Philip Ushchev
- Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Centre for Interdisciplinary Basic Research
- Leading Research Fellow:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics
- Associate Professor:HSE Campus in St. Petersburg / St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management / Department of Economics
- Programme Academic Supervisor:Applied Economics and Mathematical Methods
- Philip Ushchev has been at HSE University since 2011.
Education and Degrees
- 2006
Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Mathematical and Instrumental Methods in Economics
St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
Thesis Title: Asymptotic properties of optimal paths in aggregate models of economis dynamics - 2003
Degree
St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.
Student Term / Thesis Papers
- Bachelor
P. Molchanov «Modeling of International Trade with Variable Elasticity of Substitution of Varieties». Faculty of Economics , 2014
- Master
S. Allaberganov «Risk-averse Behavior and Public Goods in Networks». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2020
Y. Alekseev «Quantity Competition in Product-Variety Networks». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2020
D. Ivashov «Using Economic Calendar in Financial Time Series Forecasting». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2020
E. Mikhailova «Welfare Implications of Price Competition in Product Variety Networks». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2020
E. Chermoshentsev «The Structure of Monopoly Power on Saint Petersburg Real Estate Market: a View from IO». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
M. Bulgakov «Gravity Models of Trade with Variable Elasticity of Substitution». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2018
B. Klepach «The Economics of Regional Clusters in Services: Theory and Evidence from Saint Petersburg». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2017
E. Avdeeva «What Does the NEG Say About Regional Equalizing Subsidies?». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2017
M. Senkov «Single Product Firms Vs. A Supermarket: A Spatial Competition Model». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2016
P. Molchanov «Non-CES Trade Models, New Welfare Implications». St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management, 2016
Courses (2020/2021)
Courses (2019/2020)
Advanced Macroeconomics (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; field of study "38.04.08. Финансы и кредит", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Eng
Empirical Industrial Organization (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; field of study "38.04.01. Экономика", field of study "38.04.01. Экономика"; 1 year, 4 module)Eng
- Empirical International Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 3 module)Eng
- Public Economics (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1 module)Eng
- Past Courses
Courses (2018/2019)
Courses (2015/2016)
- Empirical International Economics (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 4 module)Eng
- Market Analysis (Bachelor’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 3 year, 2 module)Eng
- Research Seminar "Application of Mathematical Methods in Economic Analysis" (Master’s programme; St.Petersburg School of Economics and Management; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Articles in international peer-reviewed journals8
- Article Ushchev P., Zenou Y. Social Norms in Networks // Journal of Economic Theory . 2020. Vol. 185 doi (in press)
- Article De Palma A., Papageourgiou Y., Thisse J., Ushchev P. About the Origin of Cities // Journal of Urban Economics. 2019. Vol. 111. P. 1-13. doi
- Article Ivanova V., Ushchev P. Product differentiation, competitive toughness, and intertemporal substitution // The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2019. Vol. 121. No. 3. P. 1244-1269. doi
- Article Malykhin N. I., Ushchev P. How market interactions shape the city structure // Regional Science and Urban Economics. 2018. Vol. 71. P. 122-136. doi
- Article Ushchev P., Zenou Y. Price Competition in Product Variety Networks // Games and Economic Behavior. 2018. Vol. 110. P. 226-247. doi
- Article Parenti M., Ushchev P., Thisse J. Toward a theory of monopolistic competition // Journal of Economic Theory . 2017. Vol. 167. No. 1. P. 86-115. doi
- Article Ushchev P., Sloev I., Thisse J. Do we go shopping downtown or in the 'burbs? // Journal of Urban Economics. 2015. Vol. 85. No. 1. P. 1-15. doi
- Article Osharin A., Thisse J., Ushchev P., Verbus V. A. Monopolistic competition and income dispersion // Economics Letters. 2014. Vol. 122. No. 2. P. 348-352. doi
Chapters2
- Book Лимонов Л. Э., Батчаев А. Р., Кайсарова В. П., Колчинская Е. Э., Несена М. В., Полищук Л. И., Русецкая О. В., Ущев Ф. А., Холодилин К. А., Баранов А. С., Власова Т. В., Горный М. Б., Жеблиенок М. А., Жихаревич Б. С., Жунда Н. Б., Истомина Л. Ю., Кадочников Д. В., Коломак Е. А., Линов В. К., Одинг Н. Ю., Савулькин Л. И., Чекалин В. С., Юшков А. О. УРБАНИСТИКА. ГОРОДСКАЯ ЭКОНОМИКА, РАЗВИТИЕ И УПРАВЛЕНИЕ. Учебник и практикум для вузов / Рук.: Л. Э. Лимонов; отв. ред.: Л. Э. Лимонов; под общ. ред.: Л. Э. Лимонов; науч. ред.: Л. Э. Лимонов. М. : Юрайт, 2020.
