Laura Doval
- Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business
- Economics Division

- Areas of Expertise
- Marketplace Design, Microeconomics, Organizations & Markets, Strategy
- Contact
- Office: 581 Kravis
- E-mail: [email protected]
Laura Doval is an Associate Professor in the Economics Division at Columbia University. Her research focuses on information economics, mechanism design, and market design. Prior to joining Columbia, she was an Assistant Professor of Economics at the California Institute of Technology and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Cowles Foundation, Yale University. She received her PhD from Northwestern University.
- Education
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B.A., Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2009; M.A., Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2010; M.A., Economics, Northwestern University, 2012; Ph.D., Economics, Northwestern University, 2016
- Joined CBS
- 2020
All Activities
- Type
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Journal Article
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“Dynamically Stable Matching.”
Theoretical Economics
vol.
17
,
(January 01, 2022):
687
-724
.
- Type
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Journal Article
Doval, Laura and Jeffrey Ely
.
“Sequential Information Design.”
Econometrica
vol.
86
,
(November 01, 2020):
2575
-2608
.
- Type
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Journal Article
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“Whether or Not to Open Pandora's Box.”
Journal of Economic Theory
vol.
175
,
(May 01, 2018):
127
-158
.
- Type
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Journal Article
Doval, Laura and V. Skreta
.
“Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment.”
Econometrica
vol.
90
,
(January 01, 2011):
1463
-1500
.
- Type
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Working Paper
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The Value of TimeAcross Space: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides. June 01, 2022.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and A. Smolin
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Information Payoffs: An Interim Perspective. September 01, 2021.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
.
Purchase History and Product Personalization. June 17, 2021.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
.
Constrained Information Design. June 10, 2021.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
.
Optimal Mechanism for the Sale of a Durable Good. May 28, 2021.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
.
Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment. March 21, 2021.
- Type
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Working Paper
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The Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides. August 13, 2020.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and J. Ely
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Bayes’ rule where possible. January 01, 2020.
- Type
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Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Balázs Szentes
.
On the Efficiency of Queueing in Dynamic Matching Markets. July 18, 2019.
- Type
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Working Paper
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A theory of stability in Dynamic Matching Market. March 01, 2018.
- Type
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Working Paper
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Dynamic and Many-to-many matching. May 01, 2016.
- Type
- Course
B8216: Economics of Strategic Behavior
- Type
- Course
B9219: Topics in Industrial Organizations