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Christian Ewerhart

Professor of Economics, University of Zurich

Email: christian.ewerhart@econ.uzh.ch

Published Papers

On the (Im)-possibility of Representing Probability Distributions as a Difference of I.I.D. Noise Terms

with Marco Serena

Mathematics of Operations Research 50, 2025, 390-409.

An equilibrium analysis of the Arad-Rubinstein game

with Stanisław Kaźmierowski

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 226, 2024, 106696.

Voluntary Disclosure in Asymmetric Contests

with Julia Lareida

Review of Economic Studies 91, 2024, 3402-3422.

Online Appendix

A game-theoretic implication of the Riemann hypothesis

Mathematical Social Sciences 128, 2024, 52-59.

The n-player Hirshleifer contest

with Guang-Zhen Sun

Games and Economic Behavior 143, 2024, 300-320.

Imposing choice on the uninformed: the case of dynamic currency conversion

with Sheng Li

Journal of Banking and Finance 154, 2023, 106917.

A "fractal" solution to the chopstick auction

Economic Theory 74, 2023, 1025-1041.

A class of N-player Colonel Blotto games with multidimensional private information

with Dan Kovenock

Operations Research Letters 49, 2021, 418-425.

Finite blockchain games

Economics Letters 197, 2020, 109614.

Fictitious Play in Networks

with Kremena Valkanova

Games and Economic Behavior 123, 2020, 182-206.

Unique equilibrium in contests with incomplete information

with Federico Quartieri

Economic Theory 70, 2020, 243-271.

Ordinal potentials in smooth games

Economic Theory 70, 2020, 1069-1100.

Contests with Small Noise and the Robustness of the All-Pay Auction

Games and Economic Behavior 105, 2017, 195-211.

The Lottery Contest Is a Best-Response Potential Game

Economics Letters 155, 2017, 168-171.

An Envelope Approach to Tournament Design

Journal of Mathematical Economics 63, 2016, 1-9.

Mixed Equilibrium in a Pure Location Game: The Case of n≥4 Firms

B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics 15, 2015, 457-472.

Mixed Equilibria in Tullock contests

Economic Theory 60, 2015, 59-71.

Cournot Games with Biconcave Demand

Games and Economic Behavior 85, 2014, 37-47.

Overbidding in Fixed Rate Tenders: the Role of Exposure Risk

with Nuno Cassola and Natacha Valla

Journal of Banking and Finance 36, 2012, 539-549.

Declining Valuations and Equilibrium Bidding in Central Bank Refinancing Operations

with Nuno Cassola and Natacha Valla

International Journal of Industrial Organization 28, 2010, 30-43.

Optimal Allotment Policy in Central Bank Open Market Operations

with Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejerskov, and Natacha Valla

European Journal of Finance 15, 2009, 405-420.

Manipulation in Money Markets

with Nuno Cassola, Steen Ejerskov, and Natacha Valla

International Journal of Central Banking 3, special issue, 2007, 113-148.

The Pure Theory of Multilateral Obligations: Comment

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 161, 2005, 259-263.

Procurement Auctions and Unit Price Contracts

with Karsten Fieseler

Rand Journal of Economics 34, 2003, 568-580.

A Short and Intuitive Proof of Marshall’s Rule

Economic Theory 22, 2003, 415-418.

Backward Induction and the Game-Theoretic Analysis of Chess

Games and Economic Behavior 39, 2002, 206-214.

The German UMTS Design: Insights from Multi-Object Auction Theory

with Benny Moldovanu

ifo-Studien 48, 2002, 157-174.

Chess-like Games are Dominance Solvable in at Most Two Steps

Games and Economic Behavior 33, 2000, 41-47.

'Yes Men,' Integrity, and the Optimal Design of Incentive Contracts

with Patrick Schmitz

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 43, 2000, 115-125.

Rationality and the Definition of Consistent Pairs

International Journal of Game Theory 27, 1998, 49-60.

Bayesian Optimization and Genericity

Operations Research Letters 21, 1997, 243-248.