Microeconomics
About us
The Microeconomics Research Cluster focuses on the behaviour of individuals and on institutions allocating scarce resources. Microeconomists at the Adam Smith Business School studies market failures arising from asymmetric information, default and miscoordination of expectations, as well as non traditional markets like electronic commerce, or markets without money, such as reputation systems on the internet and the assignment of students to schools. They examine the normative foundations of decision making under uncertainty and behavioural biases together with related empirical paradoxes. They apply this methodology to the empirical analysis of oligopolistic markets, of behavioural poverty traps, disease prevalence, crime, copyright, and more.
Leadership and members
Microtheory Seminar Series 2024-2025
The microtheorists of the Adam Smith Business School welcome distinguished speakers from worldwide institutions to present their latest research.
Abstracts and biographies for upcoming seminars can be found on our Research Seminars webpage.
Please note that our seminars are online through Zoom and in person at the University of Glasgow. Seminars are open to all. For further information and to register for individual seminars, please contact the ASBS Seminar Series team.
Microtheory Seminar Series 2024-2025
Tuesday, 17 September 2024. 16:00
Dr Costas Cavounidis, University of Warwick
Tuesday, 01 October 2024. 16:00
Dr Deniz Kattwinkel, University College London
Tuesday, 08 October 2024. 16:00
Professor Flavio Toxvaerd, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, 22 October 2024. 16:00
Dr Elias Tsakas, Maastricht University
Tuesday, 29 October 2024. 16:00
Dr Agustin Troccoli-Moretti, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)
Wednesday, 30 October 2024. 13:00
Professor Eilon Solan, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Tuesday, 12 November 2024. 16:00
Professor Marco Mariotti, Queen Mary University of London
Tuesday, 19 November 2024. 16:00
Professor Andriy Zapechelnyuk, University of Edinburgh
Friday, 29 November 2024. 14:30
Professor Alex Gershkov, Hebrew University and University of Surrey
Tuesday, 03 December 2024. 16:00
Professor Jerome Renault, Toulouse University
Tuesday, 10 December 2024. 16:00
Professor Ariel Rubinstein, Tel-Aviv University and NYU
Tuesday, 17 December 2024. 16:00
Professor John Moore, University of Edinburgh
Tuesday, 14 January 2025. 16:00
Professor Leeat Yariv, Princeton University
Tuesday, 18 February 2025. 16:00
Professor Martin Cripps, University College London
Tuesday, 25 February 2025. 16:00
Dr Christian Basteck, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Tuesday, 04 March 2025. 16:00
Dr Omer Edhan, University of Manchester
Tuesday, 11 March 2025. 16:00
Professor Ella Segev, the Hebrew University Business School
Tuesday, 18 March 2025. 16:00
Dr Conal Duddy, University College Cork
Tuesday, 25 March 2025. 16:00
Professor Federico Echenique, UC Berkeley
Tuesday, 22 April 2025. 16:00
Dr Lucas Pahl, University of Sheffield
Tuesday, 29 April 2025. 16:00
Dr Larbi Alaoui, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Tuesday, 06 May 2025. 16:00
Dr Alexei Parakhonyak, University of Oxford
Tuesday, 13 May 2025. 16:00
Professor John Quah, National University of Singapore
Tuesday, 20 May 2025. 16:00
Professor Ludovic Renou, Queen Mary University of London
Tuesday, 27 May 2025. 16:00
Dr Elizabeth Baldwin, Oxford University
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Impact and engagement
Learn about our projects and activities
NHS fraud recovery
Professor Sayantan Ghosal and Dr Theodore Koutmeridis have worked with NHS Scotland to increase cash recoveries and save public money. Incorrectly claimed payment exemptions for dental and ophthalmic treatments previously cost NHS Scotland approximately £10 million per year. Using theoretical and empirical-based research, Professor Ghosal and Dr Koutmeridis collaborated with NHS Scotland on an initiative that increased cash recoveries by £580,000 during the pilot phase and ultimately changed the NHS’s practice and culture.
Related links
Disadvantage and participation accountability processes in India
Using theory and evidence from school development and management committees in Karnataka, India, Professor Sayantan Ghosal and Dr Theodore Koutmeridis have developed a conceptual framework to examine how poverty, marginalisation and exclusion impact on the beliefs and agency of parents, and to assess the impact of a pro-poor accountability framework. The project will lead to the development of training programmes tailored to encourage participation by disadvantaged groups in social accountability processes. Professor Michele Schweisfurth (Education), Dr Patricio Dalton (Tilburg School of Economics), and Dr Sanchari Roy (King’s College London) are co-investigators on this interdisciplinary ESRC-funded research project.