Sergey G. Kokovin
- Head, Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Economics
- Director, Leading Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Center for Market Studies and Spatial 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
- 1998Associate Professor
- 1996
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematical and Instrumental Methods in Economics
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 (2023/2024)
- Contemporary Research in Economics (Postgraduate course’s programme; 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
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Rus
Game Theory (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; field of study "38.03.01. Экономика", field of study "38.03.02. Менеджмент"; 2 year, 2, 3 module)Eng
- 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 "38.03.02. Менеджмент", field of study "38.03.01. Экономика"; 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
Courses (2019/2020)
- 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
- Microeconomics of Finance (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 4 module)Rus
Publications35
- Article Sergey Kokovin, Ozhegova A., Sharapudinov S., Tarasov A., Ushchev P. A Theory of Monopolistic Competition with Horizontally Heterogeneous Consumers // American Economic Journal: Microeconomics. 2024. Vol. 16. No. 2. P. 354-384. doi
- Preprint Slepov Fedor, Kokovin S. G. Equilibrium existence and uniqueness in additive trade models / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2023. No. 262/EC/2023.
- Article Sergey Kokovin, Pavel Molchanov, Bykadorov I. Increasing returns, monopolistic competition, and international trade: Revisiting gains from trade // Journal of International Economics. 2022. Vol. 137. Article 103595. doi
- Preprint Гайворонская Е. А., Исхаков Ф. В., Karmeliuk M., Kokovin S. G., Ozhegov E. M., Ozhegova A., Терещенко Д. С. Competition among Russian grocery stores: facts and hypotheses to explore / Social Science Research Network. Series SSRN Working Paper Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2021. doi
- Article Goryunov M., Sergey Kokovin, Tabuchi T. Continuous spatial monopolistic competition: matching goods with consumers // Economic Theory. 2021. Vol. 74. No. 3. P. 793-832. doi
- Article Kokovin S. G., Vasilev F. Screening in space: Rich and poor consumers in a linear city // Ural Mathematical Journal. 2021. Vol. 7. No. 1. P. 66-80. doi
- Article Bykadorov I., Kokovin S. G. Can a larger market foster R\&D under monopolistic competition with variable mark-ups? // Research in Economics. 2017. Vol. 71. No. 4. P. 663-674. doi
- Article Kokovin S. G., Nahata B. Method of Digraphs for Multi-dimensional Screening // Annals of Operations Research. 2017. Vol. 253. No. 1. P. 431-451. doi
- Preprint Kokovin S. G., Parenti M., Thisse J., Ushchev P. On the Dilution of Market Power / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2017. No. DP12367.
- Article Kokovin S. G., Onenko S. I. Russian immigration liberalization in 2007-2008: lower wages and other consequences // HSE Economic Journal. 2017. No. 4. P. 648-679.
- Article Goryunov M., Kokovin Sergey. "Vanishing Cities:" Can Urban Costs Explain Deindustrialization? // Papers in Regional Science. 2016. Vol. 95. No. 3. P. 633-651. doi
- Chapter Bykadorov I., Ellero A., Funari S., Kokovin S. G., Pudova M. Chain store against manufacturers: Regulation can mitigate market distortion, in: Discrete Optimization and Operations Research/9th International Conference, DOOR 2016, Vladivostok, Russia, September 19-23, 2016, Proceedings / Ed. by Y. Kochetov, Khachay, M., V. Beresnev, E. Nurminski, P. M. Pardalos. Springer, 2016. doi P. 480-493.
- Preprint Bykadorov I., Ellero A., Funari S., Kokovin S. G., Molchanov P. S. Painful Birth of Trade Under Classical Monopolistic Competition / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2016. No. 132.
- Preprint Bykadorov I., Pavel Molchanov, Sergey Kokovin. Elusive Pro-competitive Effects and Harm from Gradual Trade Liberalization / Институт математики им. С. Л. Соболева СО РАН . Series 295/2015 "Препринты ИМ СО РАН". 2015. No. 295.
- Preprint Igor Bykadorov, Ellero A., Funari S., Sergey Kokovin, Pavel Molchanov. Pro-competitive effects and harmful trade liberalization in multi-country world / Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Department of Management. Series 6/2015 "Working Paper Series". 2015. No. 6.
- Article Igor Bykadorov, Gorn A., Sergey Kokovin, Evgeny Zhelobodko. Why are losses from trade unlikely? // Economics Letters. 2015. Vol. 129. P. 35-38. doi
- Preprint Kokovin S. G., Nahata B., Zhelobodko E. V. Distortion In Screening And Spatial Preferences / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2014. No. WP BRP 83/EC/2014 .
