Maarten Janssen

 

Tel: +31-10-4082341
E-mail: janssen@ese.eur.nl

(Complete) Curriculum Vitae in PDF-format

Maarten Janssen is Professor of Microeconomics at the University of Vienna and Erasmus University Rotterdam and co-founder of ECRI. His research focuses on game theory and the theory of industrial organisation. In this field, he has mainly focused on problems concerning asymmetric information in markets, consumer search and auctions. On these topics he has published in the leading international journals, such as Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Theory, International Economic Review, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Industrial Economics, European Economic Review. He has conducted international research and teaching activities in Belgium (University of Louvain), France (Sorbonne), the United States of America (Duke University) and Russia (Higher School of Economics, Moscow). He was recently involved in various consulting activities. He led certain large scale research projects on the use of auctions by governments, including an evaluation of the Dutch UMTS-auction for the Dutch Parliament. He advised competition authorities and private companies in antitrust cases in sectors such as the market for motor fuels, bicycles, electricity and mobile telephony.

Professional experience

 

2008-present 
Professor of Microeconomics, University of Vienna
2005-2008 
Free lance senior consultant Charles Rivers Associates 
2004-2008 
Director Tinbergen Institute 
2001
Visiting Professor, Université Panthén-Sorbonne (Paris I) 
1997-present 
Professor of Microeconomics, Erasmus University 
1992-1997 
Associate Professor of Microeconomics, Erasmus University 
1993 
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Duke University 
1991-1992 
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) 
1990-1992 
Assistant Professor of Microeconomics (50%) and Economic 
1989 
Visiting Scholar at Duke University (U.S.A.)

 

 

Publications

Auctions

  • Auctions with Flexible Entry Fees, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 09-109/1, 2009, Maarten Janssen, Vladimir Karamychev, and Emiel Maasland.

    Download Download

  • Simultaneous Pooled Auctions with Multiple Bids and Preference Lists, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, forthcoming, Maarten Janssen, Vladimir Karamychev, and Emiel Maasland.

    Download Download

  • Evaluatie Benzineveiling, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Finance, 2008, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, Stéphanie van der Geest, and Marco Varkevisser. Kabinetsreactie.

    Download Download

  • Advies over de verdeling van TDAB-, 2,6 GHz-, en FM/AM-frequenties, commissioned by DGET, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2007, Maarten Janssen and Emiel Maasland.

  • Janssen, M.C.W. and V. Karamychev (forthcoming), Selection Effects in Auctions for Monopoly Rights, Journal of Economic Theory Download Download

  • Vervolgadvies TDAB-veiling: Vormgeving incrementregel, commissioned by Radiocommunications Agency Netherlands, 2007, Maarten Janssen and Emiel Maasland.

  • Auctions as coordination devices, European Economic Review, 2006, Maarten Janssen. Download Download
  • Auctions, market prices and the risk attitude effect, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2005-025/1, Maarten Janssen & Vladimir Karamychev. Download Download
  • Auctions as Collusion Devices, TI-Discussion Paper 03-17/1. Submitted.

  • Lobbyen in de polderether, I&I: Nieuwe Media in Perspectief, jrg. 21(5), 2003, pp. 18-21, Maarten Janssen and Emiel Maasland.

    Download Download
  • Janssen, M.C.W., & B. Moldovanu, Interaction Between Allocation Mechanisms and Future Market Outcomes, in: M.C.W. Janssen (ed.), Auctions and Beauty Contests: a Policy Perspective, SEOR-ECRI, Rotterdam, 2002. To download: see M.C.W. Janssen, 2002.

  • Second opinion onderzoek naar de veiling van telefoonnummers, commissioned by DGTP, Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2002, Maarten Janssen and Emiel Maasland. Staatscourant announcement.

    Download Download

  • The Czech 3G-Auction: The Auction Stage, commissioned by the Czech Telecommunications Office, 2001, Maarten Janssen and Emiel Maasland.

