Summary
Marcelo Ariel Fernandez is an assistant professor in the department of economics at the University of Nevada, Reno. His area of research is microeconomic theory, with particular emphasis on economic design and its applications. He has investigated the implications of avoiding regret in the context of labor markets for newly graduated doctors, and in social choice/voting problems. His research has been published in Games and Economic Behavior and in American Economic Review: Insights. He currently teaches principles of microeconomics, intermediate microeconomics, and advanced microeconomics.
Prior to joining the University, Marcelo Ariel Fernandez was an assistant professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University. He also served as core faculty of the Hopkins Business of Health Initiative and as affiliated researcher at the Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute. He received his Ph.D. in Social Science (Economics) at the California Institute of Technology.
Publications
- "Centralized Matching with Incomplete Information," 2022, joint with K. Rudov & L. Yariv. American Economic Review: Insights. 4 (1): 18-33.
- "Imposing Commitment to Rein in Overconfidence in Learning," 2024, joint with T. Mayskaya & A. Nikandrova. Games and Economic Behavior. 144: 29-48
Teaching
- ECON102 - Principles of Microeconomics
- ECON302 - intermediate Microeconomics
- ECON702 - Advanced Microeconomics
Education
- PhD in Social Sciences - California Institute of Technology