Alexander Viktorovich Karpov
- Assistant Professor:Faculty of Economic Sciences / Department of Theoretical Economics
- Senior Research Fellow:International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis
- Alexander Viktorovich Karpov has been at HSE University since 2007.
Education and Degrees
- 2012
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematical and Instrumental Methods in Economics
HSE University
Thesis Title: Ordinal models for proportional representation - 2012
Doctoral programme in Mathematical economics
HSE University, Economics - 2009
Master's in Economics
HSE University, Economics - 2007
Bachelor's in Economics
HSE University, Economics
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Best Teacher – 2012
Winner of the HSE University Best Russian Research Paper Competition – 2023
Young Faculty Support Programme (Group of Young Academic Professionals)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2018-2019)
Category "Future Professoriate" (2015)
Category "New Researchers" (2011-2012)
Courses (2023/2024)
- Advanced Chapters in Decision Theory». (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Computer Science; 4 year, 3 module)Eng
- Methodological Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
Microeconomics for Financial Economists (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2022/2023)
- Economic Theory (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 2 semester)Rus
- Methodological Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Микроэкономика (Minor; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1, 2 module)Rus
Microeconomics for Financial Economists (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2021/2022)
- Economic Theory (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Methodological Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 4 year, 1 module)Rus
- Microeconomics (Advanced Level) (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
- Microeconomics for Financial Economists (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Courses (2020/2021)
Advanced Microeconomics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Advanced Microeconomics (Master’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
- Economic Theory (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Methodological Research Seminar (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 4 year, 2 module)Rus
- Research Project Seminar (Optional course (faculty); Faculty of Economic Sciences; 1-3 module)Rus
Courses (2019/2020)
- Advanced Microeconomics (Master’s programme; Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
- Economic Theory (Postgraduate course’s programme; 1 year, 1 semester)Rus
- Research Seminar (2nd year) (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Economic Sciences; 2 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Editorial board membership
2022: Deputy Editor-in-chief, Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации (The Journal of the New Economic Association).
2017: Member of the Editorial Board (Associate Editor), Group Decision and Negotiation.
Dissertation for a degree of Candidate of Science
A. V. Karpov Ординальные модели систем пропорционального представительства
Publications46
- Article Alexander Karpov, Slinko A. Constructing large peak-pit Condorcet domains // Theory and Decision. 2023. Vol. 94. No. 1. P. 97-120. doi
- Chapter Alexander Karpov. Preferences over Mixed Manna, in: Data Analysis and Optimization. In Honor of Boris Mirkin's 80th Birthday / Ed. by B. Goldengorin, S. Kuznetsov. Springer, 2023. doi P. 169-178. doi
- Article Alexander Karpov. Structure of single-peaked preferences // Journal of Mathematical Psychology. 2023. Vol. 117. Article 102817. doi
- Article Karpov A. V., Slinko A. Symmetric Maximal Condorcet Domains // Order. 2023. Vol. 40. No. 2. P. 289-309. doi
- Chapter Karpov A. V., Lev O., Obraztsova S. Hotelling-Downs Equilibria: Moving Beyond Plurality Variants, in: Group Decision and Negotiation: Methodological and Practical Issues: 22nd International Conference on Group Decision and Negotiation, GDN 2022, Virtual Event, June 12–16, 2022, Proceedings. Springer, 2022. Ch. 1. P. 3-16. doi
- Article Karpov A. V. Structured Preferences: A Literature Survey / Пер. с рус. // Automation and Remote Control. 2022. Vol. 83. P. 1329-1354. doi
- Article Faliszewski P., Karpov A. V., Obraztsova S. The complexity of election problems with group-separable preferences // Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 2022. Vol. 36. Article 18. doi
- Article А. В. Карпов Структурированные предпочтения: обзор литературы // Автоматика и телемеханика. 2022. № 9. С. 3-35.
- Chapter Karpov A. V. Combinatorics of Election Scores, in: Evaluating Voting Systems with Probability Models. Cham : Springer, 2021. doi P. 347-366. doi
- Chapter Terzopoulou Z., Karpov A. V., Obraztsova S. Restricted Domains of Dichotomous Preferences with Possibly Incomplete Information, in: The Thirty-Fifth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Technical Tracks 6 Vol. 35. Issue 6. AAAI Press, 2021. P. 5726-5733.