Competition law and policy

  • Stable service patterns in scheduled transport competition, Journal of Transport Economic Policy, 2006, Peran van Reeven & Maarten Janssen. Download Download
  • Internet retailing as a marketing strategy, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2005-038/1, Maarten Janssen & Rob van der Noll. Download Download
  • Multi-store competition: market segmentation or interlacing?, in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2005, Maarten Janssen, Vladimir Karamychev & Peran van Reeven. Download Download
  • Electronic commerce and retail channel substitution, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper, TI 2002-042/1, Maarten Janssen & Rob van der Noll. Download Download

Consumer Search

  • Truly costly sequential search and oligopolistic pricing, in: International Journal of Industrial Organisation, 2005, Maarten Janssen, Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzales & Matthijs Wildenbeest. Download Download
  • Strategic pricing, consumer search and the number of firms, in: Review of Economic Studies, 2004, Maarten Janssen & Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzales. Download Download
  • Bertrand Competition under Uncertainty, Journal of Industrial Economics, 2002 (50), pp.11-21, Maarten Janssen & Eric Rasmusen. Download Download
  • Two firms is enough for competition, but three or more is better, TI-Discussion Paper 01-115/1, (with José-Luis Moraga). Revise and resubmit to Review of Economic Studies.
  • Pricing, Consumer Search and the Size of Internet Markets, TI-Discussion Paper 00-042/1, (with José-Luis Moraga), full text: http://e-commerce.mit.edu/cgi-bin/viewwallpapers. Submitted.

Coordination

  • Janssen, M.C.W. and M.C. Non (forthcoming), Advertising and Consumer Search in a Duopoly Model, International Journal of Industrial Organization
  • On the strategic use of focal points in bargaining situations, in: Journal of Economic Psychology, forthcoming, Maarten Janssen.
  • Cooperation and Coordination, Brain and Behavioural Sciences 26, 2003, pp. 165-166, Maarten Janssen.
  • Rationalizing Focal Points, Theory and Decision, 2001 (50), pp.119-148.
  • Towards a Justification of the Principle of Coordination, Economics and Philosophy, 2001 (17), pp.221-234.
  • Focal Points, in P. Newman (ed.). The New Palgrave of Economics and the Law vol. II, MacMillan, 1998, pp.150-5.
  • Non-exclusive Conventions and Social Coordination, Journal of Economic Theory, 1997 (77), pp.34-57 (with Sanjeev Goyal).
  • Can we Rationally Learn to Coordinate?, Theory and Decision, 1996 (40), pp.29-49 (with Sanjeev Goyal).

Markets with Asymmetric Information

  • Dynamic insurance contracts under adverse selection, in: Journal of Risk and Insurance, 2005, vol. 72, no. 1, 45-59, Maarten Janssen & Vladimir Karamychev. Download Download
  • On durable goods markets with entry and adverse selection, in: Canadian Journal of Economics, 2004, Maarten Janssen & Santanu Roy. Download Download
  • Catching Hipo's, Oxford Economic Papers, 2002 (54), pp.321-33, Maarten Janssen. Download Download
  • Continuous time trading in markets with adverse selection. HSE Journal in Economics (Moskou), 2002, pp. 446-473, Maarten Janssen and Vladimir Karamychev. Download Download
  • Cycles and Multiple equilibria in the Market for Durable lemons, Economic Theory, 2002 (20), pp.579-601, Maarten Janssen & Vladimir Karamychev. Download Download
  • Dynamic trading in a durable good market with Asymmetric Information, International Economic Review. 2002, pp.257-282, Maarten Janssen & Santanu Roy. Download Download
  • Dynamic Insurance contracts under Adverse Selection, TI-Discussion Paper 01-106/1, (with Vladimir Karamychev). Submitted.
  • On the Nature of the Lemons Problem in Durable Goods Markets, Florida International University, Working Paper 99-4, (with Santanu Roy). Revise and re-submit for Canadian Journal of Economics.
  • Market prices and illegal practices, in: International Review of Law and Economics, 1998, Maarten Janssen & Peran van Reeven. Download Download
  • Price as a Signal of Illegality, International Review of Law and Economics, 1998 (18), pp.51-60 (with Peran van Reeven).
  • The price of land and the process of expropriation, in: the Economist, 1996, Maarten Janssen, Christian Gerth, Lonneke Jansen & Marinka Niehoff. Download Download

