http://staff.feweb.vu.nl/hhouba/vuklein.gif Department of Economics

      Evgenia Motchenkova 

 

·         Address and Work Info

·         Curriculum Vitae

·         Research Interests

·         Papers and Abstracts

·         Teaching and Professional Experience

 

                                                                                        Evgenia Mochenkova

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Current Affiliation:

Assistant Professor
VU University Amsterdam
Department of Economics (feweb)
De Boelelaan 1105 / 2A-37
1081 HV Amsterdam
tel. +31-(0)20-5987143

Personal Information:

Name: Evgenia Motchenkova
Date of Birth: January 17, 1978
Place of Birth: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
PhD degree obtained on November 11, 2005

 

Research Interests:

General: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Antitrust, Competition policy and regulation, Mathematical economics, Dynamic games.
Specific: Economics of crime, Analysis of optimal policies for deterrence of antitrust law violations, Optimal leniency schemes, The effects of leniency programs on the behavior of the firms participating in cartel agreements, Dynamic models of optimal law enforcement.

 

Education:

2001/08 - 2005/08: Tilburg University, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, The Netherlands.
PhD student at CentER and TILEC.
Title of the PhD Dissertation: Optimal Enforcement of Competition Law, Supervisors: Prof. Eric van Damme, Prof. Peter M. Kort.

1999/08 - 2001/06: University of Oslo,
Master degree in Environmental and Development Economics

1995/08 - 1999/06: Saint-Petersburg State University,
Master degree in Mathematical Economics

 

Publications:


E. Motchenkova and Peter M.Kort, 2006. “Analysis of current penalty schemes for violations of antitrust laws”, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 128(2), 431-451.

Motchenkova, Evgenia, 2008. "Determination of optimal penalties for antitrust violations in a dynamic setting," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 189(1), pages 269-291. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.05.048

 

Working Papers and Projects:

Harold Houba & Evgenia Motchenkova & Quan Wen, 2009. The Effects of Leniency on Maximal Cartel Pricing, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 09-081/1, Tinbergen Institute (submitted to JEEA)

Harold Houba & Evgenia Motchenkova & Quan Wen, 2008. "Maximal Cartel Pricing and Leniency Programs," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 08-120/1, Tinbergen Institute.

To Protect in order to Serve, adverse effects of leniency programs in view of industry asymmetry Working paper, Free University Amsterdam and TILEC, 2007, URL: TILEC Discussion Paper Series 2007-007 

Market Structure and Hospital-Insurer bargaining in the Netherlands
Joint project with CTG-Zaio, Working paper, Free University Amsterdam and TILEC, 2007 (submitted to European Journal of Health Economics), URL:TILEC Discussion Paper Series 2007-006 

Cost Minimizing Sequential Punishment Policies for Repeat Offenders
Working paper, Free University Amsterdam, 2006 (submitted to Economics Letters), URL: http://ideas.repec.org/p/dgr/vuarem/2006-8.html

Strictness of leniency programs and cartels of asymmetric firms
CentER Discussion paper 2005-74,URL:http://ideas.repec.org/p/dgr/kubcen/200574.html (submitted to Journal of Economics)

Effects of leniency programs on cartel stability
CentER Discussion paper 2004-98, URL:CentER Discussion paper series 2004-98 (submitted to JEMS)

Assignment games, core and market power, with Y. Funaki and H. Houba, mimeo

 

 

Other publications:

H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2009, The Maximal Damage Paradigm in Antitrust Regulation: Is it Something New?, AENORM 16, gemeenschappelijke uitgave econometriestudieverenigingen Kraket/VSAE, Vrije Universiteit/Universiteit van Amsterdam, p.37-41.

Promoting small-scale private enterprises in Russia: the problem of excessive taxation, Proceedings of the Workshop on Reviving Russian Economy through the restructuring of incentives, 2001. St-Petersburg, Russia, pp. 7-10