Laurence Ales

PHONE

412-268-7058

OFFICE

GSIA - Tepper School of Business - Room 328

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Economics

EDUCATION

University of Minnesota - Ph D (Economics) - 2008
University of Minnesota - MA (Economics) - 2007
Tor Vergata University - BS (Physics) - 2002

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Macroeconomics, Optimal Taxation, Contract Theory

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PUBLICATIONS

• Taxing Atlas: Executive Compensation, Firm Size and Their Impact on Optimal Top Income Tax Rates

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Antonio Andres Bellofatto, Jessie Jiaxu Wang) Review of Economic Dynamics 26, 2017; 62-90

• Taxing Top CEO Incomes

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Christopher Sleet) American Economic Review 106(11), 2016; 3331-66

• Non-Exclusive Dynamic Contracts, Competition, And The Limits Of Insurance
  

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Pricila Maziero) Journal of Economic Theory 166, 2016; 362-395

• Optimal award scheme in innovation tournaments

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Soo-Haeng Cho, Ersin Korpeoglu) Operations Research

• Technical Change, Wage Inequality and Taxation

(author(s): Christopher Sleet, Laurence Ales, Musab Kurnaz) American Economic Review 105(10), 2015; 3061-3101

• A Theory of Political and Economic Cycles

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Pricila Maziero, Pierre Yared) Journal of Economic Theory 153, 2014; 225-251

• Revision Proofness

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Christopher Sleet) Journal of Economic Theory 152, 2014; 324-355

• A Model Of Banknote Discounts

(author(s): Laurence Ales, Francesca Carapella, Pricila Maziero, Warren E. Weber) Journal of Economic Theory 142(1), 2008; 5-27

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Carnegie Mellon University - William H. and Frances S. Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching (2017)
• Carnegie Mellon University Panhellenic Council - Role Model and Mentor Award (2012)
• Carnegie Mellon University - Richard M. Cyert Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012)

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Conference Organizer, 8th Tepper-Laef Macro-Finance Conference (April 2017 - September 2017)
• Conference Organizer, 7th Tepper-Laef Macro-Finance Conference (March 2016 - September 2016)

COURSES TAUGHT

• Emerging Markets (73421) 2016 Section: A
  2015 Section: A

• Global Economics (45711) 2016 Mini 4 Section: A, B, C
  2015 Mini 4 Section: A, B

• Economics of Contracts (47818) 2014 Mini 2 Section: A