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

Employment
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2019 - present: Senior Professor by Rector's Appointment, Tel Aviv University
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Fall 2017 - Winter 2018: Visiting Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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Fall 2009: Visiting Professor of Economics, Northwestern University
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Spring 2005: Visiting Professor of Economics, University College London
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Fall 2004: Visiting Professor of Economics, Yale University
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2002 - present: Full Professor of Economics, University of Bonn
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Spring 1999: ENTER Research Professor, University College London
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Fall 1998: Visiting Research Professor, Northwestern University
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1995 - 2002: Full Professor of Economics, University of Mannheim
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1992 - 1993: Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann-Arbor
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1991 - 1995: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Bonn
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Spring 1992: Visiting Lecturer, University of Tel-Aviv
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Summer 1991: Landau Fellow, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Honors and grants
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Keynote Lecturer, Society of Economic Design, Klagenfurt 2020
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Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Manchester 2019
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von Thünen Lecture, Verein für Socialpolitik, Freiburg 2018
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Fellow of Game Theory Society, elected 2017
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Keynote Lecture, EARIE Annual Conference, Stockholm 2011
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Advanced Investigators Grant, European Research Council, 2010 - 2016
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Fellow of the European Economic Association, 2009
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Invited Lecture, European Congress of the Econometric Society in Milano, 2008
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Invited Lecture, World Congress of the Econometric Society in London, 2005
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Fellow of the Econometric Society, elected 2004
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Gossen Prize of the German Economic Association, 2004
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Invited Lecture, Second World Congress of the Game Theory Society, Marseille 2004
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Member of the Nordrhein-Westfalian Academy of Science, elected 2003
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Invited Lecture, Econometric Society European Meeting, Venice 2002
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Invited Lecture, Econometric Society US Meeting, Evanston 2003
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Max Planck Research Prize, 2001
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Landau Fellow, Jerusalem 1991
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W.A. Jörn Prize for Best Dissertation, Bonn 1991
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Research Grant, SFB Transregio, German Science Foundation, 2004 - present
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Research Grant, SFB 504, German Science Foundation, 1996 - 2002
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Research Grant, SFB 303, German Science Foundation, 1989 - 1995
Professional activities
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Director, Reinhard Selten Institute for Research in Economics, 2017 - present
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Co-Director, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013, 2018 - present
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Academic Director/ Speaker of the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, 2014 - present
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Director, Institute for Microeconomics, Department of Economics, 2012 - present
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Council Member, European Economic Association, 2010 - 2015
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Council Member, Game Theory Society, 2008 - 2013
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Co-Director, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (German Science Foundation Excellence-Initiative), 2006 - 2013
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Member of the Fellows Nominating Committee, Econometric Society, 2006
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Associate Editor, Journal of the European Economic Association, 2003 - 2005
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Associate Editor, Econometrica, 2002 - 2008
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Associate Editor, Games and Economic Behavior, 2002 - 2006
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Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Theory, 2001 - 2007
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Panel Member, Economic Policy, 2000 - 2002
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Coordinator, European Symposium on Economic Theory, 2001 - 2006
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Research Fellow, CEPR, 1999 - present
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Organizer, Summer Program on Mechanism Design, Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, Bonn 2009
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Organizer, Conference on Matching and Two Sided Markets, Bonn 2006
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Organizer, Conference on Auctions and Market Structure, Mannheim 2000
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Organizer, Conference on Multidimensional Mechanism Design, Bonn 1994
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Chairman of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Madrid 2004
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Chairman of scientific committee, German Economic Association meeting, Magdeburg 2001
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Member of Economic Theory Panel, German Economic Association, 1998- present
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Member of scientific committee, European Economic Association meeting, Toulouse 1997
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Member of scientific committee, Econometric Society meeting, Maastricht 1994, Stockholm 2003, World Congress 2010
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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