Paul KLEMPERER

Paul Klemperer is a Member of the U.K. Competition Commission, and has advised the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission, and several other government agencies and private companies; he was the principal auction theorist advising the U.K. government on its "3G" mobile-phone license auction that raised $34 billion. He is Edgeworth Professor of Economics at Oxford University, a Fellow of the British Academy and of the Econometric Society, and Member of the Executive Committee, and Council, of the Royal Economic Society, he is also a Member of Council of the European Economic Association, and the Econometric Society. He gained a BA in Engineering at Cambridge University, and an MBA and a PhD in Economics at Stanford University. He is a world-renowned expert in industrial organization and auctions; he is past or present Editor or Associate Editor of 12 economics journals, and has authored numerous publications including, most recently, Auctions: Theory and Practice (Princeton, 2004).