Heng Liu

Department of Economics
University of Rochester
Harkness Hall
Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Phone: (+1) 319-491-5844
E-mail: hengliu29@gmail.com
Homepage: https://hengliu.weebly.com
Citizenship: P.R. China (F1 visa)
Education
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Rochester, May 2015 (expected)
M.A. in Economics, University of Iowa, May 2011
M.A. in Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, July 2007
B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Tongji University, July 2004
Research Fields
Mechanism Design, Dynamic Games, Auctions.
Publications
Equilibrium Selection in Common-Value Second-Price Auctions, Games and Economic Behav-
ior, 2014, Vol. 84, pp. 16.
Working Papers
Efcient Dynamic Mechanisms in Environments with Interdependent Valuations, 2013
(Job Market Paper).
Efcient International Trade Agreements: A Dynamic Mechanism Design Approach, 2013.
Correlation and Unmediated Communication in Repeated Games with Imperfect Monitor-
ing, 2014.
Dynamic Revenue Maximization on a Network, (joint with Esat Doruk Cetemen) 2014.
Work in Progress
A Tale of Two Lemons: The Role of Observability in Multiproduct Dynamic Adverse Selection
Problems, (joint with Bingchao Huangfu) 2014.
Perfect Information Transmission on Directed Communication Networks, 2014.
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate), Summer 2013, University of Rochester.
Heng Liu
Math Camp (Graduate), Summer 2010, University of Iowa.
Teaching Assistant at University of Rochester
Mathematical Economics (Graduate), Fall 2012-2014, Professor Srihari Govindan.
Modern Value Theory II (Graduate), Spring 2014, Professor Paulo Barelli.
Intermediate Microeconomics (Undergraduate), Spring 2013, Professor Ronni Pavan.
Conference Presentations
Midwest Economic Theory Conference, IUPUI, May 2014.
Canadian Economic Theory Conference, Simon Fraser University, April 2014.
Osaka-Rochester Theory Conference, University of Rochester, September 2013.
International Conference on Game Theory, SUNY at Stony Brook, July 2013.
Cowles Summer Conferences in Economic Theory, Yale University, June 2013.
Fellowships and Awards
Sherman Scholar, University of Rochester, 2013-2014.
Conibear Memorial Prize, University of Rochester, 2013.
W. Allen Wallis Fellow, University of Rochester, 2012-2013.
Professional Service
Referee for: Journal of Economic Theory.
Others
Languages: Chinese (native), English (uent).
References
Professor Srihari Govindan (Co-Advisor)
Department of Economics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Phone: (+1) 585-275-7214
E-mail: s.govindan@rochester.edu
Professor Paulo Barelli (Co-Advisor)
Department of Economics
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627, USA
Phone: (+1) 585-275-8075
E-mail: paulo.barelli@rochester.edu
Professor Robert Wilson
Graduate School of Business
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-7298, USA
Phone: (+1) 650-723-8620
E-mail: rwilson@stanford.edu
Last update: October 20, 2014