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Evgenia Motchenkova
Curriculum Vitae
August 2013
Research
Interests
General: Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Antitrust,
Competition Policy and Regulation, Microeconomics, Game Theory, Dynamic Games
Specific: Economics of Crime, Analysis of Optimal Policies
for Deterrence of Antitrust Law Violations,
Optimal Leniency Schemes, Dynamic Models of Optimal Law Enforcement.
Current Affiliation
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2005/08
- present
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VU University Amsterdam, Department of Economics
Assistant
Professor
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Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
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Education
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2001/08
- 2005/08
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Tilburg University, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research,
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.
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Tilburg,
the Netherlands
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2002/02
- 2004/12
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NAKE Graduate Program
NAKE (the Netherlands Network of Quantitative
Economics)
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Utrecht, the Netherlands
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1999/08
- 2001/06
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University of Oslo,
Master
degree in Environmental and Development Economics.
Title of Thesis: Promoting
small-scale private enterprises in Russia: the problem of excessive
taxation
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Oslo,
Norway
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1995/08
- 1999/06
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Saint-Petersburg State University,
Master
degree in Mathematical Economics.
Master
thesis on actuarial mathematics.
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Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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Publications in International Referred
Journals:
- E. Motchenkova and
D. Leliefeld, (2010) “Adverse effects of leniency programs in view of
industry asymmetry”, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences,
Volume V/ Issue 2(12), 115-129, URL: http://ideas.repec.org/s/ush/jaessh.html
- I. Lianos and E. Motchenkova (2013), “Market Dominance and
Search Quality in the Search Engine Market”, Journal of Competition
Law and Economics, 9 (2), 419-455, URL: http://jcle.oxfordjournals.org/content/9/2/419.full.pdf+html (Nominated for 2013 Antitrust Writing
Award GCR and the best
TILEC Discussion Paper of the academic year 2012-2013)
- Y. Funaki, H. Houba and E. Motchenkova, 2013, An application of
Market Power Theory in Bilateral Oligopoly Markets to the EU Gas
Production and Distribution Industry, AENORM, 21(78), 14-19. URL: http://www.aenorm.nl/files/nlaenorm2012/file/article_pdfs/synfw_houba%20online.pdf
- N. Tesfay, F. den Butter and E. Motchenkova, 2012,
De valkuilen voor de snelle economische groei van Eritrea, Economisch Statistische Berichten
(ESB), 97 (4632), 30 March 2012, 216-218. URL: http://esbonline.sdu.nl/esb/esb/archief/abbo1/toonartikel1.jsp?di=623696
- H. Houba, E.
Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2010, On the Effectiveness of Leniency Programs
in Cartel Enforcement, MET:
Medium Econometrische Toepassingen,
17-4-3, 18-23.
- H. Houba, E.
Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2010, On the Effectiveness of Leniency Programs
in Cartel Enforcement, AENORM (Student Magazine Actuarial Sciences, Econometrics and
Operations Research) 18 (67),
23-27.
- H. Houba, E.
Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2009, The
Maximal Damage Paradigm in Antitrust Regulation: Is it Something New?,
AENORM
62, 37-41.
- PhD
Dissertation: “Optimal enforcement of competition law”, ISBN 90 5668 151
6, NR. 151, November 2005, CentER for Economic
Research, Tilburg University, Dissertation Series
- E. Motchenkova,
2001, 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, St-Petersburg,
Russia, p. 7-10.
Working Papers
and Projects
6.
H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2009. The Effects of
Leniency on Maximal Cartel Pricing, Tinbergen
Institute Discussion Papers 09-081/1, Tinbergen
Institute
7.
H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2008.