- Chapter Karpov A. V., Obraztsova S., Terzopoulou Z. Restricted Domains of Dichotomous Preferences with Possibly Incomplete Information, in: AAMAS'2020: Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems. IFAAMAS, 2020. P. 2023-2025.
- Chapter Faliszewski P., Karpov A. V., Obraztsova S. The Complexity of Election Problems with Group-Separable Preferences, in: Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-20). International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, 2020. P. 203-209.
- Article Karpov A. V. The likelihood of single-peaked preferences under classic and new probability distribution assumptions // Social Choice and Welfare. 2020. Vol. 55. P. 629-644. doi
- Article Karpov A. V. A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness consistency in the stable marriage matching problem // Economics Letters. 2019. Vol. 178. P. 63-65. doi
- Article Karpov A. V. On the Number of Group-Separable Preference Profiles // Group Decision and Negotiation. 2019. Vol. 28. No. 3. P. 501-517. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. An Informational Basis for Voting Rules / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2018. No. 188.
- Article Karpov A. V. Generalized Knockout Tournament Seedings // International Journal of Computer Science in Sport. 2018. Vol. 17. No. 2. P. 113-127. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Generalized knockout tournaments / Издательский дом ВШЭ. Series WP7 "Математические методы анализа решений в экономике, бизнесе и политике". 2017. No. 03.
- Article Karpov A. V. Preference diversity orderings // Group Decision and Negotiation. 2017. Vol. 26. No. 4. P. 753-774. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Price competition and limited attention / Kiel Institute for the World Economy. Series Economics Discussion Papers "Economics Discussion Papers". 2017. No. 2017-89.
- Article Karpov A. V. A new knockout tournament seeding method and its axiomatic justification // Operations Research Letters. 2016. Vol. 44. No. 6. P. 706-711. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Evolutionary Justification of Plagiarism / University Library of Munich. Series "Munich Personal RePEc Archive". 2016. No. 70976.
- Article Karpov A. V. Health care inequality, patient mobility and welfare // Economics Bulletin. 2016. Vol. 36. No. 2. P. 1000-1009.
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Preference diversity orderings / Heidelberg University. Series DP600 "AWI Discussion Paper Series". 2016. No. DP610.
- Preprint Karpov A. V. A theory of knockout tournament seedings / Heidelberg University. Series DP600 "AWI Discussion Paper Series". 2015. No. 600.
- Article Karpov A. V. Alliance incentives under the D’Hondt method // Mathematical Social Sciences. 2015. Vol. 74. P. 1-7. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Apparentement incentives under the d’Hondt method / Kyoto institute of economic research, Kyoto University. Series 896 "KIER Discussion paper series". 2014. No. 896.
- Article Karpov A. V. Equal weights coauthorship sharing and the Shapley value are equivalent // Journal of Informetrics. 2014. Vol. 8. No. 1. P. 71-76. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Patient Mobility, Health Care Quality, Welfare And Regulation / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Economics/EC". 2014. No. 64.
- Article Aleskerov F. T., Karpov A. V. A new single transferable vote method and its axiomatic justification // Social Choice and Welfare. 2013. Vol. 40. No. 3. P. 771-786. doi
- Preprint Karpov A. V. Equal Weights Coauthorship Sharing and Shapley Value are Equivalent / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Science, Technology and Innovation". 2012. No. 03.
- Preprint Karpov A. V., Yurkov S. Generalized bankruptcy problem / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series FE "Financial Economics". 2012. No. 08.
- Article Карпов А. В. Влияние процедуры выборов в совет директоров на деятельность компании // Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации. 2012. Т. 16. № 4. С. 10-25.
- Chapter Карпов А. В. Модель голосования на выборах совета директоров акционерной компании // В кн.: XII Международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества. В четырех книгах. Книга 2 / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 2. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2012. С. 266-273.
- Preprint Aleskerov F. T., Karpov A. V. A New Method of the Single Transferable Vote and its Axiomatic Justification / University of Turku. Series - "Public Choice Research Centre University of Turku Working Papers". 2011. No. 42.
- Article Алескеров Ф. Т., Карпов А. В. Аксиоматическое описание правила передачи голосов // Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2011. Т. 15. № 2. С. 135-154.
- Book Микроэкономика. Поведение, институты и эволюция / Пер. с англ.: К. А. Букин, Н. В. Шилова, Д. С. Карабекян, А. В. Карпов; науч. ред.: М. И. Левин. М. : Издательство «Дело» РАНХ, 2011.
