PERSONAL

Name:                Ricardo Gonçalves  
Nationality:       Portuguese

EDUCATION

1997 - 2001    Ph.D. in Economics, Department of Economics, University of York , UK
                       Thesis title: “Essays on Auctions, Information and Behaviour”
                       Supervisors: Professor Peter J. Simmons ; Professor John D. Hey
                       External Examiner: Professor Norman Ireland, University of Warwick

1996 - 1997    M.Sc. in Economics (Distinction), University of York , UK

1992 - 1996    Graduation (“Licenciatura”) in Economics from Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão ,
                       Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Technical University of Lisbon). Final mark: 14

HONOURS

2000               Departmental Prize for Teaching Excellence, Department of Economics , University of York

1996-2001      Ph.D. Scholarship, Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2001 -             Consultant, Europe Economics
1999 - 2000    Teaching Fellow, Microeconomics 3 (3rd Year) and Microeconomics 2 (2nd Year),
                       Department of Economics, University of York
1998 - 1999    Teaching Fellow, Microeconomics 2 (2nd Year), Department of Economics , University of
                       York

RESEARCH PAPERS

2001 - “Experimental Evidence on Genuine Common Value English Auctions” (with John Hey )
2001 - “Favouritism and Cartel Disruption in First-Price Auctions”
2000 - “Irrationality in English Auctions”
2000 - “Endogenous Discrete Bidding in English Auctions”
1999 - “An Ascending Auction in the Presence of Rationality and Herd Behaviour”, DERS Discussion
            Paper No. 99/8, University of York
1998 - “Are Unions Myopic? A Test for the Manufacturing Sector of the UK”

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

1998 - Technical University of Lisbon , Portugal
1998 - University of York , UK

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION

1998 - European Economic Association  (EEA) Annual Congress, Berlin, Germany
1998 - Summer in Tel Aviv 98, Tel Aviv University , Israel
1998 - Portuguese Association for Research in Economics ( SPiE ) Annual Congress, Portugal

SUMMER SCHOOLS

1999 - European Economic Association Summer School on “Regulation of European Markets”,
           Toulouse.Lecturers: Mark Armstrong, Paul Klemperer, Jean-Jacques Laffont, Jean Tirole,
           Jean-Charles Rochet, Marc Ivaldi, among others

1999 - Royal Economic Society Easter School on “Auctions, Competition and Regulation”, Birmingham.
           Lecturers: Professor Patrick Rey and Professor Paul Klemperer



Updated: January 2003