"Maximal
Cartel Pricing and Leniency Programs," Tinbergen
Institute Discussion Papers 08-120/1, Tinbergen Institute
- Cost Minimizing
Sequential Punishment Policies for Repeat Offenders, VU
Serie Research Memoranda 2006-08
- The effects of leniency
programs on cartel stability: A timing game approach, CentER Discussion paper 2004-98
(revised July 2009)
Scholarships and Grants
2013/06 – 2014/05: External Funding for the project “Impact Evaluation
of Financial Literacy Project for Russian Government”, Title: RUSSIA:
Financial Education and Financial Literacy Project
2011/08 – 2012/05: TILEC Research Grant on “The law and economics of online search
and search advertising”, Tilburg, The Netherlands
2012/07: Travel Grant for
presenting at the Seventh International Conference on Competition and Regulation, CRESSE
2012, Chania (Crete), Greece
2005/07: Travel Grant for
presenting at the Game Theory
Festival at Stony Brook University (Law and Economics Workshop), Stony Brook, US
Work
Experience in Research and Consulting
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2010/03-2010/04
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Consulting
Project at the Dutch Health Care Authority
(NZa), Utrecht, The Netherlands
topic: “Analysis of Pharmacies -Insurers
negotiations in the Netherlands”
http://www.nza.nl/publicaties/nieuws/Monitor-Farmacie-2010/
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Utrecht,
the Netherlands
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2009/03-2009/05
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Research
Project at the Dutch Health Care Authority
(NZa),
topic: “Estimation of competition
intensity in the Dutch Hospital sector”, combined with the joint Master
Thesis supervision
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Utrecht,
the Netherlands
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2004/08-2005/02
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Internship
at the Dutch Competition Authority (NMa), Den
Haag and Dutch Regulator for Health Care Sector (CTG/Zaio),
Utrecht, The Netherlands
task:
“Monitoring competition in Health Care Sector”
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Utrecht,
the Netherlands
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2000/08-2001/06
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Research
assistant in the Project: “Reviving Russian Economy through the
restructuring of incentives”, run by Frisch center, Oslo, Norway
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Oslo,
Norway
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Teaching
Experience
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2009/11-present
2006/02-
present
2006/06-
present
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Lecturer
of the course Microeconomics 3.2
(3rd Year Bachelor in
Economics)
Lecturer
of the course Firm Behavior and Market Structures (Master program in
Economics)
Lecturer
of the course Economics for Business
(International
Business Administration program)
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Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
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2005/11-
present
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Lecturer
of the course Policy Coordination and Decision Making in EU (Emphasis on EU
Competition Policy)
(Master
program in Economics)
together
with Prof. Frank den Butter
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Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
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2005/11-
2008/12
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Lecturer
of the course Advanced Macroeconomics 4.2
(Master
program in economics)
together
with Prof. Eric Bartelsman and Prof. Pieter Gautier
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Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
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2005/09-2005/10
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Teaching
assistant in the course Macro 3.1, Free University of Amsterdam
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Amsterdam,
the Netherlands
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2003/01-2005/05
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Teaching
assistant in Graduate program at the CentER,
Tilburg University, Microeconomics II
(Lecturers:
Prof. Dolf Talman and
Prof. Peter M. Kort)
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Tilburg,
the Netherlands
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2002/02-2002/04
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Tutor
in International Business program at Tilburg University, Mathematics with
applications in
business.
(Lecturer
dr. Herbert Hamers)
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2001/10-2004/04
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Tilburg,
the Netherlands
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Master Theses Supervision
1. Daniel Leliefeld (2006),
“Comparison and Analysis of Leniency Programs: A game theoretic model of
asymmetry and predatory pricing”
2. Diana Kusumavati (2006), “Mergers in the Indonesian Banking
Sector”
3. Tyronne
Heerenveen (2007-2008), “Efficiency on the Liberalized
European Energy Market”
4. Gerben
van Olmen (2009), “Measuring the Competition
Intensity of the Dutch Hospital Sector”
5. Nahom Ghebrihiwet
(2010), “Leniency programs in case of possible type I error and plea
bargaining”
6. Sandra Dassen (2010), “Market failures in the market for
physiotherapy in the Netherlands”
7. Olgerd Rus (2011), “Joint design of
competition and innovation policy in the EU”
8. Linda Csöngei
(2012), “Empirical analysis of the
relationship between banking competition, financial stability, and
performance of European Banks”
PhD Theses Supervision
- Acting as a daily
mentor (‘begeleider’) for Nahom Tesfay, Mozaik PhD student VU University Amsterdam, funded
by the NWO Grant in the period 01.09.2012 – 01.09.2016
- Acting as an advisor
for Jannis Visser, PhD student VU University Amsterdam, 01.09.2011 –
01.01.2012
- Supervising
PhD student in 2012-2013 (joint project): Piotr Denderski (PhD Student of Eric Bartelsman) – joint
project on “Analysis of Market
Dominance and Search Quality in the Oligopolistic Search Engine Market”.
Additional Achievements and Relevant
Experiences
13/06/2013: University Teaching Qualification (UTQ).
December 2011: English language proficiency
assessment: CEF level: C1.
Ad hoc Referee: International Economic Review, Journal
of the European Economic Association, International Review of Law and
Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Economics, Economics
Bulletin, Social Choice and Welfare, Bulletin of Economic Research, The B.E.
Journal of Theoretical Economics.
2011 - present: Chair Economics Master Program
Committee, Department of Economics (VU University Amsterdam).
