maciej h kotowski

I am an Associate Professor of Economics and Gilbert F. Schaefer Collegiate Chair at the University of Notre Dame. My research and teaching focus on microeconomic theory. I am interested in auctions, market design, matching markets, and economic networks.

[ pdf ] Curriculum Vitae
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contact

Maciej H. Kotowski
Department of Economics
University of Notre Dame
3060 Jenkins Nanovic Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

tel: +1 (574) 631-3418
email: mkotowsk@nd.edu

office: 3016 Jenkins Nanovic Hall [ map ]
office hours: By appointment only. [ Click here or email to schedule a meeting. ]

teaching

I am not teaching any courses in the spring 2024 term.

I am teaching the following courses in the 2024/25 academic year:

Microeconomic Theory I [econ 60101 :: fall 2024]

A core course in microeconomic theory at the graduate level. Topics include consumer and producer theory, general equilibrium, and related topics.

[ pdf ] Syllabus | Available August 15, 2024.

[ pdf ] Syllabus from Fall 2023 | August 20, 2023.

Market Design [econ 40041 :: spring 2025]

A course on the theory and practice of market design, with focus on auctions, matching mechanisms, and platforms.

[ pdf ] Syllabus | Available January 7, 2025.

[ pdf ] Syllabus from Fall 2022 | August 22, 2022.

Syllabi from other recent courses:

Contracts and Agency Theory [econ 70102 :: spring 2023]

Selected topics in mechanism design, contract theory, and agency theory. Intended for PhD students in economics and related disciplines.

[ pdf ] Syllabus | March 19, 2023.

Microeconomic Theory II [econ 60102 :: spring 2023]

A core course in microeconomic theory at the graduate level. Topics include game theory, information economics, and applications.

[ pdf ] Syllabus | January 7, 2023.

drafts + working papers

The Property Rights Theory of Production Networks (with Ivan Balbuzanov)

[ link ] April 7, 2022.

A Perfectly Robust Approach to Multiperiod Matching Problems

[ link ] HKS Faculty Research Working Paper RWP19-016 | February 26, 2020.

Supersedes and incorporates results originally circulated in "A Note on Stability in One-to-One, Multi-period Matching Markets" (HKS Faculty Research Working Paper RWP15-042).

Efficient Division When Preferences are Private: Using the Expected Externality Mechanism (with Christina Aperjis and Richard J. Zeckhauser)

[ link ] HKS Faculty Research Working Paper RWP19-014 | March 19, 2019.

published + forthcoming papers

The Demand For Protection and the Persistently High Rates of Gun Violence Among Young Black Males (with William N. Evans)

[ link ] Journal of Public Economics, 234:105114, 2024.

Economies with Complex Property Rights: The Role of Exclusion (with Ivan Balbuzanov)

[ link ] ACM SIGecom Exchanges 19(1):30-44, 2021.

First-Price Auctions with Budget Constraints

[ link ] Theoretical Economics 15(1):199-237, 2020.

Endowments, Exclusion, and Exchange (with Ivan Balbuzanov)

[ link ] Econometrica 87(5):1663-1692, 2019.

Multiperiod Matching (with Sangram V. Kadam)

[ link ] International Economic Review 59(4):1927-1947, 2018.

Time Horizons, Lattice Structures, and Welfare in Multi-period Matching Markets (with Sangram V. Kadam)

[ link ] Games and Economic Behavior 112:1-20, 2018.

Liquidity Risk in Sequential Trading Networks (with Shachar Kariv and C. Matthew Leister)

[ link ] Games and Economic Behavior 109:565-581, 2018

On Asymmetric Reserve Prices

[ link ] Theoretical Economics 13(1):205-238, 2018.

If Many Seek, Ye Shall Find: Search Externalities and New Goods (with Richard J. Zeckhauser)

[ link ] American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 9(4):42-73, 2017.

Bribing in First-Price Auctions: Corrigendum (with Shiran Rachmilevitch)

[ link ] Games and Economic Behavior 87:616-618, 2014.

Rules and Standards when Compliance Costs are Private Information (with David A. Weisbach and Richard J. Zeckhauser)

[ link ] Journal of Legal Studies 43(S2):S297-S329, 2014.

The War of Attrition and the Revelation of Valuable Information (with Fei Li)

[ link ] Economics Letters 124:420-423, 2014.

Audits as Signals (with David A. Weisbach and Richard J. Zeckhauser)

[ link ] University of Chicago Law Review 81(1):179-202, 2014.

On the Continuous Equilibria of Affiliated-Value, All-Pay Auctions with Private Budget Constraints (with Fei Li)

[ link ] Games and Economic Behavior 85:84-108, 2014.

Auction Choice for Ambiguity-Averse Sellers Facing Strategic Uncertainty: Comment

[ link ] Games and Economic Behavior 72(2):448-451, 2011.