Marc Möller
Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Address: Universität Bern, Department of Economics,
Schanzeneckstrasse, CH-3001 Bern
Telephone: +41-(0)31 631 8078
Fax: +41-(0)31 631 3783
Email: [email protected]
Personal Data
Birth Date: July 26, 1973
Status: Married, Two children
Citizenship: Germany
Professional Positions
Since 01/2011: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Universität Bern
10/2004-12/2010: Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Economics,
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
Fields of Specialization
Microeconomic Theory, Industrial and Organizational Economics
Education
10/2000-09/2004: London School of Economics and Political Science
PhD in Economics, September 2004
Dissertation: “Partnership, Multi-Party Contracting and Temporal
Inefficiency” supervised by Michele Piccione
10/1999-09/2000: Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Preliminary Year European Doctoral Program
10/1994-09/1999: Philipps Universität Marburg
Diploma in Physics, September 1999
Thesis: “Optical Excitation in Ensembles of Quantum Dots”
10/1997-06/1998: Imperial College London
Undergraduate Year, Department of Mathematics
Academic Visits
09/2009-12/2009: Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Japan
Fellowships and Grants
11/2008-12/2011: Spanish Ministry of Education, Ramon y Cajal Fellowship
12/2005-11/2011: Spanish Ministry of Science, Grant “Institutions and Incentives”
11/2005-11/2008: Spanish Ministry of Education, Juan de la Cierva Fellowship
10/2001-09/2004: British Economic and Social Research Council, Studentship
03/1997-09/1999: Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Scholarship
Publications
“The Distribution of Talent across Contests”. The Economic Journal, forthcoming (with
Ghazala Azmat).
“Competition in the Presence of Individual Demand Uncertainty.” The RAND Journal
of Economics, 47 (2016), 273-292 (with Makoto Watanabe).
“Project Selection and Execution in Teams.” The RAND Journal of Economics, 47
(2016), 166-185 (with Jordi Blanes).
“Incentives versus Competitive Balance.” Economics Letters 117 (2012), 505-508.
“Advance Purchase Discounts versus Clearance Sales.” The Economic Journal 120
(2010), 1125-1148 (with Makoto Watanabe).
“Competition Amongst Contests.” The RAND Journal of Economics 40 (2009), 743-786
(with Ghazala Azmat).
“The Timing of Contracting with Externalities.” Journal of Economic Theory 133
(2007), 484-503.
“When Should Leaders Share Information with their Subordinates?” Journal of Economics
and Management Strategy, 16 (2007), 251-283 (with Jordi Blanes).
“Optimal Partnership in a Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma.” Economics Letters 88 (2005),
13-19.
Refereeing
Econometrica, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, RAND
Journal of Economics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Games and
Economic Behavior, Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Public
Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial
Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Journal of Law, Economics,
and Organization, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Inquiry, Scandinavian
Journal of Economics.
Invited Seminars
University of Warwick (2004), Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (2004),
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2004), University College London (2004), University
of California Davis (2004), Universidad de Malaga (2006), Universidad Pompeu Fabra
de Barcelona (2007), London School of Economics (2008), Bocconi University Milan
(2008), Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna (2008), Universität Mannheim (2009),
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2009), Kyoto Institute of Economic Research (2009),
Kobe University (2009), University of Tokyo (2009), Kansai University Osaka (2009),
Universität Hamburg (2010), Georgetown University (2010), Universität Frankfurt
(2010), Universität Bern (2010), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (2010), WHU
School of Management (2010), Humboldt Universität Berlin (2010), University of
Namur (2011), London School of Economics (2012), Universität Zürich (2012),
Universität Mannheim (2013), Universität Regensburg (2013), University of Geneva
(2013), Erasmus University Rotterdam (2014), CREST Paris (2014), Universidad del
Pais Vasco Bilbao (2015), Universität St. Gallen (2015), New Economic School
Moscow (2016).
Courses Taught
Topics in Industrial Organization, Advanced Industrial Economics, Industrial
Organization, Microeconomics, Contracts and Incentives, Theory of the Firm.