Publications

1. School choice with independent versus consolidated districts, 

Games and Economic Behavior (2024) with T. Klein and R. Aue, 

2. The cost of strategy-proofness in school choice, 

Games and Economic Behavior (2023) with T. Klein, 

extended abstract in the Matching under Preferences Workshop.

3. Fair cake-cutting in practice, 

Games and Economic Behavior (2022) with M. Kyropoulou and E. Segal-Halevi, 

extended abstract in the Conference on Economics and Computation.

4. Obvious manipulations in cake-cutting, 

Social Choice and Welfare (2022) with E. Segal-Halevi. 

5. On the integration of Shapley-Scarf housing markets, 

Journal of Mathematical Economics (2022) with K. Manocha and R. Kumar, 

extended abstract in the Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory.

6. Efficiency and fairness in cake-cutting with single-peaked preferences,

Economics Letters (2020) with B. Bhardwaj and R. Kumar

7. Multi-unit assignment under dichotomous preferences, 

Mathematical Social Sciences (2020).

8. The losses from integration in matching markets can be large, 

Economics Letters (2019)

9. Social integration in two-sided matching markets, 

Journal of Mathematical Economics (2018)

Working Papers

1. Unimprovable students and inequality in school choice, with G. Ziegler and P. Aribillaga

[new, guest lecture]

2. The limits of school choice with consent, with G. Ziegler

    extended abstract in the Conference on Web and Internet Economics.

3. Social integration via online dating, with P. Hergovich. 

Ongoing Projects

1. Appeals in school choice, with C. Cerrone and Y. Hermstrüwer

2. Experimental school choice with parents as subjects, with T. Klein and M. Freer

3. Strongly improvable students in school choice, with T. Knipe

Refereeing and Editorial Activities

Program Committee: 

1. Conference on Economics and Computation (EC); 2023, 2024, 2025. 

2. Matching under Preferences workshop (Match-UP); 2022, 2024.

3. Royal Economic Society Conference; 2024.

4. Irish Economic Society Conference; 2025. 

Journals: Journal of Economic Theory,  Management Science, AEJ Microeconomics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Mathematical Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, Economics Letters, International Journal of Game Theory, Economic Inquiry, Theory and Decision, Social Networks, Mathematical Social Sciences, Journal of Demographic Economics,  Stochastic Systems. 

Other Conferences: EC 2020, WINE 2018, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Games, Agents & Incentives Workshop.

PhD Students

Taylor Knipe, main advisor, 2024-today.

Conferences Organised

Irish economic theory workshop, Belfast 2024.

Easter workshop on school choice, Belfast 2022.

15th matching in practice workshop, Mannheim 2018.

Awards and Grants

As PI: 

1. ESRC Impact Acceleration (£24,400). 

2. British Academy small grant (£10,000).

3. Seal of Excellence for Marie Curie fellowship (€162,806).

As co-PI:

1. Design and impact of admissions rules for schools, Leibniz Association (€330,000).

2. Improving school admissions for diversity, Leibniz Association (€340,000).

Internal Grants:

1. North America Research Mobility Fund.

2. QUB Faculty Research Initiatives Fund.

3. EssexLab Seedcorn Fund Grant.

4. Glasgow - Columbia Principal's Early Career Mobility Fund.

Awards:

1. Early Career Mathematician Prize for the best article in Mathematics Today in 2016 

2. Queen’s Management School Research Innovation Prize.

Personal

Mexican and British, 35 years old.

Address: Office 02.021, Riddel Hall Block 3, 185 Stranmillis Rd, Belfast BT9 5EE

My football record at the Austrian Football Association website 😬