In this Google Tech Talks video, “How to Slice the Pie? Optimal Share Structure Design in Internet Advertising Auctions,” IROM Professor and Director of the Center for Research in Electronic Commerce Andrew B. Whinston explores the share auction model that Google uses to allocate its internet advertising resources.
In the Google model, the highest advertiser gets [...]
Whinston Explains Google’s Auction Model of Internet Advertising in Google Tech Talks Video
June 11th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · Research · video
Posted by Tracy Mueller
Tags: · andrew whinston, e-commerce, Google, Google Tech Talks, internet advertising, optimal share structure, Research
Finance Profs Use UT Supercomputer to Model Market Behavior
February 10th, 2009 · Filed under: Faculty News · Research
Posted by Tracy Mueller
Economics has often been called “the dismal science,” and with the economy staggering that may seem to be the case.
However, for Lorenzo Garlappi and Stathis Tompaidis, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business who are at the forefront of financial modeling, it is an exciting time to be studying markets.
“Economic [...]
Tags: · finance, financial model, Lonestar supercomputer, Lorenzo Garlappi, market behavior, McCombs research, momentum investing, optimal asset allocations, Research, Stathis Tompaidis, Texas Advanced Computing Center
Ronn Receives Best Paper Award
September 24th, 2008 · Filed under: Faculty News · Honors & Awards · Research
Posted by Behnaz Abolmaali
Finance Professor Ehud Ronn returned from the 2008 Financial Services Institute Symposium, held Sept. 12 at St. John’s University, with the Best Paper Award. The report he presented, “A Simple Model for Time-Varying Expected Returns on the S&P 500 Index,” was co-authored with James Doran of Florida State University and Robert Goldberg of Adelphi University.
The [...]
Tags: · Ehud Ronn, energy finance, Research
