http://staff.feweb.vu.nl/hhouba/vuklein.gifDepartment of Economics

Evgenia Motchenkova 

 

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Curriculum Vitae

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Current Affiliation:

Assistant Professor
VU University Amsterdam
Department of Economics (feweb)
De Boelelaan 1105 / 7A-31
1081 HV Amsterdam
tel. +31-(0)20-5987143

 

 

Personal Information:

Name: Evgenia Motchenkova
Date of Birth: January 17, 1978
Place of Birth: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
PhD degree obtained on November 11, 2005

 

Research Interests:
General: Microeconomics, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, Antitrust, Competition Policy and Regulation, Mathematical Economics, Dynamic Games.
Specific: Economics of crime, Analysis of optimal policies for deterrence of antitrust law violations, Optimal leniency schemes, Dynamic models of optimal law enforcement.

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Publications:

1. E. Motchenkova and P.M. Kort, (2006), Analysis of the properties of the current penalty schemes for violations of antitrust law, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 128(2), 431-451, URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/4430162512326843/fulltext.pdf

2. E. Motchenkova, (2008), Determination of optimal penalties for antitrust violations in a dynamic setting, European Journal of Operational Research , 189(1), 269-291, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.05.048

 

3. E. Motchenkova and D. Leliefeld, (2010), Adverse effects of leniency programs in view of industry asymmetry, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume V/ Issue 2(12), 115-129, URL: http://ideas.repec.org/s/ush/jaessh.html

 

4. H. Houba, Motchenkova E., and Q. Wen, (2010), Antitrust enforcement with price-dependent fines and detection probabilities, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 30 no.3 pp. 2017-2027, URL: http://www.accessecon.com/Pubs/EB/2010/Volume30/EB-10-V30-I3-P185.pdf

 

5. R. Halbersma, M. Mikkers, E. Motchenkova, and I. Seinen, (2011), Market Structure and Hospital-Insurer Bargaining in the Netherlands, European Journal of Health Economics, Volume 12, Issue 6, Page 589-603, URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/477hx26326t61467/fulltext.pdf

 

6. E. Motchenkova and R. van der Laan, (2011), Strictness of leniency programs and asymmetric punishment effect, International Review of Economics, Volume 58, Issue 4, Page 401-431, URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y12261un43vp3014/fulltext.pdf

 

7. H. Houba, Motchenkova E., and Q. Wen, (2012), Competitive Prices as Optimal Cartel Prices, Economics Letters, Volume 114, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 39-42, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2011.08.021

 

Working Papers:

Antitrust Enforcement and Marginal Deterrence, with H. Houba and Q. Wen, 2011. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 11-166/1, Tinbergen Institute

 

Research Joint Ventures and Price Collusion: Joint Analysis of the Impact of R&D Subsidies and Antitrust Fines, with O. Rus, VU Serie Research Memoranda 2011-25, URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1871/23878

Leniency Programs in the Presence of Judicial Errors, with N. Ghebrihiwet, TILEC Discussion paper 2010-030, URL: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1666111##

The Effects of Leniency on Maximal Cartel Pricing, with H. Houba and Q. Wen, 2009. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 09-081/1, Tinbergen Institute

Maximal Cartel Pricing and Leniency Programs, with H. Houba and Q. Wen, 2008. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 08-120/1, Tinbergen Institute

Cost Minimizing Sequential Punishment Policies for Repeat Offenders, Working paper, Free University Amsterdam, 2006 (revised 2010), URL: http://ideas.repec.org/p/dgr/vuarem/2006-8.html

The effects of leniency programs on cartel stability: A timing game approach, CentER Discussion paper 2004-98, URL: CentER Discussion paper series 2004-98 (revised July 2009)

 

Projects:

Market Power in Markets with Price-Fee Competition and Costly Infrastructure, with Yukihiko Funaki and H. Houba, mimeo (March 2011)

 

Concentration and Market Dominance in the Search Engine Market, with I. Lianos and E. Bartelsman, mimeo (September 2011)

 

 

 

Other publications:

H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2010, On the Effectiveness of Leniency Programs in Cartel Enforcement, MET: Medium Econometrische Toepassingen, 17-4-3, p. 18-23

H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2010, On the Effectiveness of Leniency Programs in Cartel Enforcement, AENORM (Student Magazine Actuarial Sciences, Econometrics and Operations Research) 18 (67), p. 23-27

H. Houba, E. Motchenkova and Q. Wen, 2009, The Maximal Damage Paradigm in Antitrust Regulation: Is it Something New?, AENORM 16, gemeenschappelijke uitgave econometriestudieverenigingen Kraket/VSAE, Vrije Universiteit/Universiteit van Amsterdam, p.37-41.

Promoting small-scale private enterprises in Russia: the problem of excessive taxation, Proceedings of the Workshop on Reviving Russian Economy through the restructuring of incentives, 2001. St-Petersburg, Russia, pp. 7-10

 

Education:

2001/08 - 2005/08: Tilburg University, Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, The Netherlands.
PhD student at CentER and TILEC.
Title of the PhD Dissertation: Optimal Enforcement of Competition Law, Supervisors: Prof. Eric van Damme, Prof. Peter M. Kort.

1999/08 - 2001/06: University of Oslo,
Master degree in Environmental and Development Economics

1995/08 - 1999/06: Saint-Petersburg State University,
Master degree in Mathematical Economics