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Dan Kovenock

Professor
 J. Edward Lundy Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science - on leave Fall 2011-Spring 2013
Economics
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The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1994		 Ph: --
Fax: 319-335-1956
E-mail: dan-kovenock@uiowa.edu

Academic History

  • PhD in Economics, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1983
  • BSc in Mathematics and Economics, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1977

Expertise

  • Game Theory
  • Industrial Organization
  • Microeconomic Theory
  • Political Economy
  • Public Economics

    Selected Publications

    • An Experimental Investigation of Colonel Blotto Games, Subhasish M. Chowdhury , Dan Kovenock, Roman Sheremeta, Economic Theory , 2012 - Publication Details Forthcoming
    • Contests with Rank-Order Spillovers, Michael R. Baye , Dan Kovenock, Casper G. de Vries , Economic Theory , vol 51, 2012, 315-350
    • Strategic Defense and Attack for Series and Parallel Reliaability Systems: Comment, Dan Kovenock, Roberson Brian , Defence and Peace Economics, vol 23, 2012, 507-515
    • Strategic Defense and Attack for Series and Parallel Reliability Systems: Rejoinder, Dan Kovenock, Roberson Brian , Defence and Peace Economics, vol 23, 2012, 521-524
    • Weakest-Link Attacker-Defender Games with Multiple Attack Technologies, Daniel G. Arce, Dan Kovenock, Brian Roberson , Naval Research Logistics, vol 59, 2012, 457-469
    • Coalitional Colonel Blotto Games with Application to the Economics of Alliances, Dan Kovenock, Brian Roberson , Journal of Public Economic Theory, vol 14, 2012, 653-676
    • The Lifeboat Problem, Konrad, Kai A. , Dan Kovenock, European Economic Review, vol 56, 2012, 552-559.
    • The Herodotus Paradox, Michael R. Baye, Dan Kovenock, Casper G. de Vries , Games and Economic Behavior , vol 74, 2012, 399-406
    • A Blotto Game with Multi-Dimensional Incomplete Information, Dan Kovenock, Brian Roberson, Economics Letters, vol 113, 2011, 273-275
    • Non-Partisan 'Get-Out-the-Vote' Efforts and Policy Outcomes, Dan Kovenock, Brian Roberson, European Journal of Political Economy, vol 27, 2011, 728-739
    • Endogenous Rationing, Price Dispersion and Collusion in Capacity Constrained Supergames, Emmanuel Dechenaux, Dan Kovenock, Economic Theory , vol 47, 2011, 29-74
    • Asymmetric Conflicts with Endogenous Dimensionality, Dan Kovenock, Michael J. Mauboussin, Brian Roberson, The Korean Economic Review, vol 26, 2010, 287-305
    • Multi-Stage Contests with Stochastic Ability, K. A. Konrad, Dan Kovenock, Economic Inquiry, vol 48, 2010, 89-103
    • Competition for FDI with Vintage Investment and Agglomeration Advantages, Kai A. Konrad, Dan Kovenock, Journal of International Economics , vol 79, 2009, 230-237
    • "Inefficient Redistribution and Inefficient Redistributive Politics", Dan Kovenock, B. Roberson, Public Choice, vol 139, 2009, 263-272
    • "Multi-Battle Contests", K. A. Konrad, Dan Kovenock, Games and Economic Behavior, vol 66, 2009, 256-274
    • "The Alliance Formation Puzzle and Capacity Constraints", K. A. Konrad, Dan Kovenock, Economics Letters, vol 103, 2009, 84-86
    • "Is the 50-State Strategy Optimal?", Dan Kovenock, B. Roberson, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol 21, 2009, 213-236
    • "Electoral Poaching and Party Identification", Dan Kovenock, B. Roberson, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol 20, 2008, 275-302
    • "Tacit Collusion and Capacity Withholding in Repeated Uniform Price Auctions", E. Dechenaux, Dan Kovenock, Rand Journal of Economics, vol 38, 2007, 1044-1069
    • "Caps on Bidding in All-Pay Auctions: Comments on the Experiments of A. Rapoport and W. Amaldoss", E. Dechenaux, Dan Kovenock, V. Lugovskyy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol 61, 2006, 276-283
    • "Comparative Analysis of Litigation Systems: An Auction Theoretic Approach", M. Baye, Dan Kovenock, C. de Vries, The Economic Journal, vol 115, 2005, 583-601
    • "Free Riding in Noncooperative Entry Deterrence with Differentiated Products", Dan Kovenock, S. Roy, Southern Economic Journal, vol 72, 2005, 119-137
    • "A Comparison of Multiple-Unit All-Pay and Winner-Pay Auctions Under Incomplete Information", Y. Barut, Dan Kovenock, C. Noussair, International Economic Review, vol 43, 2002, 675-708
    • "Fiat Exchange in Finite Economies", Dan Kovenock, C. de Vries, Economic Inquiry, vol 40, 2002, 147-157
    • "Capacity Precommitment as a Barrier to Entry: A Bertand-Edgeworth Approach", B. Allen, R. Deneckere, T. Faith, Dan Kovenock, Economic Theory, vol 15, 2000, 501-530
    • "Quotas and Tariffs with Endogenous Conduct", R. Deneckere, Dan Kovenock, Y. Sohn, in M. Baye (ed.), Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Elsevier Science, Inc. (Amsterdam), vol 9, 2000, 37-68

        Other Work

        • Conflicts with Multiple Battlefields in Michelle R. Garfinkel and Stergios Skaperdas (eds.), Dan Kovenock, Brian Roberson, The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Peace and Conflict, Oxford University Press, New York, 2012
        • "Bertrand Competition," in Larry Blume and Steven Durlauf (eds.), M. Baye, Dan Kovenock, The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Palgrave MacMillan Ltd., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, 2008

          Prior Positions

          • Professor of Political Science, Purdue University, 2007 - 2008
          • Professor of Economics, Purdue University, 1994 - 2008
          • Economics Policy Chairman, Purdue University, 1997 - 2001
          • Associate Professor, Purdue University, 1989 - 1994
          • Universitair Docent (Assistant Professor), Econometric Institute, Erasmus Univeristy Rotterdam, 1989 - 1990
          • Assistant Professor of Economics, Purdue University, 1983 - 1989

            Professional Affiliations

            • Associate Editor, Social Choice and Welfare , 2010 - current
            • Editorial Board Member, Games and Economic Behavior, 2009 - current
            • Associate Editor, European Economic Review , 2008 - current
            • Co-editor, Economic Theory , 2003 - current
            • Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal , 1997 - 2007
            • Editor, International Journal of Industrial Organization , 1997 - 2005
            • Editorial Board Member, Economic Theory , 1999 - 2003
            • Co-editor, Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, 1999 - 2002