Ashwin Kambhampati
(ush-win come-bum-paw-tea)Ashwin Kambhampati
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
Assistant Professor of Economics, United States Naval Academy
Assistant Professor of Economics, United States Naval Academy
My research is in the area of microeconomic theory; I am particularly interested in contract theory, matching theory, and the internal structure of organizations. I am teaching two sections of SE450: Game Theory and a Capstone Research Seminar this semester.
Email: kambhamp [at] usna.edu
Working Papers
Working Papers
Robust Performance Evaluation of Independent and Identical Agents (latest update: December 2022; under review)
Robust Performance Evaluation of Independent and Identical Agents (latest update: December 2022; under review)
Abstract published in EC '21: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM Conference on Economics and Computation.
Video from Not the 2021 Theory Job Market (NT2021TM).
Why Informationally Diverse Teams Need Not Form, Even When Efficient (latest update: October 2022; under review), with Carlos Segura-Rodriguez and Peng Shao
Why Informationally Diverse Teams Need Not Form, Even When Efficient (latest update: October 2022; under review), with Carlos Segura-Rodriguez and Peng Shao
A continuous version of Matching to Produce Information: A Model of Self-Organized Research Teams (Online Appendix) with a complete characterization of inefficiency.
Payoff Continuity in Games of Incomplete Information Across Models of Knowledge (latest update: March 2022)
Payoff Continuity in Games of Incomplete Information Across Models of Knowledge (latest update: March 2022)
Revise and resubmit at Games and Economic Behavior.
Poster from the 2018 Pennsylvania Economic Theory Conference.
Pay Equality Among Heterogeneous Agents (latest update: February 2023), with Ryan Hoffman and Scott Kaplan
Pay Equality Among Heterogeneous Agents (latest update: February 2023), with Ryan Hoffman and Scott Kaplan
Revise and resubmit at Economics Letters.
This is MIDN 1/C Hoffman's honors project.
In Progress
In Progress
Randomization and the Robustness of Linear Contracts (preliminary draft available upon request), with Juuso Toikka and Rakesh Vohra
Randomization and the Robustness of Linear Contracts (preliminary draft available upon request), with Juuso Toikka and Rakesh Vohra
A Theory of Firm Boundaries with Long-Run Incentives and At-Will Employment (preliminary draft available upon request), with Gorkem Bostanci
A Theory of Firm Boundaries with Long-Run Incentives and At-Will Employment (preliminary draft available upon request), with Gorkem Bostanci