Aleksei Smirnov
- Assistant Professor: Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Theoretical Economics
- Aleksei Smirnov has been at HSE University since 2020.
Education and Degrees
University of Zurich
New Economic School
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Awards and Accomplishments
Best Teacher — 2022
Courses (2024/2025)
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Microeconomics-2 (advanced course) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2023/2024)
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 3, 4 module)Rus
- Microeconomics-2 (advanced course) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Applied Mathematics and Information Science, field of study Economics; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2022/2023)
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Microeconomics-2 (advanced course) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Microeconomics-2 (advanced course) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences field of study Economics, field of study Economics; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Economics of Information (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Microeconomics-2 (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Conferences
- 2020
2020 Econometric Society Winter Meeting (Ноттингем). Presentation: The Limits of Social Learning
- 2019
24th Spring Meeting of Young Economists (Brussels). Presentation: Bad News Turned Good: Reversal under Censorship
Econometric Society Summer School (Саппоро). Presentation: Timing of Predictions in Dynamic Cheap Talk: Experts vs. Quacks
- 2018
Swiss Theory Day (Берн). Presentation: Bad News Turned Good: Reversal Under Censorship
- 2017
Oligo Workshop (Москва). Presentation: Experts, Quacks and Fortune-Tellers: Dynamic Cheap Talk with Career Concerns
Swiss Theory Day (Цюрих). Presentation: Experts, Quacks and Fortune-Tellers: Dynamic Cheap Talk with Career Concerns
Lisbon Meetings in Game Theory and Applications (Лиссабон). Presentation: Experts, Quacks and Fortune-Tellers: Dynamic Cheap Talk with Career Concerns
2017 European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society (Barcelona). Presentation: Bad News Turned Good: Reversal Under Censorship
- 2016
Zürich Workshop on Economics (Мург). Presentation: Irreversible Investment
Seminar Presentations
2020: ESMT Berlin, Higher School of Economics Moscow
2019: University of Copenhagen, Bocconi University
Negative Reviews Boost Sales
Aleksei Smirnov, Assistant Professor, HSE University Faculty of Economic Sciences, and Egor Starkov, Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen, have constructed a mathematical model that explains why it is advantageous for sellers not to delete negative reviews of their products. A study detailing this conclusion has been accepted for publication in The American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.
Paper of Aleksei Smirnov in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Congratulations to Aleksei Smirnov, Assistant professor of the Department of Theoretical Economics, on the publication of his paper "Bad News Turned Good: Reversal under Censorship" in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics.