doc. drs. Silvester van Koten, Ph.D.
Room: 222, FSE Moskevská 54
Email: slvstr@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1112-0126
WoS Researcher ID: B-8643-2009
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=w5StReAAAAAJ
Personal web: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvestervankoten/
Teaching:
- Behavioral and experimental economics
Research Interests:
I am an economist specializing in Economics Experiments and Energy Economics and with a special interest in the economics of regulation, market design, and energy markets. My present research studies auctions for renewables and the consequences of specific auction design elements on costs, effectiveness, and efficiency using economic theory, computer simulations and economic experiments. In previous, published research, I analyzed topics such as forward premia in electricity markets, the effectiveness of self-regulating organizations, and the effects of transparent financial markets on competition and prices in the EU electricity markets.
My research has been published in journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, European Economic Review, and the Journal of Regulatory Economics. I also presented my research at numerous international conferences (such as EEA-ESEM, EARIE, ESA, EEM, and Economics of Energy Markets).
I hold a Ph.D. in economics (CERGE-EI & the University of the State of New York) and a MA in Psychology (Utrecht University). Presently, I am a docent (Associate Professor) at the Department of Economics at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, and a research associate at CERGE-EI in Prague. In the past, I have been a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR) at the EUI in Florence, a Visiting VUB Foundation Professor at the Economic University in Bratislava and a Visiting Professor at the New Economic School in Moscow.
Teaching:
- Experimental Economics (Ph.D.)
- Applied Economic Theory and Experimental Economics (Ph.D.)
- Behavioral and Experimental Economics (MA)
Journal Publications:
Van Koten, S., (2021) Self-regulation and Governmental oversight. A theoretical and experimental study. Journal of Regulatory Economics. (IF 2019: 1.158)
Van Koten, S., (2021) The Forward Premium in Electricity Markets: An Experimental Study. Energy Economics, 94, 105059. (IF 2020: 7.042)
Van Koten, S., (2020) Forward Premia in Electricity Markets: A Replication Study. Energy Economics, 89, 104812. (IF: 7.042)
Van Koten, S. and Ortmann, A., (2016) Self-Regulatory Organizations under the Shadow of Governmental Oversight: An Experimental Investigation, in Sebastian J. Goerg , John R. Hamman (ed.) Experiments in Organizational Economics (Research in Experimental Economics, Volume 19) Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.85 – 104.
Van Koten, S. and Ortmann, A., (2013) Structural versus Behavioral Remedies in the Deregulation of Electricity Markets: An Experimental Investigation Guided by Theory and Policy Concerns. European Economic Review 64, 256-265. (IF: 1.364)
Van Koten, S., Ortmann, A., and Babický, V., (2013) Fairness in Risky Environments: Theory and Evidence. GAMES 4, 208-242.
Van Koten, S., (2013) Legal unbundling and auctions in vertically integrated (utility) markets. The European Journal of Law and Economics 36 (3), 543-573. (IF: 0.330)
Van Koten, S., (2012) Merchant interconnector projects by generators in the EU: effects on profitability and allocation of capacity. Energy Policy 41, 748–758. (IF: 2.743)