- Article Карпов А. В. Модель голосования на выборах совета директоров акционерной компании // Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации. 2011. № 12. С. 10.
- Article Карпов А. В., Вольский В. И. Применение различных вариантов правила передачи голосов // Полития: Анализ. Хроника. Прогноз. 2011. № 2. С. 162-174.
- Chapter Карпов А. В. Стратегическое голосование: случай двух крупных игроков // В кн.: Труды семинара «Математическое моделирование политических систем и процессов» / Под общ. ред.: А. С. Ахременко. Вып. 1. М. : Издательство Московского университета, 2011. Гл. 10. С. 157-164.
- Article Карпов А. В. Теорема о невозможности в задаче пропорционального представительства // Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2009. Т. 13. № 4. С. 596-615.
- Article Karpov A. V. Measurement of disproportionality in proportional representation systems // Mathematical and Computer Modelling. 2008. Vol. 48. No. 9-10. P. 1421-1438. doi
- Article Карпов А. В., Алескеров Ф. Т. Брамс "Математика и демократия: совершенствование процедур голосования и справедливого дележа" // Моделирование в социально-политической сфере. 2008. № 1(2)
- Article Карпов А. В. Измерение Представительности парламента в пропорциональных избирательных системах // Моделирование в социально-политической сфере. 2008. № 1(2). С. 10-21.
- Chapter Карпов А. В. Измерение представительности парламента в системах пропорционального представительства // В кн.: VIII Международная научная конференция. Модернизация экономики и общественное развитие: В 3 кн. / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 3. М. : Издательский дом ГУ-ВШЭ, 2007. С. 184-199.
- Preprint Карпов А. В. Измерение представительности парламента в системах пропорционального представительства / Высшая школа экономики. Серия WP7 "Математические методы анализа решений в экономике, бизнесе и политике". 2006. № 04.
Employment history
2013 – Assistant Professor, Economics Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia.
2018 - Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia.
2015 (from April) – (March 2016) PostDoc with teaching load, Alfred Weber Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany.
2007–2013 Teaching Assistant, Lecturer, Economics Department, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
2010 – Research Fellow, International Laboratory of Decision Choice and Analysis, National Research University Higher School of Economics.
Short-term visits
2019 (July)- January 2020, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
2019 (April) TU Berlin, Germany.
2018 (April - May) Ghent University, Belgium.
2014 (May - August) Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University, Japan.
2012 (October) Lecturer, Perm State National Research University (international program «Master in Finance and Information Technology» taught in English), Perm, Russia.
Recently explored problems
- axiomatics of voice transfer rule, unique method theorem satisfying the set of axioms
Current research
- game-theory justification of proportional representation systems;
- proportional representation model with unequal number of votes through the example of voting of the board of directors of a stock-company.
Autumn School “Advances in Decision Analysis” was held.
On November 27 to 29, the HSE was held the Autumn School "Successes of decision analysis" with the participation of leading foreign specialists (Yong Shi, Michel Grabish, Ahmet Alkan, Bhavook Bhardwaj, Siddharth Chatterjee, Manfred J. Holler, K. Markström)
Lecture by A. Karpov on "On the Number of Separable Preference Profiles"
On Wednesday, September 19 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held. A. Karpov gave a lecture on "On the Number of Separable Preference Profiles".
Neighbours: Who is Close to HSE in Rankings. Economics
We continue talking about universities that are alongside HSE in the 51–100 group in various subject areas in the QS ranking. Today we have economists speaking about their ‘neighbours in the ranking’.
School "Decision making in network context" and International Workshop "The 7th Murat Sertel Workshop on Economic Design, Decision, Institutions, and Organization" were held at DeCAn lab
DeCAn lab organized two events which were held from September 25 to September 28 - a school "Decision making in network context" (September 25-26, 2017) and an international workshop "The 7th Murat Sertel Workshop on Economic Design, Decision, Institutions, and Organization" (September 27-28, 2017). DeCAn faculty took part in organizing and holding these events.
On Wednesday, September 16 the all-Russian seminar "Mathematical methods of decision analysis in economics, finance and politics" was held.
Speaker: Alexander Karpov (Heidelberg University, Germany; National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia )
Title: A theory of knockout tournament seedings