TSE PhD Student

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Liam Lods

TSE PhD Student

Supervisor: Thomas Mariotti

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Georgy Lukyanov

TSE Affiliated Faculty

Lecturer, TSE

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Thomas Mariotti

TSE Research Faculty

Senior Researcher, CNRS

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Mariann Ollar

TSE Visiting Faculty

Assistant professor, NYU Shanghai

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Elena Panova

TSE Associate Faculty

Researcher, TSE-P

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Antonio Penta

TSE Associate Faculty

Professor of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Soenje Reiche

TSE Research Faculty

Sabbatical Leave: Yale University

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Ivan Rendo Barreiro

TSE PhD Student

Supervisor: Alexandre de Cornière

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Anna Sanktjohanser

TSE Associate Faculty

Professor, TSE

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Sara Shahanaghi

TSE Research Faculty

Assistant Professor, TSE

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List of Seminars of the group

Past

How to Sequence Questions.

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 14 April 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Ying Chen

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Past

First-Price Principle and the Failure of Revenue Equivalence

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 31 March 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Marek Pycia

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Past

Self-Prospecting: Optimal Experimentation Under Present-Bias

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 24 March 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Nikhil Vellodi

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Past

Joint Finance - Theory Seminar "Distressed Investment, Corporate Debt Liquidity, and Capital Structure"”

  • Seminar

  • Finance Seminar, TSE - TSM-R

  • Date 17 March 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Dmitry Orlov

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Past

Dynamic Threats to Credible Auctions

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 10 March 2026

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Martino Banchio

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Past

When Colleges Compete: Signals, Noise, and Equilibrium Outcomes

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 16 December 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Nageeb Ali

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Past

Markets for Models

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 25 November 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Krishna Dasaratha

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Past

Theory and Long Term Play in Experimental Economics

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 18 November 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser David Levine

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Past

Agreeing to Implement

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 4 November 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Marina Halac

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Past

Outside options and risk attitude

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 28 October 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Ludvig Sinander

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Past

Performance Incentives with Multiple Instruments

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 14 October 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Erik Madsen

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Past

AI in Action: Algorithmic Learning with Strategic Consumers

  • Seminar

  • Economic Theory Seminar

  • Date 30 September 2025

  • Place Auditorium 3

  • Speaker or organiser Stephan Waizmann

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Contact

Thomas Mariotti

Group leader