Jakub Kastl

Jakub Kastl is a Professor at the Department of Economics, Princeton University. His research bridges industrial organization, auction theory, and financial markets, with affiliations at NBER, CEPR, and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. He has held visiting positions at Harvard, Northwestern, and Yale.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics (Northwestern University), B.A.s in Economics and International Business (Charles University, University of Economics Prague)

Research interests focus on:

• Empirical analysis of auctions and financial markets
• Market design and demand system estimation
• Liquidity dynamics and debt management
• Information asymmetry in competitive environments
• Interdisciplinary applications of industrial organization to finance

Recent publications highlight auction mechanisms in financial systems, demand substitutability in treasury markets, and crisis management through empirical modeling. His awards include:

• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
• Cowles Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Review of Economic Studies European Tour
• Center for Industrial Organization Dissertation Fellowship

Grants from the National Science Foundation (SES-0752860, SES-1123314, SES-1352305) funded work on auction markets, liquidity, and financial systems. He serves as co-editor for Econometrica and held editorial roles at AEJ: Micro and others, with refereeing contributions across 25+ journals.