- Preprint Igor A. Bykadorov, Gorn A. A., Kokovin S. G., Zhelobodko E. V. Losses from trade in Krugman's model: almost impossible / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2014. No. 61.
- Article I.A.Bykadorov, S.G.Kokovin, E.V.Zhelobodko. Product Diversity in a Vertical Distribution Channel under Monopolistic Competition // Automation and Remote Control. 2014. Vol. 75. No. 8. P. 1503-1524. doi
- Preprint Kichko S., Kokovin S. G., Zhelobodko E. V. Trade Patterns and Export Pricing Under Non-Ces Preferences / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2014. No. WP BRP 54/EC/2014.
- Article Kichko S., Sergey Kokovin, Evgeny Zhelobodko. Trade Patterns and Export Pricing Under non-Ces Preferences // Journal of International Economics. 2014. No. 94. P. 129-142. doi
- Chapter Быкадоров И. А., Желободько Е. В., Коковин С. Г. НИОКР, зарплата и технологическая дифференциация в торговле между большой и малой странами // В кн.: XIV Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества: в 4-х книгах. Книга 1 / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014. С. 377-384.
- Chapter Айзенберг Н., Желободько Е. В., Коковин С. Г. Торговые пошлины и общественное благосостояние при монополистической конкуренции с переменной эластичностью замещения // В кн.: XIV Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества: в 4-х книгах. Книга 1 / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2014. С. 370-376.
- Article Быкадоров И. А., Коковин С. Г. Эффективность рыночной власти ритейлеров: случай монополистической конкуренции производителей // Вестник НГУЭУ. 2014. № 1. С. 326-337.
- Article Kokovin S. G., Nahata B., Zhelobodko E. V. Dupuit conjecture for constrained screening: Overall distortion and type-partitioning // Economics Letters. 2013. Vol. 118. No. 3. P. 439-441. doi
- Preprint Bykadorov I., Kokovin S. G., Zhelobodko E. V. Investments in productivity under Monopolistic Competition: Large market advantage / Economics Education and Research Consortium. Series "EERC Working Paper Series". 2013. No. 13/08Е.
- Preprint Kichko S., Kokovin S. G., Zhelobodko E. V. Trade Patterns and Export Pricing Under Non-CES Preferences / Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Computing Centre for Economics and Social Sciences. Series FIW "FIW Working Paper". 2013. No. 124.
- Chapter Покровский Д., Коковин С., Желободько Е. Market size, productivity, entrepreneurship and income inequality in a model a'la Melitz // В кн.: Устойчивое развитие российских регионов: экономики политических процессов и новая модель пространственного развития. Доклады Девятой Международной научно-практической конференции по проблемам экономического развития в современном мире (Екатеринбург, 20-21 апреля 2012 г.) / Отв. ред.: И. Малечко. Екатеринбург : Уральский федеральный университет им. первого Президента России Б.Н. Ельцина, 2012. С. 284-292.
- Article Zhelobodko E. V., Kokovin S. G., Parenti M., Thisse J. Monopolistic Competition: Beyond the Constant Elasticity of Substitution // Econometrica. 2012. Vol. 80. No. 6. P. 2765-2784.
- Article Zhelobodko E. V., Kokovin S. G., Parenti M., Thisse J. Monopolistic Competition: Beyond the Constant Elasticity of Substitution // Econometrica. 2012. Vol. 80. No. 6. P. 2765-2784. doi
- Chapter Быкадоров И.А., Желободько Е.В., Коковин С.Г. Общественная эффективность рыночной власти торговой сети при монополистической конкуренции производителей // В кн.: XII Международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества. В четырех книгах. Книга 3. / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 3. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. С. 512-520.
- Article Желободько Е. В., Коковин С. Г., Саблина М. В. Сравнительные преимущества двух схем ценовой дискриминации при двух группах потребителей без условия Спенса-Миррлиса // Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2012. Т. 16. № 2. С. 243-263.
- Article Быкадоров И. А., Желободько Е. В., Коковин С. Г. Товарное разнообразие в вертикальном распределительном канале при монополистической конкуренции // Управление большими системами: сборник трудов. 2011. № 35. С. 165-206.
- Article Kokovin S. G., Nahata B., Zhelobodko E. V. Multidimensional screening under nonlinear costs: Limits of standard approach // Economics Letters. 2010. No. 107(2). P. 263-265. doi
- Book Бусыгин В. П., Желободько Е. В., Коковин С. Г., Цыплаков А. А. Микроэкономический анализ несовершенных рынков. Новосибирск : НГУ, 2000.
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.