Wolfgang Gick

Visiting Scholar
Economist /Political Economist
Dartmouth College

Contact Information
Phone: (617) 495-4303 x238
Room 416
E-Mail: gick@fas.harvard.edu





Biographical Statement

Gick is a visiting associate professor in the department of economics at Dartmouth College, where he teaches game theory, the economics of information, and microeconomics. He was an assistant professor at the University of Jena (Germany) and senior researcher in the IFO Institute of Economic Research. His fields of interest are signaling games and contract design, with applications to political economy, regulation, and firm strategies. Gick has also published in the field of patenting and innovation, management development, and entrepreneurship. Current research focuses on strategic information transmission with an application to political expertise, on contracting in platform markets, and on contract design and the impact of internal control schemes.

Current Work

- Journal Articles

"Little Firms and Big Patents - A Model of Small-Firm Patent Signaling," Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, forthcoming (pdf)

"Delegated Contracting, Information, and Internal Control," Economics Letters, forthcoming (pdf)