Mikhail Drugov

Mikhail Drugov is a SAFMAR Full Professor at the New Economic School and a CEPR Research Fellow. During the 2023-2024 academic year, he served as a Visiting Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

His research centers on Organizational Economics with deep specialization in Tournament Theory and Information Economics. He examines how luck, noise, and information disclosure influence competitive selection processes, effort incentives, and strategic behavior within organizational frameworks. His work bridges Microeconomic Theory, Labor Economics, and Mechanism Design to model incentive structures in personnel management and competitive environments.

Drugov's publication trajectory (2020-2024) reveals consistent focus on tournament dynamics, exploring reserve performance thresholds, luck persistence, and noise-effort interactions through rigorous game-theoretic modeling. His research demonstrates strong methodological cohesion across subfields including asymmetric information, strategic communication, and personnel economics, with implications for organizational design and labor market efficiency.

His primary scientific recognition includes:

• CEPR Research Fellow