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Professor Vicki Knoblauch is a faculty member in the Department of Economics at the University of Connecticut, part of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1991). Her research focuses on Microeconomic Theory, Mathematical Economics, and Mechanism Design, with notable contributions to Game Theory, Spatial Competition, and Matching Markets. She has held academic positions at institutions including Royal Holloway, University of London, and Vassar College.
Her research interests include the study of binary relations, lexicographic preferences, and the application of topological methods to economic problems. She has explored topics such as stable set rationalization, probabilistic evaluations of preferences, and the implications of spatial competition models. Her work on marriage matching and market design has influenced understanding of gender satisfaction and social welfare in two-sided markets.
Professor Knoblauch has received grants, including senior personnel on an NSF grant (2003–2007) addressing electric power grid robustness. She has advised PhD students such as James Boudreau (Two-Sided Matching Markets) and Rimvydas Baltaduonis (Electricity Markets). Her teaching spans advanced microeconomic theory, game theory, and mechanism design at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Her publications span journals like Journal of Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Social Sciences, and Theory and Decision, with recent work emphasizing lexicographic complexity and infinite set preferences. She maintains roles as an associate editor for Economics Bulletin and reviewer for multiple academic journals.
