Education

• Ph.D. Economics, The University of British Columbia, 2013.

• M.A. Economics, Concordia University, 2002.

• BSc. Business Administration, Universidad de Talca, 1999.

• Ingeniero Comercial, Universidad de Talca, 1999.

Research Interests

Information & competition, strategic management, applied theory. 

Current Affiliations

• Instituto de Políticas Económicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Concepción, Chile

  • Associate Professor, Oct 2019 to present

• Lima School of Economics, Lima, Perú

  • Associate Member, Aug 2015 to present

Previous Academic Experience

• School of Business & Economics, Universidad del Desarrollo, Concepción, Chile

  • Associate Professor, Apr 2019 to Sep 2019

  • Assistant Profesor, Dec 2015 to Mar 2019

  • Seasonal Lecturer, Finance II & Econometrics (master level), Aug 2010 to Dec 2010

• School of Economics & Business, Universidad Diego Portales, Stgo, Chile

  • Assistant Professor, Dec 2010 to Feb 2015

• Department of Economics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

  • Seasonal Lecturer, Summer 2009 - Winter 2009/10

  • Research Assistant, Summer 2007 - 2008

  • Teaching Assistant, 2005–2009

• Department of Economics, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

  • Research Assistant, Summer 2002.

  • Teaching Assistant, Winter 2002.

• Department of Economics and Finance, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile

  • Assistant Professor, 2001–2005.

  • Lecturer, 2000–2001.

Publications

• Troncoso-Valverde, C. & Chávez-Bustamante, F. (2024). Do you want to know a secret? Strategic alliances and competition in product markets, European Journal of Operational Research, 313(3), pp. 1080-1090.

• Chávez-Bustamante, F., & Troncoso-Valverde, C. (2023). Deceptive behaviour and coopetition: the role of heterogeneous absorptive capacities and product specialisation, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 38(12), pp. 2589-2603.

• Troncoso-Valverde, C. (2018). Releasing Information in Private-Value Second-Price Auctions, Economic Theory 65(3), pp.781-817.

• Troncoso-Valverde, C. (2017). Meet-the-competition clauses and the strategic disclosure of product quality, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 16(4), pp.1-5.

• Peters, M., & Troncoso-Valverde, C. (2013). A Folk Theorem for Competing Mechanisms, Journal of Economic Theory 148(3), pp. 953-973.

• Troncoso-Valverde, C. (2004). Preference shifts, structural breaks and the domestic demand for Chilean wine, The Brazilian Review of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 42(3), pp.487-505.

Working Papers 

• Innovation with Whom? Intellectual Property Protection, Partner Choice, and Information Leakages in Open Innovation (with F. Chávez-Bustamante).

• Leveraging human capital for social innovation: Can technological capabilities tackle societal challenges? (with F. Chávez).

• On imperfect competition in private value second price auctions with secret reserve prices.

Work in Progress 

• Information and Knowledge leakages in coopetitive alliances: A game-theoretic approach (with F. Chávez-Bustamante).

• What competitor's price to match? Retailer exclusion in price-matching guarantees. 

• Mechanism design with post-mechanism interaction.

• Common agency with costly information acquisition.

Miscellaneous/dormant papers

• Marketing margins and industrial concentration in the fruit and vegetable market in Chile (with G. Lobos), Agroalimentaria, June 2004, Vol 18, pp. 75-86.

• The Multifunds pension system in Chile (with P. Moran) (in spanish), Panorama Socioeconómico, December 2003, Vol 21, pp. 4-15.

• Cointegration, structural breaks and the domestic demand for Chilean wine, FACE Working Paper Series, March 2004, No 2, pp.1-23.

• On Hotelling’s competition with general purpose products (with J. Robert), FACE Working Paper Series, December 2004, No 3, pp.1-17.

Conferences

• 2024: Midwest Economic Theory Conference, Indiana University (Indianapolis, USA) (scheduled).

• 2022: Encuentro Sociedad de Economia de Chile (SECHI), Universidad Austral de Chile.

• 2021: Encuentro Sociedad de Economia de Chile (SECHI), Universidad Austral de Chile (Chile  - virtual).

• 2019: 46th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona, Spain).

