Jacob Goeree
School of Economics - PhD Economics, Cum Laude, University of Amsterdam | BA Economics, Cum Laude, University of Amsterdam | PhD Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht | BS Theoretical Physics, Cum Laude, University of Utrecht
Jacob Goeree is the first SHARP professor at the UNSW Business School. Prior to joining UNSW he was a full professor at Caltech and the University of Zurich. Goeree is a world-leading experimenter, theorist and market designer. He has published in top general interest journals in economics and political science, including Econometrica, American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and American Political Science Review, as well as in Nature and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. Goeree’s research has influenced the design of major spectrum auctions worldwide. In the US, he designed and tested the recent 700MHz auction that generated record revenues of 19 billion dollars and co-designed the market for pollution permits for the regional greenhouse gas initiative.
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