CURRICULUM VITAE Gian Luigi ALBANO Professional Address Research Unit Italian Procurement Agency (Consip S.p.A.) Private Address Via Lorenzo il Magnifico, 35, int. 6 00162 Roma - Italy Via Isonzo 19E, 00198 Rome Italy Tel +39 8544 9627 Email: gianluigi.albano@tesoro.it www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctpgla Born 23 June 1967, Cosenza, Italy Nationality Italian Marital Status Single Education 1998 Ph.D. (Economics), Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium 1995 Master of Arts (Economics), Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium 1992 Laurea in Economia Politica (Political Economy, Summa cum Laude), Universita Bocconi, Milan, Italy Employment 2005 - Research Unit, Italian Procurement Agency (Consip S.p.A.) 1999-2005 1995-1999 Lecturer, Department of Economics, University College London (on leave for the academic year 2005/06) Teacher Assistant, Department of Economics, Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Fields of Interest Theory of Organizations, Economics of Information, Auction Theory, Personnel Economics, Contract Theory Language Skills Italian: Mother tongue English, French, Spanish: Fluent Published Papers 1. Retaliatory Equilibria in a Japanese Auction for Multiple Objects, (2006), Review of Economic Design. forthcoming, (with F. Germano and S. Lovo) 2. Ascending Auctions for Multiple Objects: The Case for the Japanese Design, (2006), Economic Theory, forthcoming (with F. Germano and S. Lovo) 3. (All) Equilibria in a Class of Bidding Games, (2005), Economics Letters, 87, pp. 61-66 (with A. Matros) 4. Bayesian Inference in Repeated English Auctions, (2004), Test, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 1-19 (with F. Jouneau) 5. Strategic Certification and Provision of Quality, (2001), International Economic Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 267-283 (with A. Lizzeri) 6. A Class of All-Pay Auctions: Equilibrium, Revenue Ranking and Surplus Extraction, (2001), Louvain Economic Research, Vol. 67, pp. 31-38. 7. A Comparison of Standard Multi-Unit Auctions with Synergies, (2001), Economics Letters, 71, pp. 55-60 (with F. Germano and S. Lovo)
Book Chapters 1. Preventing Collusion in Procurement, (with P. Buccirossi, G. Spagnolo and M. Zanza), in N. Dimitri, G. Piga and G. Spagnolo (Eds.), Handbook of Procurement, Cambridge University Press, 2006, forthcoming. 2. Participation and Reserve Price, (with N. Dimitri and G. Piga), in N. Dimitri, G. Piga and G. Spagnolo (Eds.), Handbook of Procurement, Cambridge University Press, 2006, forthcoming. 3. Procurement Contracting Strategies, (with G. Calzolari, F. Dini, E. Iossa, G. Spagnolo), in N. Dimitri, G. Piga and G. Spagnolo (Eds.), Handbook of Procurement Auction Design, Cambridge University Press, 2006, forthcoming. 4. Information and Tendering Formats, (with N. Dimitri, R. Pacini G. Spagnolo), in N. Dimitri, G. Piga and G. Spagnolo (Eds.), Handbook of Procurement, Cambridge University Press, 2006, forthcoming. Papers Under Submission Collusive Drawbacks of Sequential Auctions, (2005), University College London (with G. Spagnolo). Transparency, Recruitment and Retention in the Public Sector, (2005) University College London and Oxford University, (with C. Leaver). Work in Progress Joint Bidding in Procurement Auctions, (with G. Spagnolo and M. Zanza) Average-Price Auctions, (with G. Spagnolo and M. Bianchi)
Unpublished Manuscripts A Bayesian Approach to the Econometrics of First-Price Auctions, (1999), CORE DP 9831, (with F. Jouneau) On a Common Value Auction Game, (1998), CORE, Universite catholique de Louvain, Mimeo (with F. Jouneau) A Monopolistic Market for Certification, (1997), CORE DP 9737, (with A. Lizzeri). Refereeing activity Econometrica, American Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies, RAND Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of the European Economic Association, International Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, European Economic Review, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Industrial Organization, Review of Economic Design, Economica, Economic Journal, Canadian Journal of Economics, Energy Journal, Louvain Economic Review, The European Review of Agricultural Economics, Economics and Philosophy. Reviewer for the National Science Foundation Invited Seminars (2000-05) Belgium: Germany: Italy: Bologna; Switzerland United Kingdom: Free University of Brussels, University of Namur; Free University of Berlin; University of Brescia, University of Venice, University of University of Lausanne; Birkbeck College, University of Edinburgh, University of Exeter, University of Essex, University of Cambridge, Queen Mary College, London Business School, Royal Holloway College.
Teaching (1999-2006) University College London Industrial Organization I: Market Structure (BSc Economics) Game Theory (BSc Economics) Economic Policy Analysis (BSc Economics) Economics of Innovation (BSc Economics) Microeconomics (MSc Economics) Contracts and Information (MPhil Economics) ME Microeconomics (MSc Environmental Economics and Public Policy) Free University of Brussels Auction theory (PhD Economics, taught in English Spring 2000 and 2001) Advanced European Microeconomics (Licence, taught in French Spring 2004) Solvay Business School - Brussels Introductory Microeconomics (BSc in Management Science Spring Term 1999) University of Rome 2 (Tor Vergata) Auction Theory (PhD in Economics and Finance - Nov 2005) University of Brescia Introduction to Auction Theory (MSc in Finance, taught in Italian - Sept 2001)
Office of Fair Trading London Repeated Games and Tacit Collusion (2-hour Lecture - Jan 10, 2006) Consultancy activity 2001: External consultant for Lexecon on a merger case involving two companies operating in the catering industry (mainly for railways companies). The merger was approved by the U.K. Competition Commission. Other Activities Local organizer (jointly with Bernardo Bortolotti, Fondazione ENI E. Mattei Milan and University of Turin) of three conferences (September 2002/03/04) on Auctions and Market Design: Theory, Evidence and Applications. The conferences were sponsored by the European Commission as high level conferences (contract number HPCF-2001-00125). Academic References Professor Lawrence M. Ausubel Department of Economics University of Maryland College Park MD 20742-7211 USA Tel +001 301 405-3495 Email: ausubel@econ.umd.edu
Professor John Van Reenen Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE Tel +44 20 7955 6976 (LSE) Email: J.Vanreenen@lse.ac.uk Professor Victor Ginsburg ECARES, Free University of Brussels Rome, 30 December 2005