Methodology

  • Individualism and Equilibrium Coordination in Games, in R. Backhouse, D. Hausman, U. Mäki and A. Salanti (eds.). Crossing Boundaries: Case studies in Economic Methodology, MacMillan, 1998, pp.1-35.
  • Economic Models and Their Applications in B. Hamminga, N. de Marchi (eds.). Idealization in Economics, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1994, pp.101-116.
  • Sociology in the Economic Mode. Theory and Decision, 1993, pp.73-81
  • Friedman's Theory of the Consumption Function as an Example of Diagnostic Reasoning. Economics and Philosophy, 1992, pp.23-49 (with Yao-Hua Tan).
  • Why Friedman's Non-monotonic Reasoning Defies Hempel's Covering Law Model, Synthese, 1991 (2), pp.255-284 (with Yao-Hua Tan).
  • Stratification of General Equilibrium Theory; A Synthesis of Reconstructions, Erkenntnis 30, 1989, pp.183-205 (with Theo A.F. Kuipers).
  • Structuralist Reconstructions of Classical and Keynesian Macroeconomics, Erkenntnis 30, 1989, pp.165-181.

Microfoundations

  • Microfoundations, in J. Davis, W. Hands and U. Mäki (eds.). The Handbook of Economic Methodology, Edward Elgar, 1998, pp.307-10.
  • Microfoundations of Macroeconomics, in T. Cate (ed.). An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics, Edward Elgar, 1997, pp.424-7.
  • Microfoundations: A Critical Inquiry, Routledge, London, 1993. (Reviewed in Economic Journal, 1994; De Economist, 1995; Journal of Economic Methodology, 1996; Economics and Philosophy, 1996)
  • The Alleged Necessity of Microfoundations. Journal of Macroeconomics, 1991 (4), pp.619-639.
  • What is this Thing Called Microfoundations? . History of Political Economy, 1991 (4), pp.687-712.
  • Individualistic Foundations for General Equilibrium Theory; A Consideration of Some Game Theoretic Approaches, Recherches Economiques de Louvain, 1989 (4), pp.425-46.

Regulation and Competition Policy - General

  • Winstuitkering: winst voor de publieke belangen? Een literatuurstudie, commissioned by Kenniscentrum voor Ordeningsvraagstukken, 2006, Elbert Dijkgraaf, Stéphanie van der Geest, Maarten Janssen, Marco Varkevisser, and Bart Voogt.

    Download Download
  • Janssen, M.C.W., B. Moldovanu (2004), Allocation Mechanisms and Post-Allocation Interaction, in M.C.W. Janssen (ed.), Auctioning Public Assets: Analysis and Alternatives, Cambridge University Press
  • Janssen, M.C.W. (ed.), Auctioning Public Assets: Analysis and Alternatives, Cambridge University Press, January 2004. (Publication contains chapters written by members of SEOR-ECRI).
  • Janssen, M.C.W. (2004), Introduction, in M.C.W. Janssen (ed.), Auctioning Public Assets: Analysis and Alternatives, Cambridge University Press

  • Literatuurstudie naar de kosten en baten van markttoezichthouders, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2004, Elbert Dijkgraaf, Maarten Janssen, and Emiel Maasland.

    Download Download

  • The Economics of Demand-side Financing, commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Ecomomic Affairs, 2004, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, and Ewa Mendys-Kamphorst.

