Hello! My name is Parth Parihar. I am a post-doctoral fellow at the Wallis Institute of Political Economy at the University of Rochester and recently completed my Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University. I will be joining the European University Insitute as a Max Weber fellow in September 2022.
My research interests are in microeconomic theory and political economy. My work focuses on the forces that shape cooperation and conflict in dynamic games.
You can find my CV here.
Contact Information
Wallis Institute of Political Economy, Harkness Hall
Rochester, NY 14611
pparihar@ur.rochester.edu
Publications
Continuous Selections of the Inverse Numerical Range Map, with Brian Lins. Linear and Multilinear Algebra, 2016.
Working Papers
with Matias Iaryczower and Santiago Oliveros.
We study sequential contributions to public goods in a decentralized environment in which commitment to a contribution schedule is not feasible. A natural (partial) solution to dynamic free-riding incentives in this context is for agents to alternate in making small steps towards completion of the project, dividing the larger project into smaller parts. In this paper, we consider a model in which agents with different valuation for the good are selected at random to contribute in each period. We show that if the project is sufficiently large,the unique equilibrium of the model displays endogenous contribution cycles, in which agents of different types alternate making gradual contributions towards the completion of the project. We characterize these cycles in terms of the primitives of the model, and study the efficiency of equilibrium outcomes.(Note: Previously "Sequential Contributions to Public Goods")
Work in Progress
Sequential Contributions to Multiple Joint Projects
with Matias Iaryczower and Santiago Oliveros.
Polarization and the Threat of Third Party Entry
Parth Parihar - Wallis Institute of Political Economy - pparihar@ur.rochester.edu