Adam Smith Business School

Dr Alexander Kovalenkov

Alexander Kovalenkov
  • Reader (Economics)

email: Alexander.Kovalenkov@glasgow.ac.uk


Research interests

Research interests include Game Theory, Economies with Clubs, Theory of Incentives, Social Choice, Information Economics, and General Equilibrium. Recently I have developed a strong interest in Financial Markets. Teaching interests include all level courses in Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economists, Game Theory, General Equilibrium, and Theoretical Finance.

Biography

Alexander joined the Business School in September 2005.  He previously held a post at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) 1998–2005 and, during that period, acted as a visiting scholar at the California Institute for Technology; New York University; University of Warwick and as a Research Fellow at Washington University.  He holds degrees from St Petersburg State University, Russia and Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.

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Number of items: 8.

2006

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2006) Comparative statics and laws of scarcity for games. In: Aliprantis, C.D., Matzkin, R.L., McFadden, D.L., Moore, J.C. and Yannelis, N.C. (eds.) Rationality and Equilibrium: A Symposium in Honour of Marcel K. Richter. Series: Studies in economic theory (26). Springer, Berlin, pp. 141-169. ISBN 9783540295778

2005

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2005) Games and economies with near exhaustion of gains to scale. In: Wooders, M. and Demange, G. (eds.) Group Formation in Economics: Networks, Clubs and Coalitions. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 209-245. ISBN 0521842719

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2005) Laws of scarcity for a finite game - exact bounds on estimations. Economic Theory, 26 (2). pp. 383-396. ISSN 0938-2259 (doi:10.1007/s00199-003-0443-7)

2003

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2003) Approximate cores of games and economies with clubs. Journal of Economic Theory, 110 (1). pp. 87-120. ISSN 0022-0531 (doi:10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00003-6)

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2003) Advances in the theory of large cooperative games and applications to club theory: the side payments case. In: Carraro, C. (ed.) The Endogenous Formation of Economic Coalitions. Series: FEEM series on economics and the environment . Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 9-34. ISBN 9781843762652

2002

Kovalenkov, A. (2002) Simple strategy-proof approximately Walrasian mechanisms. Journal of Economic Theory, 103 (2). pp. 475-487. ISSN 0022-0531 (doi:10.1006/jeth.2000.2788)

2001

Kovalenkov, Alexander, and Wooders, M.H. (2001) Epsilon cores of games with limited side payments: Nonemptiness and equal treatment. Games and Economic Behavior, 36 (2). pp. 193-218. ISSN 0899-8256 (doi:10.1006/game.2000.0815)

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M.H. (2001) An exact bound on epsilon for nonemptiness of epsilon cores of games. Mathematics of Operations Research, 26 (4). pp. 654-678. ISSN 0364-765X (doi:10.1287/moor.26.4.654.10001)

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Number of items: 8.

Article

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2005) Laws of scarcity for a finite game - exact bounds on estimations. Economic Theory, 26 (2). pp. 383-396. ISSN 0938-2259 (doi:10.1007/s00199-003-0443-7)

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2003) Approximate cores of games and economies with clubs. Journal of Economic Theory, 110 (1). pp. 87-120. ISSN 0022-0531 (doi:10.1016/S0022-0531(03)00003-6)

Kovalenkov, A. (2002) Simple strategy-proof approximately Walrasian mechanisms. Journal of Economic Theory, 103 (2). pp. 475-487. ISSN 0022-0531 (doi:10.1006/jeth.2000.2788)

Kovalenkov, Alexander, and Wooders, M.H. (2001) Epsilon cores of games with limited side payments: Nonemptiness and equal treatment. Games and Economic Behavior, 36 (2). pp. 193-218. ISSN 0899-8256 (doi:10.1006/game.2000.0815)

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M.H. (2001) An exact bound on epsilon for nonemptiness of epsilon cores of games. Mathematics of Operations Research, 26 (4). pp. 654-678. ISSN 0364-765X (doi:10.1287/moor.26.4.654.10001)

Book Section

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2006) Comparative statics and laws of scarcity for games. In: Aliprantis, C.D., Matzkin, R.L., McFadden, D.L., Moore, J.C. and Yannelis, N.C. (eds.) Rationality and Equilibrium: A Symposium in Honour of Marcel K. Richter. Series: Studies in economic theory (26). Springer, Berlin, pp. 141-169. ISBN 9783540295778

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2005) Games and economies with near exhaustion of gains to scale. In: Wooders, M. and Demange, G. (eds.) Group Formation in Economics: Networks, Clubs and Coalitions. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 209-245. ISBN 0521842719

Kovalenkov, A., and Wooders, M. (2003) Advances in the theory of large cooperative games and applications to club theory: the side payments case. In: Carraro, C. (ed.) The Endogenous Formation of Economic Coalitions. Series: FEEM series on economics and the environment . Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 9-34. ISBN 9781843762652

This list was generated on Fri May 24 10:26:37 2013 BST.

Research interests

Research interests include Game Theory, Economies with Clubs, Theory of Incentives, Social Choice, Information Economics, and General Equilibrium

Current PhD students

 Nazanin Shirzadi

Thesis title: Credit risk modelling for multilateral development banks.
Co-supervisor: Dr Mario Cerrato

Oluwadamilola Agbato

Thesis title: Mental accounting, proportionality and frame dependence: an evaluation in relation to price perception.
Co-supervisor: Dr Arjunan Subramanian

Hikojiro Fujiwara

Thesis title: The role of culture in economics.
Co-supervisor: Dr Arjunan Subramanian

Celine Guimas

Thesis title: Microfinance and the agricultural sector of Sub-Saharan Africa. 
Co-supervisor: Dr Arjunan Subramanian

 

 

 

 

Postgraduate: Financial Sector Stability and Growth; Mathematical Finance

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