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Ashwin Kambhampati serves as Assistant Professor of Economics at the United States Naval Academy, where he has taught three course sections per semester since joining in Fall 2021. His teaching portfolio includes Game Theory (SE450), Industrial Organization (FE461), Mathematical Methods for Economics (SM275), and a Capstone Research Seminar in Microeconomic Theory (SE475).
Dr. Kambhampati earned his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 2021, where he previously taught Intermediate Microeconomics (ECON101). His academic journey reflects a strong foundation in theoretical economics with practical teaching experience at both undergraduate and military academy levels.
Specializing in microeconomic theory, Dr. Kambhampati's research examines contract theory, mechanism design, matching, and games of incomplete information. His innovative work investigates how economic mechanisms perform under uncertainty and information asymmetry, developing frameworks for optimal contract design when principals lack complete knowledge about agents' capabilities. Through rigorous game-theoretic modeling, he analyzes strategic interactions in principal-agent relationships and organizational structures, with particular focus on how randomization can enhance robustness in economic mechanisms and how information diversity affects team formation within organizations.
Dr. Kambhampati's publication record demonstrates significant scholarly impact, with papers appearing in top-tier journals including Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, RAND Journal of Economics, and Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. His research shows a clear progression toward increasingly complex applications of robust mechanism design, with recent work examining monopoly screening efficiency, linear contract robustness, and informationally diverse team formation.
His scholarly contributions have gained recognition through revise-and-resubmit decisions at the American Economic Review and third-round revisions at Games and Economic Behavior. Dr. Kambhampati has presented his research at major conferences including the 2024 North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Kambhampati actively mentors students, supervising Ryan Hoffman's AY2023 honors project that resulted in the published paper 'Pay Equality Among Heterogeneous Agents' in Economics Letters. His current research agenda includes three significant projects: 'Service Assignment at the United States Naval Academy' (with Chad Redmer and Naomi Utgoff), 'A Theory of Firm Boundaries with Long-Run Incentives and At-Will Employment' (with Gorkem Bostanci), and 'Search Committees with Disparate Costs' (with Nageeb Ali and Aislinn Bohren), indicating a robust research program with both theoretical and practical applications.
