Simon Loertscher
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| Simon Markus Loertscher | |
| Born | January 29, 1972 Bern, Switzerland |
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| Residence |  Australia |
| Nationality |  Swiss |
| Fields | Economics |
| Institutions | University of Melbourne |
| Doctoral advisor | Ernst Baltensperger Christian Ghiglino |
| Known for | Mechanism design Industrial Organization |
Simon Markus Loertscher (born Jan 29, 1972), is a Swiss microeconomist, famous for his work in Mechanism design and Industrial Organisation. He currently is a lecturer at the University of Melbourne and a member of Swiss Economists Abroad.[1]
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[edit] Academic career
Loertscher received his PhD from the University of Bern, Switzerland in 2004. He has spent time as a visiting scholar at the Columbia University (2004-05), and as a lecturer at the University of Bern (2005-2006). He then joined the University of Melbourne as a Lecturer in 2007, where he currently lectures in Advanced Microeconomic Theory. He lists his research interests as, Industrial Organisation, Mechanism design and Political economics but is also known for his love of Experimental economics.
[edit] Recent Publications
Simon has published the following papers:
- Horizontally Differentiated Market Makers, Journal of Economics & Managment Strategy, Volume 16, Number 4, Winter 2007, p. 793-825[2]
- Market Making Oligopoly, forthcoming in: Journal of Industrial Economics[3]
- Global and Local Players in a Model of Spatial Competition (with G. Muehlheusser), Economics Letters, Volume 98, Number 1, 2008, p. 100-1006[4]
- Learning, public good provision, and the information trap (with A. Berentsen and E. Bruegger), forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economics[5]
- On Cheating, Doping and Whistleblowing (with A. Berentsen and E. Bruegger), forthcoming in: European Journal of Political Economy[6]
[edit] Sporting Endeavours
Simon is also an avid basketballer, who played high level amateur basketball while living in Switzerland. He is unfortunately well known amongst his Economics Department colleagues for missing the winning shot in the exhibition match against the Honours Hot Shots. An infamous choker, this is not the first time that Simon has let down a sporting team in crucial moments with former colleagues and friends noting "I've lost count the amount of pressure shots (Simon) has missed."[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.swisseconomistsabroad.org/members/member.php?id=19
- ^ http://www.simonloertscher.net/data/downloads/12120/HorMM120107.pdf
- ^ http://www.simonloertscher.net/data/downloads/12120/MMO130107.pdf
- ^ http://www.simonloertscher.net/data/downloads/12120/webdraft.global.pdf
- ^ http://www.simonloertscher.net/data/downloads/12120/D151007.pdf
- ^ http://www.simonloertscher.net/data/downloads/12120/newwhistle160205.pdf
