Axel Niemeyer
Assistant Professor of Economics
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor of Economics
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
California Institute of Technology
E-Mail: niemeyer<at>caltech.edu
Research Interests: Microeconomic Theory, Mechanism Design
Extreme Points in Multi-Dimensional Screening, with P. Lahr.
Optimal Allocation with Peer Information, with J. Preusser.
Parts of this paper were previously circulated under the title “Simple Allocation with Correlated Types.”
Mechanisms without transfers for fully biased agents, with D. Kattwinkel, A. Winter, and J. Preusser.
Extended abstract at EC '22.
The limits of ex post implementation without transfers, with T. Feng and Q. Wu. Theoretical Economics, 18(2), 463-479, 2023.
Please see the respective Canvas pages for further details.
SS 211a Advanced Economic Theory (Fall, PhD)
This course covers advanced topics in mechanism design and related areas. Topics vary from year to year according to the interests of students. The course format includes both lectures and discussion sessions where students present and discuss papers at the frontier of research.
CS/Ec 149 Algorithmic Economics (Spring, Undergraduate)
This course will equip students to engage with active research at the intersection of social and information sciences, including: algorithmic game theory and mechanism design; auctions; computational social choice; fair division; matching markets.
SS 205c Foundations of Economics (Spring, PhD)
This is a first-year graduate course in the fundamentals of economics. Topics tba.
Contact:
California Institute of Technology
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
1200 E. California Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91125
niemeyer<at>caltech.edu