Welcome!
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at Rice University, and a CEPR Research Affiliate. I obtained my Ph.D. from Bonn University in 2018.
My research area is microeconomic theory, in particular multidimensional information choice in political economy, auctions and social learning.
You can find my CV here.
email: nina.bobkova[at]rice.edu
News and updates
Starting July 2025, I will be an associate professor (with tenure) at Rice University.
"The optimality of majority rule" is R&R at AER.
Publications / forthcoming
5. Information Choice in Auctions, American Economic Review, July 2024, 114(7), (lead article)
4. Local Evidence and Diversity in Minipublics (with Arjada Bardhi), Journal of Political Economy, August 2023, 131(9)
3. Optimal Group Testing with Heterogeneous Risks (with Ying Chen and Hülya Eraslan), Economic Theory, June 2023
2. Two-Dimensional Information Acquisition in Social Learning (with Helene Mass), Journal of Economic Theory, June 2022 (202)
1. Asymmetric Budget Constraints in a First-Price Auction, Journal of Economic Theory, March 2020 (186)
Working Papers
6. The Optimality of Majority Rule: An Information-Choice Perspective, R&R at the American Economic Review
7. Persuading an Informed Committee (with Saskia Klein)