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Biography
Marco Serena is an Assistant Professor on Tenure Track in the Department of Economics at CUNEF Universidad. He obtained a Ph.D. in Economics from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (cum laude). He worked as a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance (Germany). His research focuses on microeconomics and political economy, with a specific focus on contests. His papers have been published in international journals such as Mathematics of Operations Research, Games and Economic Behavior, Economic Theory, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. He had a 2014-2019 sexenio. He won as PI the "César Nombela" 5-year grant.
Education
PhD in Economics, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (2017)
Master in Economics, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid (2012), and Master in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan (2009)
BA in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan (2007)
Research Interests
Microeconomics, Political Economy, Industrial Organization.
Professional Career
Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Germany, 2016-2023
Most relevant publications
Ewerhart, Christian; Serena, Marco: "On the (Im-)Possibility of Representing Probability Distributions as a Difference of I.I.D. Noise Terms", Mathematics of Operations Research, 50(1), 390-409, 2025.
Barbieri, Stefano; Serena, Marco: "Winners' Efforts in Multi-Battle Team Contests", Games and Economic Behavior, 145, 526-556, 2024.
Stefano Barbieri; Serena, Marco: "Biasing Dynamic Contests between Ex-Ante Symmetric Players", Games and Economic Behavior, 136, 1-30, 2022.
Bo Chen; Serena, Marco: "Bid Cap and Disclosure Policies", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 209, 141-160, 2022.
Serena, Marco: "Harnessing Beliefs to Optimally Disclose Contestants' Types", Economic Theory, 1-30, 2021.
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