Portrait of Juan Ortner

Juan Ortner

Professor
Department of Economics
Boston University

Address: 270 Bay State Road, Boston, MA 02215
Email: jortner@bu.edu
CV: [PDF]

Research Interests

Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory, Industrial Organization, Political Economy

Working Papers

  1. Leader-Driven Collusion [PDF]
  2. Screening Adaptive Cartels [PDF]
    with Sylvain Chassang, Kei Kawai, and Jun Nakabayashi
  3. A Theory of Security Issuance [PDF]
    with Martin Schmalz

Publications

  1. The Value of Privacy in Cartels: An Analysis of the Inner Workings of a Bidding Ring [PDF] (supplement, booklet with court rulings)
    with Kei Kawai and Jun Nakabayashi, forthcoming Review of Economic Studies
  2. Mediated Collusion [PDF]
    with Takuo Sugaya and Alexander Wolitzky, Journal of Political Economy, 2024
  3. Regulating Collusion [PDF]
    with Sylvain Chassang, Annual Review of Economics, 2023
  4. Bargaining with Evolving Private Information [PDF]
    Theoretical Economics, 2023
  5. Using Bid Rotation and Incumbency to Detect Collusion: A Regression Discontinuity Approach [PDF]
    with Sylvain Chassang, Kei Kawai, and Jun Nakabayashi, Review of Economic Studies, 2023
  6. Paths to the Frontier [PDF]
    with Avidit Acharya, AEJ-Micro, 2022
  7. Robust Screens for Non-Competitive Bidding in Procurement Auctions [PDF] (repo)
    with Sylvain Chassang, Kei Kawai, and Jun Nakabayashi, Econometrica, 2022
  8. Collusion in Auctions with Constrained Bids: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement [PDF] (supplement, repo)
    with Sylvain Chassang, Journal of Political Economy, 2019
  9. A Continuous Time Model of Bilateral Bargaining [PDF]
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2019
  10. Making Corruption Harder: Asymmetric Information, Collusion and Crime [PDF] (supplement)
    with Sylvain Chassang, Journal of Political Economy, 2018
  11. Progressive Learning [PDF] (supplement)
    with Avidit Acharya, Econometrica, 2017
  12. A Theory of Political Gridlock [PDF]
    Theoretical Economics, 2017
  13. Durable Goods Monopoly with Stochastic Costs [PDF]
    Theoretical Economics, 2017
  14. Direct Implementation with Minimally Honest Individuals [PDF]
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2015
  15. Delays and Partial Agreements in Multi-Issue Bargaining [PDF]
    with Avidit Acharya, Journal of Economic Theory, 2013 (older version with additional results [PDF])
  16. Optimism, Delay and (In)Efficiency in a Stochastic Model of Bargaining [PDF]
    Games and Economic Behavior, 2013