Felix Munoz
Assistant Professor
EDUCATION
- Ph.D. - Economics, University of Pittsburgh, May 2008
- MS - Economics (with Honors), University of Barcelona, Spain, June 2002
- B.A.- Economics, University of Barcelona, Spain, June 2000.
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- Microeconomic Theory, Game Theory and Behavioral Economics.
- Industrial Organization and Public Economics.
TEACHING
WORKING PAPERS
- “The importance of foregone options” with Ana Espinola-Arredondo.
- “Social comparisons as a device for cooperation in simultaneous-move games”
- “Competition for status acquisition in public good games”
- “When should a firm expand its business? The signaling implications of business expansion”, with Esther Gal-Or and Ana Espinola-Arredondo.
- "Patience or Fairness? Analyzing social preferences in repeated games" with John Duffy. Working Paper WP 2009-12.
- "Reference points and self-enforcing collusion in oligopoly games"
- "Risk aversion in auctions with asymmetrically informed bidders: a “desensitizer”from uncertainty" with Sandra Orozco.
- "Common agency contracting with endogenous information gathering"
- "Free-riding in international environmental agreements: a signaling approach to non-enforceable treaties," with Ana Espinola-Arredondo, WP 2009-08.
EMPLOYMENT
- 2008-Present -- Assistant Professor, School of Economic Sciences, WSU
- 2006-2007 -- Instructor, Game Theory, Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA, summer 2007 and summer 2006.
- Spring 2006, Instructor Intermediate Microeconomics, Dept. of Economics, U. of Pittsburg, PA.
- 2004-2007 -- Teaching Assistant, Graduate School of Business, and Department of Economics, University of Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, PA
- 2001-2003 -- Barcelona Institute of Economics/Center of Research into Fiscal Federalism and Regional Economics. Barcelona. Spain. Research Fellow.
- 2002-2003 -- Research Assistant, Department of Public Finance and Political Economy, University of Barcelona, Spain
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Barcelona Institute of Economics/Center of Research into Fiscal Federalism and Regional Economics. Barcelona. Spain. Research Fellow. 2001-2003.
- Department of Public Finance and Political Economy. University of Barcelona. Spain.
Research Assistant. 2002-2003.
AWARDS
- 2007-2008 - Research Fellowship. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Economics. Summer and Fall 2007.
- 2006 - Reuben E. Schlesinger Best 2nd year paper Award. University of Pittsburgh. Department of Economics, 2006.
- Excellence in Teaching Award. University of Pittsburgh/Theta-Phi-Alpha Sorority. Intermediate Microeconomics. 2006.
Contact Info
Email Address:
fmunoz@wsu.edu
Office Location:
103G Hulbert Hall
Office Phone: 335-8402
Office Hours:
EconS 101 (Sec 1)
Th 10:45-12:00 PM and by appointment