Sergey G. Kokovin
- Director, Leading Research Fellow: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics
- Professor: HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Economics
- Programme Scientific Supervisor: International Bachelor's in Business and Economics
- Sergey G. Kokovin has been at HSE University since 2011.
Degrees and Academic Titles
Central Economic Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Thesis Title: Equilibria with market frictions and rationing
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Courses (2024/2025)
- Contract Theory (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Project Proposal (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 3 module)Rus
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Contemporary Research in Economics (Postgraduate course; 1 year, 1 semester)Eng
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; Saint-Petersburg School of Social Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- Methods of Optimization (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Project Proposal (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Project Seminar (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Microeconomics I (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management field of study Management, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Contract Design and Asymmetric Information (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 1 module)Rus
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
- Industrial Organization Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Microeconomics I (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Special Topics of Microeconomics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses
- 1Lexicographic probabilities and sequential equilibrium
- 2S. Tomskiy Market price behavior of day-ahead prices in Russian wholesale electricity market
- 3Technology scouting: markets, types of contracts, risk management
Employment history
1974 programmer - Institute of Mechanics SB RAS
1974-76 soldier - Soviet Army,
1976-81 student - Novosibirsk State University
1981-2015 researcher - Institute of Mathematics
1987- .. associate professor - Novosibirsk State University
2011 - leading researcher Center for Market Studies HSE
2019 - Head of Center for Market Studies HSE
2019 - Professor HSE
2011- .. senior researcher - Higher School of Economics, St.Petersburg
Other
(2008-2009) EERC Research Grant 08-0361 "Generalized Monopolistic-Competition Model and Contr-competitive Paradoxes"
Other
Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (2005),
Far Eastern Meeting for Econometric Society (2007),
Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (2008),
23-th Annual Congress of European Economic Association and 63-th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (2008),
Far East and South Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society (2009),
Econometric Society World Congress (2010),
26-th Annual Congress of European Economic Association and 65-th European Meeting of the Econometric Society (2011),
Far Eastern Meeting for Econometric Society (2011).
Consumer Prices Decrease in Densely Populated Areas
HSE University economists have proposed a novel approach to modelling monopolistic competition with heterogeneous firms and consumers. It addresses the shortcomings of the traditional model and takes into account the diverse preferences of consumers. The results of collaborative research carried out by Alexander Tarasov from Moscow, his co-authors from HSE University–St Petersburg, together with the Norwegian School of Economics, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Free University of Brussels, have been published inAmerican Economic Journal: Microeconomics, one of the most prestigious journals of the American Economic Association.
Welcome meeting of the Data Analytics for Business and Economics
On September 4, the first meeting of 1st year students of the new Master's programme “Data Analytics for Business and Economics” with representatives of the Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg took place.
Two Qualifications, Projects with 18 Companies, and Studies in English: The Unique Advantages of the International Bachelor's in Business and Economics
The International Bachelor's in Business and Economics opened at HSE University-St Petersburg a year ago. The programme offers English-taught studies in both economics and management at the same time. It is supported by corporate partners: VK, Gazprom, Sberbank, and others. Victor Krakovich, Academic Supervisor of the programme, explains how the educational process in the programme is structured.
Our colleagues are in RePEc Top-10!
The HSE University holds a leading position among all the Russian universities and research units in the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) rating based on the citation index of economists from almost eight thousand universities all over the world, as of January 2021. The second top position is shared by our Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, NES, the St. Petersburg HSE campus, and the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Moscow HSE. Our colleagues Jacques-Francois Thisse, Philip Ushchev and Sergey Kokovin are among the top 10 researchers-economists affiliated with Russian universities. Moreover, Jacques-Francois Thisse ranks 2nd in the world ranking in the field of Economic Geography and ranks 5th in the world ranking in the field of Industrial Organization.
Call for papers: The 9th International conference 'Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics'
The Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the 9th International conference 'Industrial Organization and Spatial Economics'.
Submission deadline: February 15, 2020
Our colleagues are in Top-10 RePEc ranking!
The Higher School of Economics holds a leading position among all the Russian universities and research units in the Research Papers in Economics (RePEc) rating based on the citation index of economists from almost eight thousand universities all over the world. The second top position is shared by our Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics, NES, the St. Petersburg HSE campus, and the Faculty of Economic Sciences of the Moscow HSE. Our colleagues Jacques-Francois Thisse, Sergey Kokovin and Philip Ushchev are among the top 10 researchers-economists affiliated with Russian universities.
We owe most cordial congratulations to our colleagues and wish them further successful publications in leading international journals!
Call for papers: The Second International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics”
Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics invites you to participate in the The Second International Seminar “Market Studies and Spatial Economics” (https://ces.hse.ru/msse) that will take place in Moscow, Russia on April 7–8, 2020 as part of the XXI April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development (HSE).
Submission deadline: December 25, 2019.
Golden HSE 2018 Winners Announced
The winners are 16 staff members in seven ‘golden’ categories and 21 students in the ‘Silver Nestling’ category. The winners of the ‘Golden Citation’, which is awarded to the most cited HSE scholar, have also been announced. The awards ceremony was held on November 27, on the HSE's birthday.