
Toomas Hinnosaar
Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Biography
Toomas Hinnosaar got his Ph.D. in Economics from Northwestern University. He worked at the Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin, Italy) from 2012-2020 and joined the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ in 2020 as an Associate Professor. He is a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). He belongs to the ÌÇÐÄÔ´´ Economic Theory Centre (UNET) and the Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics (CeDEx).
Toomas is a microeconomic theorist and studies mainly optimal selling mechanisms and how individuals interact in sequential settings. His work on mechanism design explores questions related to ticket pricing by airlines, refund policies by retailers, and optimal auctions under various circumstances. His research on sequential interactions includes sequential contests, Stackelberg oligopolies, and price-setting on a supply chain network. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of the European Economic Association, the Economic Journal, and Games and Economic Behavior. His research has been covered by news outlets such as Guardian, BBC Radio, Telegraph, Independent, and Quartz.
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Selected Publications
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2025. Price Setting on a Network Rand Journal of Economics.
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2024. Optimal Sequential Contests Theoretical Economics. 207-244
MARIT HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS HINNOSAAR, MICHAEL KUMMER and OLGA SLIVKO, 2022. Experimental Economics. 25, 706–733
HINNOSAAR, MARIT, HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, KUMMER, MICHAEL and SLIVKO, OLGA, 2021. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 1-13
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2025. Price Setting on a Network Rand Journal of Economics.
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2024. Optimal Sequential Contests Theoretical Economics. 207-244
MARIT HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS HINNOSAAR, MICHAEL KUMMER and OLGA SLIVKO, 2022. Experimental Economics. 25, 706–733
HINNOSAAR, MARIT, HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, KUMMER, MICHAEL and SLIVKO, OLGA, 2021. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy. 1-13
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2020. JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS.
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS and KAWAI, KEIICHI, 2020. RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS. 51(4), 1014-1036
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2018. ECONOMIC JOURNAL. 128(611), 1531-1544
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2017. GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR. 104, 252-270
ELY, JEFFREY C., GARRETT, DANIEL F. and HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2017. JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION. 15(6), 1258-1301
HINNOSAAR, TOOMAS, 2016. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION. 48, 59-87