Georg Nöldeke

Professor of Economics, University of Basel

Georg Nöldeke

I am a professor of economics at the Faculty of Business and Economics of the University of Basel. I am also a fellow of the Econometric Society, the Game Theory Society, and the Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory.

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Research

My research focuses on microeconomic theory, game theory, and social evolution. My recent work on matching studies how search frictions, investment incentives, and balance conditions shape competitive matching outcomes. A second strand uses game-theoretic tools to study cooperation and collective action in groups, including models motivated by social and biological evolution.

Publications

Publications in Refereed Journals

  1. The Shirker's Dilemma and the Prospect of Cooperation in Large Groups with Aviad Heifetz and Jorge Peña. Theoretical Population Biology 155, 10-23, 2024.
  2. Cooperative Dilemmas with Binary Actions and Multiple Players with Jorge Peña. Dynamic Games and Applications 13, 1156-1193, 2023.
  3. Sorting in Iterated Incumbency Contests with Samuel Häfner. Economic Theory 74, 1103-1140, 2022.
  4. Group Size and Collective Action in a Binary Contribution Game with Jorge Peña. Journal of Mathematical Economics 88, 42-51, 2020.
  5. The Balance Condition in Search-and-Matching Models with Stephan Lauermann and Thomas Tröger. Econometrica 88:2, 595-618, 2020.
  6. The Evolution of Egg Trading in Simultaneous Hermaphrodites with Jorge Peña and Oscar Puebla. American Naturalist 195:3, 524-533, 2020.
  7. Group Size Effects in Social Evolution with Jorge Peña. Journal of Theoretical Biology 457, 211-220, 2018.
  8. The Implementation Duality with Larry Samuelson. Econometrica 86:4, 1283-1324, 2018.
  9. Optimal Search from Multiple Distributions with Infinite Horizon with Jean-Michel Benkert and Igor Letina. Economics Letters 164, 15-18, 2018.
  10. Payoff Shares in Two-player Contests with Samuel Häfner. Games 7:3, 25, 2016.
  11. The Symmetric Equilibria of Symmetric Voter Participation Games with Complete Information with Jorge Peña. Games and Economic Behavior 99, 71-81, 2016.
  12. Variability in Group Size and the Evolution of Collective Action with Jorge Peña. Journal of Theoretical Biology 389, 72-82, 2016.
  13. Evolutionary Dynamics of Collective Action in Spatially Structured Populations with Laurent Lehmann and Jorge Peña. Journal of Theoretical Biology 382, 122-136, 2015.
  14. Investment and Competitive Matching with Larry Samuelson. Econometrica 83:3, 835-896, 2015.
  15. Existence of Steady-State Equilibria in Matching Models with Search Frictions with Stephan Lauermann. Economics Letters 131, 1-4, 2015.
  16. Stable Marriages and Search Frictions with Stephan Lauermann. Journal of Economic Theory 151, 163-195, 2014.
  17. Gains from Switching and Evolutionary Stability in Multi-player Matrix Games with Laurent Lehmann and Jorge Peña. Journal of Theoretical Biology 346, 23-33, 2014.
  18. Does Competitive Pricing Cause Market Breakdown under Extreme Adverse Selection? with George Mailath. Journal of Economic Theory 140:1, 97-125, 2008.
  19. Optimal Bunching without Optimal Control with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Economic Theory 134:1, 405-420, 2007.
  20. A Characterization of the Distributions that imply Existence of Linear Equilibria in the Kyle Model with Thomas Tröger. Annals of Finance 2:1, 73-85, 2006.
  21. Information-based Relative Consumption Effects: Correction with Larry Samuelson. Econometrica 73:4, 1383-1387, 2005.
  22. Strategic Choice Handicaps when Females seek High Male Net Viability with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Theoretical Biology 221, 53-59, 2003.
  23. Existence of Linear Equilibria in the Kyle Model with Multiple Informed Traders with Thomas Tröger. Economics Letters 72:2, 159-164, 2001.
  24. How Costly is the Honest Signaling of Need? with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Theoretical Biology 197, 527-539, 1999.
  25. Sequential Investments and Options to Own with Klaus M. Schmidt. Rand Journal of Economics 29, 633-653, 1998.
  26. On Testing for Financial Market Equilibrium under Asymmetric Information Journal of Political Economy 105, 1107-1113, 1997.
  27. A Dynamic Model of Equilibrium Selection in Signaling Markets with Larry Samuelson. Journal of Economic Theory 73, 118-156, 1997.
  28. Option Contracts and Renegotiation: a Solution to the Hold-up Problem with Klaus M. Schmidt. Rand Journal of Economics 26, 163-179, 1995.
  29. An Evolutionary Analysis of Backward and Forward Induction with Larry Samuelson. Games and Economic Behavior 5, 425-454, 1993.
  30. Signalling in a Dynamic Labour Market with Eric van Damme. Review of Economic Studies 57, 1-23, 1990.

Contact

Faculty of Business and Economics
University of Basel
Peter Merian-Weg 6
4002 Basel
Switzerland
georg.noeldeke@unibas.ch