• 2018: XXXIII Jornadas de Economia Industrial, Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain).

• 2017: 2nd Asia-Pacific Industrial Organization Conference, University of Auckland (Auckland, New Zeland).

• 2016: Southern Economic Association Conference (Washington DC, USA) - Annual Meeting of the Chilean Economic Society, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez (Vina del Mar, Chile).

• 2015: Encuentro Sociedad de Economia de Chile (SECHI), Universidad de Talca (Talca, Chile) - XXX Jornadas de Economia Industrial, Universidad de Alicante (Alicante, Spain).

• 2014: Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society, Sao Paulo University (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - The 25th International Conference on Game Theory, Stony Brook University (NY, USA).

• 2013: Annual Meeting of the Chilean Economic Society, Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) - European Meeting of the Econometric Society, Gothenburg Univeristy (Gothenburg, Sweden); 

• 2012: North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA).

• 2011: North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society, University of Washignton St. Lois (St. Lois, USA) - Spring Midwest Economic Theory Meeting, University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame, IL, USA).

• 2010: Annual Meeting of the Chilean Economic Society, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez (Vina del Mar, Chile).

• 2009: Canadian Economic Theory Conference, Department of Economics, University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada). 

• 2004: Annual Meeting of the Chilean Economic Society (Villa Alemana, Chile). 

• 2003: XXXVIII Annual Assembly Latin American Council of Management Schools (Lima, Peru).

Invited Seminars 

• 2023: Departamento de Economía, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (Chile) - Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Concepción (Chile).

• 2021: Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Adolfo Ibañez (Chile) - Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile).

• 2018: ThEMA (Théorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), University of Cergy-Pontoise (France).

• 2017: Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales (Chile).

• 2014: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile) - Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad de Chile (Chile).

• 2012: Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado (Chile).

• 2011: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Piura (Perú) - Centro de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Chile (Chile).

• 2010: Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) - Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria (Chile) - Micro Lunch Seminars, The University of British Columbia (Canada).

• 2009: Universidad de Talca (Chile) - Universidad Diego Portales (Chile) - Universidad del Desarrollo (Chile) - Universidad de Concepción (Chile) - University of British Columbia (Canada).

• 2008: University of British Columbia (Canada).

Competitive Grants

• Fondecyt Iniciación #11140833, 2014 - 2017.

Services

• Elected Board Member of the Chilean Economics Society (Sociedad de Economía de Chile, SECHI), 2024-2025.

• Referee for: 

  • European Journal of Operational Research

  • Journal of Mathematical Economics 

  • Games and Economic Behavior

  • American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

  • Estudios de Economía 

  • Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 

  • The Brazilian Review of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology 

  • Panorama Socieconómico.

• Competitive grants: 

  • Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (FONDECYT) 

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC - Canada) - Insight Grants

  • Programa Formación Capital Humano Conicyt (BECAS CHILE) 

  • Programa Selección de Revistas Científicas Scielo-Chile

• Committees: 

  • Academic committee member, Master Economics & Data Science FEN-UNAB (2022-2023)

  • Scientific committee member, Meeting of the Peruvian Economic Association (2023)

  • Academic and admission committees, PhD Business Economics FEN - UDD (2017 - 2019) 

  • Accreditation committee, PhD Business Economics FEN - UDD (2018 - 2019)

  • Academic committee MBA - UDD (2015 - 2016) 

  • Advisory committee ICO (undergrad) - UDD (2015 - 2018)

Honors, Awards & Fellowships

• Reconocimiento a la Trayectoria Académica, Facultad de Economía & Negocios, Universidad Andrés Bello, 2023.

• Ph.D. Tuition Fee Award, The University of British Columbia, 2005–2008.

• The Balvir Singh Medal (best graduate student award in the M.A. program), Concordia University, 2002.

• Premio Francisco Antonio Encina Armanet (best undergraduate student award in the B.Sc. program), Universidad de Talca, 1999.

• Beca Presidente de la República, to pursue studies at the Universidad de Talca, 1994–1998.

• Beca MINEDUC, to pursue studies at the Universidad de Talca, 1994–1998.

Personal

• Born on May 25th, 1976.

• Married, two beautiful children.

Current as of Apr 25, 2024.