Iryna Topolyan

Iryna Topolyan is an Assistant Professor in the Economics Department at the Carl H. Lindner College of Business.

Ph D: Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 2009 (Economics)

MS: Purdue University West Lafayette, IN, 2006 (Economics)

MA: EERC National University, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Kyiv, Ukraine, 2005 (Economics)

BS: Zaporozhye State University Ukraine, 2003 (Economics)

Published Abstracts

Topolyan, Iryna;Subir K. Chakrabarti A backward assessment characterization of sequential equilibrium and a direct proof of existence .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Subir K. Chakrabarti A characterization of sequential equilibrium in games of simple information type .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Brasington, David;Xu Xu Competition among hospitals in California .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Stefano Barbieri;Daniel J. Kovenock;David A. Malueg Group contests with private information and "weakest link" .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Subir K. Chakrabarti Negotiated discounts in healthcare: theory and evidence .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna On common belief in future rationality when information sets are not unambiguously ordered .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Xu Xu On the role of beliefs about the benefits of breastfeeding .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Subhasish Chowdhury Order-statistics contests .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna Price competition when three are few and four are many .[Abstract]

Topolyan, Iryna;Subir K. Chakrabarti Price dispersion with homogeneous goods and informed consumers .[Abstract]

Other Publications

Topolyan, Iryna (09-01-2017. ) Price competition when three are few and four are many .54 , International Journal of Industrial Organization

Chowdhury, Subhasish M; Topolyan, Iryna (12-2016. ) Best-shot versus weakest-link in political lobbying: An application of group all-pay auction .47 (4 ) , Social Choice and Welfare

Topolyan, Iryna; Chakrabarti, Subir M (2016. ) An extensive-form based poof of the existence of sequential equilibrium .4 (2 ) , Economic Theory Bulletin

Topolyan, Iryna; Xu, Xu (09-21-2016. ) Differential effects of mother"s and child"s postnatal WIC participation on breastfeeding .49 (23 ) , Applied Economics

Chowdhury, Subhasish M; Lee, Dongryul; Topolyan, Iryna (02-09-2016. ) The max-min group contest: weakest-link (group) all-pay auction .83 (1 ) , Southern Economic Journal

Topolyan, Iryna; Wang, Qian; Xu, Xu (08-2015. ) Peer effects in breastfeeding .5 (3 ) , Review of Economics and Finance

Topolyan, Iryna; Chowdhury, Subhasish M The group all-pay auction with heterogeneous impact functions . Social Choice and Welfare

Chowdhury, Subhasish M; Topolyan, Iryna (2015. ) The attack-and-defense group contests: best-shot versus weakest-link .54 (1 ) , Economic Inquiry

Topolyan, Iryna (2014. ) • “Rent-seeking for a public good with additive contributions” .42 , Social Choice and Welfare

Barbieri, Stefano; Malueg, David A; Topolyan, Iryna (11-2014. ) • “Best-shot all-pay (group) auction with complete information” .57 (3 ) , Economic Theory

Aliprantis, Charalambos D; Topolyan, Iryna (2013. ) • “Continuity and equilibrium stability” .405 , Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Topolyan, Iryna (2013. ) • “Existence of perfect equilibria: a direct proof” .53 , Economic Theory

Aliprantis, Charalambos D; Topolyan, Iryna (2011. ) • “Trembling-hand myopia and trembling-hand perfection” .113 , Economics Letters

Aliprantis, Charalambos D; Chakrabarti, Subir K; Topolyan, Iryna (12-2009. ) • “A proof of the existence of the minimax point of a strategic game” .105 , Economics Letters

Invited Presentations

Topolyan, Iryna (06-2016. ) Discussant for a paper .7th Annual Searle Conference on Internet Commerce and Innovation, Searle Center on Law, Regulation and Economic Growth, Northwestern University. Conference. . Level:International

Topolyan, Iryna; Chowdhury, Sunhasish M; Lee, Dongryul (07-2015. ) “The max-min group contest” .Contests: Theory and Evidence Conference 2015, University of East Anglia. Conference. . Level:International

Topolyan, Iryna (04-2015. ) “When three are few and four are many” .Seminar, Dept of Finance and Economics, Mississippi State University. Seminar. . Level:Local

Topolyan, Iryna (12-05-2014. ) The group all-pay auction with heterogeneous impact functions .Seminar at the department of Finance, Economics, and Legal Studies, University of Alabama. Seminar. . Level:Local

05-2017 Dean"s List of Teaching Excellence Level:College Type:Teaching

Faculty Search Committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 09-2016

Ph.D. program committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2015

Speakers program committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-24-2014

Master"s program committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2014 -05-2015

Executive committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 01-2015 -04-2015

Master"s program committee Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-2014 -04-2015

Women In Economics Challenge Departmental coordinator Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 02-2015 -02-2015

College Student Grievance Review Committee Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 08-2014

Department Head Search Committee Committee Member Type:University/College Service Level:University 09-2016 -12-2016

MBA Capstone Volunteer (Served as a second reader for MBA Capstone (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Summer 2015) ) Reader Type:University/College Service Level:University 11-2014 -2016

Provided recommendation letters for students (Provided letters of recommendation for students: Xu Xu (applying for jobs as a PhD candidate), Yiwei Zhao and Justin Bailey (applying for PhD programs), Petra Ferancova, Mary DeStefano, Danielle Mullis, Andrew Liese, Stephen Yokley (applying for MS and MA programs) ) Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 08-2014

86th Annual Meetings of the Southern Economic Association Conference session co-organizer (multiple sessions) Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 11-2016 -11-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“How to split the pie: Optimal rewards in dynamic multi-battle competitions” (Journal of Public Economics) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2016 -09-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Sequential choice of sharing rules in collective contests” (Economic Theory) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2016 -09-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Regulation versus regulated monopolization of a Cournot duopoly with unknown costs” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 08-2016 -08-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Auctions versus private negotiations in buyer-seller networks (revision)” (Games) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 08-2016 -08-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Hacking induced externalities and the apathy of stockholders” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 08-2016 -08-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“A tractable cost pass-through benchmark” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 08-2016 -08-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Additive multi-effort contests” (Economic Theory) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 07-2016 -07-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Auctions versus private negotiations in buyer-seller networks” (Games) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 07-2016 -07-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Cooperate and conquer” (Journal of Economic Psychology) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2016 -06-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Average-opinion group contest” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 05-2016 -05-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Group-contests with endogenous claims (revision)” (European Journal of Political Economy) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 04-2016 -04-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Product differentiation and relative performance evaluation in asymmetric duopoly” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 04-2016 -04-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal ( "Provision of household public goods and the household income distribution" (Contemporary Economic Policy) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 02-2016 -03-2016

Workshop on social and economic networks Workshop Organizer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 12-2015 -03-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal ("Competition and agency cost" (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 02-2016 -02-2016

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“A theoretical account for the rise in mass production” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 12-2015 -12-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Strategic Group contests with endogenous claims” (European Journal of Political Economy) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2015 -11-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Cooperate and conquer” (Theory and Decision) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2015 -10-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal ("Group contests of incomplete information" (Economic Theory) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2015 -09-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“A simplified mixed logit demand model with an application to the simulation of entry” (Economics Bulletin) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2015 -06-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Heterogeneous firm response to economic crisis: evidence from Italian microdata” ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 03-2015 -03-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal (“Optimal group contest” (Journal of Economics and Management Strategy) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2015 -02-2015

Referee for a peer-reviewed journal ("How proper is the dominance solvable outcome?" (Economic Theory) ) Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2014 -10-2014

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