- Chapter Thisse J., Ushchev P. Monopolistic competition without apology, in: Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization Vol. 1. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018. P. 93-136.
Working papers7
- Preprint Behrens K., Kichko S., Ushchev P. Intersectoral linkages: Good shocks, bad outcomes? / CEPR. Series DP "CEPR". 2019. No. DP13946.
- Preprint Kichko S., Behrens K., Ushchev P. Intersectoral Markup Divergence / CESifo Group Munich. Series "CESifo working paper". 2018. No. WP6965.
- Preprint Islam A., Ushchev P., Zenou Y., Zhang X. The Value of Information in Technology Adoption: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2018. No. DP13419.
- Preprint Matsuyama K., Philip Ushchev. Beyond CES: Three Alternative Classes of Flexible Homothetic Demand Systems / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2017. No. DP12210.
- Preprint Kokovin S. G., Parenti M., Thisse J., Ushchev P. On the Dilution of Market Power / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2017. No. DP12367.
- Preprint Thisse J., Ushchev P. When Can a Demand System Be Described by a Multinomial Logit with Income Effect? / National Research University Higher School of Economics. Series WP BRP "Basic research program". 2016. No. 139.
- Preprint Ushchev P., Zenou Y. Price competition in product variety networks / Centre for Economic Policy Research. Series ISSN 0265-8003 "Centre for Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series". 2015. No. DP10862.
Articles in Russian journals6
- Article Кичко С. И., Ущев Ф. А. Последствия открытия торговли между развитыми и развивающимися странами // Экономический журнал Высшей школы экономики. 2017. Т. 21. № 1. С. 9-31.
- Article Ущев Ф. А., Слоев И. А., Тисс Ж. Конкуренция между маленькими магазинами и большим торговым центром // Журнал Новой экономической ассоциации. 2014. Т. 23. № 3. С. 12-37.
- Article Молчанов П. С., Ущев Ф. А. Влияние размера рынка на концентрацию многопродуктовых фирм в модели монополистической конкуренции // Математическая теория игр и ее приложения. 2013. Т. 5. № 3. С. 27-57.
- Article Желободько Е. В., Кичко С. И., Ущев Ф. А. Структура факторов производства и интеграция рынков в двухфакторной модели монополистической конкуренции // Пространственная экономика. 2013. № 3. С. 10-29.
- Article Ущев Ф. А., Чернов В. П. Модель экономической динамики, учитывающая неоднородность капитала // Финансы и бизнес. 2007. № 2
- Article Ущев Ф. А., Чиркова С. С., Чернов В. П. Модель эндогенного роста, учитывающая восстановление рабочей силы посредством потребления // Известия Санкт-Петербургского университета экономики и финансов. 2007. № 3
Other publications3
- Article Ushchev P. Multi-product firms in monopolistic competition: the role of scale-scope spillovers // Research in Economics. 2017. Vol. 71. No. 4. P. 675-689. doi
- Chapter Ivanova V., Ushchev P., Vakhitova H. Occupational choice of migrants: does NEG tell something new?, in: XVI Апрельская международная научная конференция по проблемам развития экономики и общества: в 4 кн. / Отв. ред.: Е. Г. Ясин. Кн. 1. М. : Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2016. P. 596-598.
- Book Чернов В. П., Ущев Ф. А. Модели эндогенного роста и анализ экономической динамики российских регионов. СПб. : Издательство Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета экономики и финансов, 2010.