Professional Memberships
TILEC – (Tilburg Law and Economics
Center (Extramural Fellow since 2006))
TI – (Tinbergen Institute
(Candidate Fellow since March 2012))
EARIE - (European Association for
Research in Industrial Economics)
EIASM - (European Institute for
Advanced Studies in Management)
ALEA - (American Law and Economics
Association)
EALE – (European Association of Law
& Economics)
Conference and
Workshop Presentations
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2013
2012
2011
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- Presentation at the 11th
Annual INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
CONFERENCE
(IIOC), May 17-19, 2013,
Boston, USA
- Forthcoming presentation at 40th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), August 29-
September 1, 2013, Evora, Portugal
- Presentation at the
22nd Annual Meeting of the American Law and
Economics Association (ALEA),
May 18-19, 2012, at Stanford Law School, USA
- 39th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), September 2-4,
2012, Rome, Italy
- 7th
CRESSE International Conference on Competition and Regulation, July 6-8, 2012, Chania, Greece
- 2012 Competition and Innovation Workshop (CISS 2012), May 21-25, 2012, Turunç, Turkey
- 38th Annual
Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial
Economics (EARIE), September 1-4, 2011, Stockholm, Sweden
- 5th International
Game Theory and Management Conference, June 27-30, 2011,
St-Petersburg, Russia
- Spring Meeting of Young
Economists 2011 (SMYE),
April 14-16, Groningen, The Netherlands
- XI-th International Academic Conference on Economic
and Social Development, April 6-8, 2011, Moscow, Russia
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2010
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- Faculty Seminar, VU
University Amsterdam, December 16,
2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Internal Seminar,
Department of Economics, VU University Amsterdam, October 6, 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 37th Annual Conference
of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
(EARIE), September 2-4, 2010, Istanbul, Turkey
- CRESSE
International Conference on Competition and Regulation, July 2-4, 2010, Chania, Greece
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2009
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- 36th Annual
Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial
Economics (EARIE), September 3-9, 2009, Ljublana,
Slovenia
- Amsterdam Center for Law and
Economics (ACLE) Conference, March 5-6, 2009,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2007
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- 34th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), September 6-9, 2007, Valencia, Spain
- ESNIE summer school, May 20-23, 2007, Corsica, France
- UvA-VU
internal seminar of the labor group, May 8, 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Center for
Law and Economics (ACLE) Conference, March 16, 2007, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2006
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- UvA-VU
internal seminar of the labor group, November 21, 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- European Association of Law and
Economics annual conference
(EALE), September 14-16, 2006, Madrid, Spain
- 33th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), August 25-27, 2006, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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2005
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- 32th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), September 1-4, 2005, Porto, Portugal.
- Game Theory Festival at Stony Brook
University (Law and Economics Workshop), July 8-19, 2005, Stony Brook, US
- Third Conference of Scandinavian Association
of Law and Economics "Economics
of Law Enforcement", June 17-18, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2004
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- 31th Annual Conference of the European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), September 2-5, 2004, Berlin, Germany
- International conference on Industrial Organization,
Law and Economics, June
17-20, 2004, Chalkidiki, Greece
- 9th Spring Meeting of Young Economists,
April 23-25, 2004, Warsaw, Poland
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2003
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- NAKE Research Day, October 24th, 2003, Central
Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Invited Talks
- Invited Presentation
at the TI Workshop “Organizations and Markets ”, May
2, 2013, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“Legal Principles in Antitrust Enforcement”
- Invited Presentation
at the SIRE workshop on
“Competition, Innovation and Competition Policy” , October 25, 2012,
St-Andrews University, Scotland
“Legal Principles in Antitrust Enforcement”
- Invited Presentation
at the TILEC workshop on “On-line
Search and Search Advertising”, May 7, 2012, Tilburg University, The
Netherlands
“Market Dominance and Quality of Search Results in
the Search Engine Market: Analysis of Exploitative and Exclusionary Abuses”
- Invited Presentation
at the Law and Economics Workshop jointly
organized by the Bonn Graduate School of Economics, the Law Faculty and
the Max-Planck-Institute for Research on Collective Goods,
October 12, 2010, Bonn, Germany, "The Effects of Leniency
Programs on Maximal Cartel Pricing"
- Invited Presentation
at the TILEC workshop,
November 25, 2009, Tilburg, The Netherlands, “Leniency and Maximal Cartel Pricing”
- Invited presentation at the Workshop: Reviving Russian
Economy through the restructuring of incentives, June 21-22, 2001, St. Petersburg, Russia,
“Promoting small-scale private enterprises in Russia: the problem of
excessive taxation”
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