Maxim Ivanov

I am an Associate Professor at the Economics Department of McMaster University.

My main research interests are Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, and Information Theory. I am particularly interested in studying the role of information in economic environments where the precision and distribution of information are determined endogenously. The applications include information design, strategic communication, mediation, mechanisms, organizational design, and markets.

Email: mivanov@mcmaster.ca

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Publications:*

"Perfect Robust Implementation by Private Information Design", Economic Theory 78 (2024) 753‒787 (paper)
“Cheap Talk with Private Signal Structures” (with Alex Sam), Games and Economic Behavior 132 (2022) 288—304 (paper, supplementary appendix)
“Optimal Monotone Signals in Bayesian Persuasion Mechanisms”, Economic Theory 72 (2021) 955—1000, previously titled "Optimal Signals in Bayesian Persuasion Mechanisms with Ranking" (paper)
“Dynamic Learning and Strategic Communication”, International Journal of Game Theory 45 (2016) 627—653 (paper)
“Dynamic Information Revelation in Cheap Talk”, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 15 (2015) 251—275 (paper)
“Beneficial Mediated Communication in Cheap Talk”, Journal of Mathematical Economics 55 (2014) 129—135 (paper)
“Information Revelation in Competitive Markets”, Economic Theory 52 (2013) 337—365 (paper, supplementary appendix)
“Informational Control and Organizational Design”, Journal of Economic Theory 145 (2010) 721—751 (paper)
“Communication via a Strategic Mediator”, Journal of Economic Theory 145 (2010) 869—884 (paper)
“Niche Market or Mass Market?”, Economics Letters 105 (2009), No. 3, 217—220 (paper)

* All papers are preprints

Working Papers:

“Mean Bounds and Existence: Calibration Approach to Inverse Hazard Rates”
“Uncertain Costs, Information Design, and Total Surplus”
“When Does Simple Mediation Improve upon Cheap Talk?” (joint with Maria Goltsman and Gregory Pavlov)
“The Principal-Agent Model of Mediation” (joint with Attila Ambrus)

Teaching:

Graduate (PhD): Microeconomic Theory II
Industrial Organization

Undergraduate (level): Game Theory (3)

Advanced Economic Theory (4)

Introduction to Advanced Economic Theory (3)

Industrial Organization (3)

Intermediate Macroeconomics (3)

Money and Banking (3)

Intermediate Microeconomics (2)

Applied Business Economics (2)

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