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Laura Doval

Daniel W. Stanton Associate Professor of Business
Economics Division
Laura Doval
Areas of Expertise
Marketplace Design, Microeconomics, Organizations & Markets, Strategy
Contact
Office: 581 Kravis
E-mail: [email protected]
Links
Personal Website
Curriculum Vitae

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
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

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Awards and Honors
  • Press
  • Journal articles
  • Working papers
  • Articles
  • Books
  • Chapters
Type
Journal Article
Doval, Laura
. “Dynamically Stable Matching.”
Theoretical Economics
vol.
17
, (January 01, 2022):
687
-
724
.
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Type
Journal Article
Doval, Laura and Jeffrey Ely
. “Sequential Information Design.”
Econometrica
vol.
86
, (November 01, 2020):
2575
-
2608
.
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Type
Journal Article
Doval, Laura
. “Whether or Not to Open Pandora's Box.”
Journal of Economic Theory
vol.
175
, (May 01, 2018):
127
-
158
.
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Type
Journal Article
Doval, Laura and V. Skreta
. “Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment.”
Econometrica
vol.
90
, (January 01, 2011):
1463
-
1500
.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura
. The Value of TimeAcross Space: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides. June 01, 2022.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and A. Smolin
. Information Payoffs: An Interim Perspective. September 01, 2021.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
. Purchase History and Product Personalization. June 17, 2021.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
. Constrained Information Design. June 10, 2021.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
. Optimal Mechanism for the Sale of a Durable Good. May 28, 2021.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Vasiliki Skreta
. Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment. March 21, 2021.
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Type
Working Paper
Buchholz, Nicholas, Laura Doval, Jakub Kastl, Filip Matejka, and Tobias Salz
. The Value of Time: Evidence from Auctioned Cab Rides. August 13, 2020.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and J. Ely
. Bayes’ rule where possible. January 01, 2020.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura and Balázs Szentes
. On the Efficiency of Queueing in Dynamic Matching Markets. July 18, 2019.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura
. A theory of stability in Dynamic Matching Market. March 01, 2018.
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Type
Working Paper
Doval, Laura
. Dynamic and Many-to-many matching. May 01, 2016.
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  • Courses
  • Case Studies
Type
Course
B8216: Economics of Strategic Behavior
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Type
Course
B9219: Topics in Industrial Organizations
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  • Awards & Honors
Date
2019

Review of Economic Studies

Date
2018

American Economic Review

Date
2012

Northwestern University

Date
2009

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Date
2009

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Date
2009

Universidad Torcuato Di Tella

Date
2010

Academia Nacional de Ciencias Económicas

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