Gabor Virag
Bio
Gabor Virag is an Associate Professor of Economic Policy & Analysis in the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Mississauga, with a cross-appointment to the Economic Analysis and Policy area at Rotman. His research focuses on the dynamics of market interaction, using auction and search theoretic models to understand market conduct, allocation and efficiency. He has studied information policy choices in dynamic economies, the role of learning in markets with frictions, and dynamic contests. His scholarly articles appeared in the American Economic Journal, Games and Economic Behavior, International Economic Review, Review of Economic Studies and Theoretical Economics.
Academic Positions
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2011-
Assistant, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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2004-2011
Assistant Professor, University of Rochester
Selected Publications - Papers
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Games and Economic Behavior
2023
Pages: 45
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Attila Tasnadi, Gabor Virag
University of Toronto
Issue:Mimeo
2023
Pages: 21
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with Stephan Lauermann, Wolfram Merzyn
Review of Economic Studies
Issue:85/2
2018
Pages: 1159-1192
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with Alberto Galasso and Matthew Mitchell
Research Policy
Issue:47
2018
Pages: 343-362
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with Eray Cumbul
Games and Economic Behavior
Issue:accepted
2018
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Games and Economic Behavior
Issue:99
2016
Pages: 239-249
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2016
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with Alberto Galasso and Matthew Mitchell
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Issue:48
2016
Pages: 207-243
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First-price auctions with resale: the case of many bidders
Economic Theory
Issue:52/1
2013
Pages: 129-163
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with Stephan Lauermann
American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Issue:4/4
2012
Pages: 107-130
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High Profit Equilibria in Directed Search Models
Games and Economic Behavior
Issue:71/1
2011
Pages: 224-234
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Market Power and Efficiency in a Search Model
with Manolis Galenianos, Philipp Kricher
International Economic Review
Issue:52/1
2011
Pages: 85-103
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Skill Requirement, Search Frictions, and Wage Inequality
with Lawrence Uren
International Economic Review
Issue:52/2
2011
Pages: 379-406
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Competing Auctions: finite markets and convergence
Theoretical Economics
Issue:5/2
2010
Pages: 241-274
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Efficiency and Competition in the Long Run: the Survival of the Unfit
Games and Economic Behavior
Issue:67/1
2009
Pages: 315-330
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Gambling by Auctions
with Yaron Raviv
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Issue:27/3
2009
Pages: 369-378
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Revenue maximizing auctions with market interaction and signaling
with Jozsef Molnar
Economics Letters
Issue:99
2008
Pages: 360-363
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Playing for Your Own Audience: Extremism in Two Party Elections
Journal of Public Economic Theory
Issue:10/5
2008
Pages: 891-922
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Repeated Common Value Auctions with Asymmetric Bidders
Games and Economic Behavior
Issue:61/1
2007
Pages: 156-177
Research and Teaching Interests
My research concerns auctions, search theory, competing mechanisms, information aggregation in markets, and contests. My teaching is in economics, finance, and online markets.
Professional Affiliations/Memberships