    Download Download
  • Janssen, M.C.W., (ed.), Auctions and Beauty Contests: A Policy Perspective, SEOR-ECRI, 2002. Download Download

Energy (Electricity and Gas)

  • Dijkgraaf, E. and M. Janssen, (2008), 'Is there a Belgian Wholesale Electricity Market?', Erasmus Competition and Regulation institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam.

    Download Download

  • Janssen, M.C.W. en E. Dijkgraaf (2007), Analyse van de Nederlandse leveringsmarkt voor elektriciteit en de effecten van de voorgestelde remedie voor Nuon/Essent, SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

  • Dijkgraaf, E. en M.C.W. Janssen (2007), Price convergence in the European electricity market, , SEOR-ECRi, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Postal Services, Telecom and ICT

  • Early Mover Advantages: An Empirical Analysis of European Mobile Phone Markets, Telecommunications Policy 32(3-4), 2008, pp. 246-261, Govert Bijwaard, Maarten Janssen, and Emiel Maasland.

    Download Download
  • Janssen, M.C.W. en E. Mendys-Kamphorst, Economische Analyse van het verzoek van Yarosa aan T-Mobile, October 2004, SEOR-ECRI, Erasmus University Rotterdam, (not-public)

  • Internationale vergelijking ontwikkeling marktaandelen in de mobiele telecomsector, commissioned by Proximus, 2004, Govert Bijwaard, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, and Ewa Mendys-Kamphorst.

  • Janssen, M.C.W. en E. Mendys-Kamphorst, Toegangs- en interconnectieverplichtingen in de Mobiele Telecommarkt: een Economische Analyse, November 2004, SEOR-ECRI, Erasmus University Rotterdam Download Download

  • De draad kwijt? Onderzoek naar de gang van zaken rond de Nederlandse UMTS-veiling, M.C.W. Janssen, A.P. Ros, en N. van der Windt (eds.), Rotterdam, Erasmus Universiteit, 2001, 229 p.

    Download Download

Professional Services Markets

  • Zienswijze op NMa-onderzoek adviestarieven NVP, commissioned by Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychotherapie, 2003, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, and Yves Montangie.

Other Markets (Bicycle, Container Shipping, Motor Fuel, etc.)

  • Vervolgonderzoek over de Nederlandse fietsenbranche, commissioned by Accell Group N.V., 2004, Govert Bijwaard, Maarten Janssen, and Emiel Maasland.

  • Economisch Second Opinion Onderzoek over NMa-rapport No. 1615/380.R137 van 27 november 2002 over de Nederlandse fietsenbranche, commissioned by Accell Group N.V., 2003, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, and Ewa Mendys-Kamphorst.

  • Economisch Second Opinion Onderzoek over NMa-onderzoek Motorbrandstoffensector, commissioned by TotalFinaElf, 2002, Maarten Janssen, Emiel Maasland, Marcella Petri, and Nico van der Windt.

Miscellaneous

  • Janssen, M.C.W. and E. Mendys-Kamphorst (2007), Evolution of Market Shares with Heterogeneous Network Externalities and Repeated Purchases, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 8:287-295.
  • The Price of a Price: On the Crowding Out of Social Norms, in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 55, 377-395, 2004, Maarten Janssen & Ewa Mendys. Download Download
  • Adoption of Superior Technology in Markets with Heterogeneous Network Externalities and Price Competition, 2000, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 2000-087/1. Download Download
  • Rational Cooperation in Finitely Repeated Prisoners Dilemma's, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1997 (32), pp.613-9 (with Joeri Gorter and Sjoerd van de Meerendonk).
  • Dynamic Coordination Failures and the Efficiency of the Firm, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1995 (28), pp.223-239 (with Sanjeev Goyal).
  • On the Dominance Solvability of Large Cournot Models, Games and Economic Behavior, 1995, pp.297-321 (with Tilman Börgers).