Presenter at conferences and seminars
Conferences Participation
2019
Australasian Econometric Society Meeting (Perth, Australia): ``Social norms in networks'' https://esam2019.org/submit/
Australasian Economic Theory Workshop (Sydney, Australia): ``Intersectoral linkages: good shocks, bad outcomes'' https://www.uts.edu.au/sites/default/files/2019-02/AETW%202019%20Program.pdf
2018
7th IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2017
Urban Economic Association European meeting (Copenhagen, Denmark)
6th IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2016
European Association of Research in Industrial Economics (Lisbon, Portugal)
EEA-ESEM (Geneva, Switzerland)
Royal Economic Sociaty Meeting (Brighton, UK)
5th IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2015
15th SAET Conference on Current Trends in Economics, invited session (Cambridge, UK)
16th Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory (Luxembourg)
Royal Economic Society Meeting (Manchester, UK)
3rd ICARE conference (Perm, Russia)
4th IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2014
41st Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (Milan, Italy)
EEA-ESEM (Tolouse, France)
15th Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory (Seattle, USA)
Asian Meeting of Econometric Society (Taipei, Taiwan)
3rd IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2013
1st ICARE conference (Perm, Russia)
Econometric Society European Meeting (Goethenburg, Sweden)
Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society (Singapore)
14th Meeting of the Association for Public Economic Theory (Lisbon, Portugal)
2nd IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
2012
Italian Trade Study Group (Trento, Italy)
39th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (Rome, Italy)
1st IOSE conference (Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Invited Speaker at Seminars
2020
Econ Theory series seminar, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia). March 04. Talk: ``Destabilizing effects of market size in innovation dynamics''
2019
St.Petersburg Economic seminar (HSE, EU, PDMI). Oct 03. Talk: ``Social Norms in Networks''.
Economic Theory and Experimental Seminar, Melbourne University (Melbourne, Australia). March 22. Talk: ``Social Norms in Networks''.
Economics Research Seminar Series, University of Technology Sydney (Sydney, Australia). February 13. Talk: ``Social Norms in Networks''.
2018
Econ Theory series seminar, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia). November 27. Talk: ``Social Norms in Networks''
Brownbag in Economics, Monash University (Melbourne, Australia). September 19. Talk: ``Social Norms in Networks''
Econ Theory series seminar, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia). April 24. Talk: ``Beyond CES: Three Alternative Cases of Flexible Homothetic Demand Systems''
2017
Brownbag, Tinbergen Institute (Amsterdam, Netherlands), April 20. Talk: ``Monopolistic Competition without Apology''
2016
Research Seminar, IDE-JETRO (Tokyo, Japan), May 25. Talk: ``Price Competition in Product Variety Networks''
2014
Research Seminar, New Economic School (Moscow, Russia), April 7. Talk: ``Towards a Theory of Monopolistic Competition''
Research Seminar, Stockholm University, Department of Economics (Stockholm, Sweden), April 23. Talk: ``Towards a Theory of Monopolistic Competition''
2013
Research Seminar, University of Milan, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (Milan, Italy), April 17. Talk: ``Do We Go Shopping Downtown or in the 'burbs?''
Administrative activities
Academic director: MA programme "Applied Economics and Mathematical Methods"
Philip Ushchev's talk on Social Norms in Networks (joint with Yves Zenou, Monash University)
CMSSE is happy to invite everyone this Thursday, October 3, to the research seminar in Economics and Econometrics where Philip Ushchev will give a talk on Social Norms in Networks (joint with Yves Zenou, Monash University).
Date & Time: October, 3, 18:00-19:30
Place: 27 Fontanka river embankment, PDMI RAS, Marble hall (2nd floor)
IX International scientific conference on problems of economic development in the modern world
"Sustainable Development of the Russian regions: the economy and political processes, a new model of spatial development of the Russian Federation"
On April 20-21, 2012 in Yekaterinburg, the International conference "Sustainable Development of the Russian regions". The MSSE organized section A4 "Spatial Economics"
Center Research Seminar. Speaker: Ph.D. Ph.Uschev
February 3, made a presentation on «How does the market size affect the product line scope? The case of a closed economy», Senior Research Fellow of the TMSE Uschev Philipp.
