Ashwin Kambhampati

(ush-win come-bum-paw-tea)

PhD, University of Pennsylvania, 2021

Assistant Professor of Economics, United States Naval Academy

My research is in the area of microeconomic theory. I am particularly interested in contract theory, matching theory, and market design.

Since joining USNA in Fall 2021, I have taught three class sections per semester. This semester, I am teaching two sections of Game Theory (SE450) and a Capstone Seminar in Microeconomic Theory (SE475). In the past, I have taught Industrial Organization and Intermediate Microeconomics.

Email: kambhamp [at] usna.edu

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Publications

Robust Performance Evaluation of Independent Agents

Theoretical Economics, forthcoming.

Earlier version. Even earlier abstract published in EC '21.

Randomization is Optimal in the Robust Principal-Agent Problem

Journal of Economic Theory, January 2023, Vol. 207.

Final working paper here.

The Optimal Assortativity of Teams Inside the Firm, with Carlos Segura-Rodriguez

RAND Journal of Economics, Fall 2022, Vol. 53.

Final working paper here. Companion working paper here. Online Appendices here.

Pay Equality Among Heterogeneous Agents, with Ryan Hoffman and Scott Kaplan

Economics Letters, August 2023, Vol. 229.

Final working paper here. This is Ryan's AY2023 honors project, co-supervised with Scott.

Working Papers

Randomization and the Robustness of Linear Contracts (coming soon), with Juuso Toikka and Rakesh Vohra

Payoff Continuity in Games of Incomplete Information Across Models of Knowledge (April 2023)

Revise and resubmit (second round) at Games and Economic Behavior.

Why Informationally Diverse Teams Need Not Form, Even When Efficient (March 2024), with Carlos Segura-Rodriguez and Peng Shao

Revised and resubmitted to Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.

A continuous version of Matching to Produce Information: A Model of Self-Organized Research Teams (Online Appendix) with a complete characterization of inefficiency.