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

Evgenia Motchenkova 

 

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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

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Teaching and Professional Experience

 

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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

 

8. I. Lianos and E. Motchenkova (2013), Market Dominance and Search Quality in the Search Engine Market, Journal of Competition Law and Economics, 9 (2), 1-37, URL: http://jcle.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/04/25/joclec.nhs037.full.pdf+html

 

Working Papers:

 

Market Power in Bilateral Oligopoly Markets with Non-expandable Infrastructures, with Funaki, Y. and H. Houba, 2012. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 12-139/II and TILEC Discussion Paper Series 2012-041.

 

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 Dominance and Quality of Search Results in Oligopolistic Search Engine Market, with E. Bartelsman , P. Denderski, and I. Lianos, mimeo (December 2012)

 

Mode of Extraction: Technology Transfer, Spillovers, and FDI Policy, with Nahom Tesfay, mimeo (April 2013)

 

 

 

 

Popular publications:

Y. Funaki, H. Houba and E. Motchenkova, 2013, An application of Market Power Theory in Bilateral Oligopoly Markets to the EU Gas Production and Distribution Industry, AENORM, 21(78), 14-19. URL: http://www.aenorm.nl/files/nlaenorm2012/file/article_pdfs/synfw_houba%20online.pdf

N. Tesfay, F. den Butter and E. Motchenkova, 2012, De valkuilen voor de snelle economische groei van Eritrea, Economisch Statistische Berichten (ESB), 97 (4632), 30 March 2012, 216-218. URL: http://esbonline.sdu.nl/esb/esb/archief/abbo1/toonartikel1.jsp?di=623696

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