Universität Bonn

Department of Economics

Benny Moldovanu

Education

  • 1995: Habilitation, University of Bonn
  • 1991: Ph.D. Economics (summa cum laude), University of Bonn.
    Advisor: Prof. Reinhard Selten
  • 1989: M.Sc. Mathematics (with distinction), Hebrew University Jerusalem.
    Advisor: Prof. Bezalel Peleg
  • 1986: B.Sc. Mathematics (with distinction), Hebrew University Jerusalem
Benny Moldovanu
© Econ Uni Bonn

Employment

  • 2019 - present: Senior Professor by Rector's Appointment, Tel Aviv University

  • Fall 2017 - Winter 2018: Visiting Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, Jerusalem

  • Fall 2009: Visiting Professor of Economics, Northwestern University

  • Spring 2005: Visiting Professor of Economics, University College London

  • Fall 2004: Visiting Professor of Economics, Yale University

  • 2002 - present: Full Professor of Economics, University of Bonn

  • Spring 1999: ENTER Research Professor, University College London

  • Fall 1998: Visiting Research Professor, Northwestern University

  • 1995 - 2002: Full Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim

  • 1992 - 1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor

  • 1991 - 1995: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bonn

  • Spring 1992: Visiting Lecturer, University of Tel-Aviv

  • Summer 1991: Landau Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Honors and grants

  • Keynote Lecturer, Society of Economic Design, Klagenfurt 2020

  • Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Manchester 2019

  • von Thünen Lecture, Verein für Socialpolitik, Freiburg 2018

  • Fellow of Game Theory Society, elected 2017

  • Keynote Lecture, EARIE Annual Conference, Stockholm 2011

  • Advanced Investigators Grant, European Research Council, 2010 - 2016

  • Fellow of the European Economic Association, 2009

  • Invited Lecture, European Congress of the Econometric Society in Milano, 2008

  • Invited Lecture, World Congress of the Econometric Society in London, 2005

  • Fellow of the Econometric Society, elected 2004

  • Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association, 2004

  • Invited Lecture, Second World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Marseille 2004

  • Member of the Nordrhein-Westfalian Academy of Science, elected 2003

  • Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Venice 2002

  • Invited Lecture, Econometric Society US Meeting, Evanston 2003

  • Max Planck Research Prize, 2001

  • Landau Fellow, Jerusalem 1991

  • W.A. Jörn Prize for Best Dissertation, Bonn 1991

  • Research Grant, SFB Transregio, German Science Foundation, 2004 - present

  • Research Grant, SFB 504, German Science Foundation, 1996 - 2002

  • Research Grant, SFB 303, German Science Foundation, 1989 - 1995


Professional activities

  • Director, Reinhard Selten Institute for Research in Economics, 2017 - present

  • Co-Director, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013, 2018 - present

  • Academic Director/ Speaker of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, 2014 - present

  • Director, Institute for Microeconomics, Department of Economics, 2012 - present

  • Council Member, European Economic Association, 2010 - 2015

  • Council Member, Game Theory Society, 2008 - 2013

  • Co-Director, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013

  • Member of the Fellows Nominating Committee, Econometric Society, 2006

  • Associate Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003 - 2005

  • Associate Editor, Econometrica, 2002 - 2008

  • Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2002 - 2006

  • Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory, 2001 - 2007

  • Panel Member, Economic Policy, 2000 - 2002

  • Coordinator, European Symposium on Economic Theory, 2001 - 2006

  • Research Fellow, CEPR, 1999 - present

  • Organizer, Summer Program on Mechanism Design, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn 2009

  • Organizer, Conference on Matching and Two Sided Markets, Bonn 2006

  • Organizer, Conference on Auctions and Market Structure, Mannheim 2000

  • Organizer, Conference on Multidimensional Mechanism Design, Bonn 1994

  • Chairman of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Madrid 2004

  • Chairman of scientific committee, German Economic Association meeting, Magdeburg 2001

  • Member of Economic Theory Panel, German Economic Association, 1998- present

  • Member of scientific committee, European Economic Association meeting, Toulouse 1997

  • Member of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Maastricht 1994, Stockholm 2003, World Congress 2010

  • Member of scientific committee, German Economic Association meeting, Lugano 1991, Mainz 1999, Berlin 2000


Consulting

  • Auction design for large governmental projects (telecommunications, natural resources)
  • Auction design for the electricity sector
  • Development of internet-based auction procedures for B2B e-commerce firms
  • Analysis of procurement mechanisms for large industrial firms
  • Freelance Consultant for CRA International, Boston USA.

Selected clients: General Electric, RWE, DaimlerChrysler, Trans-Elect, Fonterra, Dutch Government

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