René Kirkegaard | Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

René Kirkegaard

Professor of Economics, Graduate Program Coordinator
Department of Economics and Finance
Email: 
rkirkega@uoguelph.ca
Phone number: 
ext. 53551
Fax: 
519-763-8497
Office: 
MacKinnon (MCKN), Room 707

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Biography

Areas of Specialization: Auction Theory, Contract Theory, Contest Theory.

René Kirkegaard joined the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Guelph in 2010. He received a B.A in Economics from the University of Aarhus in Denmark (1996), a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of York in England (2000) and the University of Aarhus (2000), and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Aarhus (2004). He has been the Graduate Program Director in the Department of Economics and Finance since 2019/20.

His research interests include auction theory, contract theory, contest theory, and the economics of information more generally. His research has been published in such journals as Econometrica, Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, RAND Journal of Economics, and American Economic Journal: MicroeconomicsHe held a Tier II Canada Research Chair at the University of Guelph from 2010 to 2020.

Areas of Specialization: Auction Theory, Contract Theory, Contest Theory.

René Kirkegaard's working papers and publications are available at:

  1. RePEc (Research Papers in Economics): https://ideas.repec.org/e/pki48.html#works
  2. His personal website - http://www.renekirkegaard.com/