Nicolaas J. Vriend

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School of Economics and Finance
Mile End Road, London E1 4NS
phone: +44 20 7882 - 8854
fax: +44 20 8983 - 3580
email: n.vriend@qmul.ac.uk
Nick Vriend

  Biographical Sketch  

Nick Vriend is Professor of Microeconomics at Queen Mary, University of London since September 2006. He studied Economics at the University of Amsterdam from 1980 to 1987, where he was research-assistant with Joop Hartog. From 1981 to 1987, he also studied Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. He finished his PhD at the European University Institute in Florence (Italy) in 1993, where his dissertation "Essays on Decentralized Trade" was with Pierre Dehez and Alan Kirman. He joined Queen Mary, University of London in 1997, and through the years spent some time at the University of Bonn, the Santa Fe Institute, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Trento, Virginia Tech (VPI&SU), the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and GREQAM (Marseille).
    Nick Vriend is Co-Editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Associate Editor of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Computational Economics, and on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. He edited a special issue on "Evolutionary Processes in Economics" for Computational Economics (2002), a special issue of the Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control (2005) on "Computing in Economics and Finance" based on papers presented at the conference of the Society for Computational Economics in Aix-en-Provence, 2002, and joint with Robert Marks two special issues on "Agent-based models in economics" for The Knowledge Engineering Review (2012).

  Research Interests  

Nick Vriend's research field is microeconomics (microeconomic and game theory) with as main research interest economic dynamics, in particular the dynamics of interactive social processes involving (boundedly) rational, learning agents. In relation to this, his main research methods, besides verbal and mathematical analysis, are Agent-based Computational Economics (ACE) and experimental economics.

  Some Papers  

  1. Marks, R.E., & Vriend, N.J. (2012). The Special Issues: Overview. The Knowledge Engineering Review, 27.

  2. Drouvelis, M., Saporiti, A., & Vriend, N.J. (2011). Political Motivations and Electoral Competition: Equilibrium Analysis and Experimental Evidence (School of Economics and Finance Working Paper No. 682) Queen Mary, University of London. [Also appeared as: Economics Discussion Paper EDP-1119, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester. And: Discussion Paper 11-15, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham].

  3. Manzini, P., Sadrieh, A., & Vriend, N.J. (2009). On Smiles, Winks, and Handshakes as Coordination Devices. Economic Journal, 119, April, 826-854.

  4. Fagiolo, G., Valente, M., & Vriend, N.J. (2009). Dynamic Models of Segregation in Small-World Networks. In: A. Naimzada, S.Stefani & A. Torriero (Eds.), Networks, Topology and Dynamics. Theory and Applications to Economics and Social Systems (Lecure Notes in Economic and Mathematical Systems 613). (pp. 111-126). Berlin: Springer.

  5. Bosch-Domènech, A., & Vriend, N.J. (2008). The Classical Experiments on Cournot Oligopoly. In C.R. Plott & V.L. Smith (Eds.), Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, Volume 1. (pp. 146-152). Amsterdam: North-Holland.

  6. Bosch-Domènech, A., & Vriend, N.J. (2008). On the Role of Non-equilibrium Focal Points as Coordination Devices (Dept. of Economics Working Paper No. 621) Queen Mary, University of London. [Also appeared as: Working Paper 1064, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra].

  7. Fagiolo, G., Valente, M., & Vriend, N.J. (2007). Segregation in Networks. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 64, 316-336.

  8. Pancs, R., & Vriend, N.J. (2007). Schelling's Spatial Proximity Model of Segregation Revisited. Journal of Public Economics, 91, 1-24.

  9. Brenner, T., & Vriend, N.J. (2006). On the Behavior of Proposers in Ultimatum Games. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 61, 617-631.

  10. Vriend, N.J. (2006). ACE Models of Endogenous Interactions. In L. Tesfatsion & K.J. Judd (Eds.), Handbook of Computational Economics, Volume 2: Agent-Based Computational Economics. (pp. 1047-1079). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

  11. Vriend, N.J. (2005). Computing in Economics and Finance. Guest Editorial (Special Conference Issue based on papers presented at the conference "Computing in Economics and Finance - 2002" in Aix-en-Provence). Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 29, Nos. 1/2, 1-2.

  12. Vriend, N.J. (2004). ACE Models of Market Organization. Revue d'Économie Industrielle, No. 107, 63-74.

  13. Vriend, N.J. (2004). On Information-contagious Behavior. In W. Barnett, C. Deissenberg & G. Feichtinger (Eds.), Economic Complexity: Non-linear Dynamics, Multi-agents Economies, and Learning (ISETE Vol. 14) (pp. 125-157). Amsterdam: Elsevier.

  14. Vriend, N.J. (2003). "From Exchange It Comes to Tears". A Dutch 'Folk Theorem' Reconsidered. Theory and Decision, 55, No. 4, 315-338.

  15. Bosch-Domènech, A., & Vriend, N.J. (2003). Imitation of Successful Behaviour in Cournot Markets. Economic Journal, 113, April, 495-524.

  16. Vriend, N.J. (2002). Was Hayek an Ace? Southern Economic Journal, 68, No. 4, 811-840.

  17. Huck, S., Müller, W., & Vriend, N.J. (2002). The East End, the West End, and King's Cross: On Clustering in the Four-Player Hotelling Game. Economic Inquiry, 40, No. 2, 231-240.

  18. Vriend, N.J. (2002). Introduction (Special Issue on "Evolutionary Processes in Economics"). Computational Economics, 19, No. 1, 1-4.

  19. Vriend, N.J. (2002). On Two Types of GA-Learning. In S.-H. Chen (Ed.), Evolutionary Computation in Economics and Finance. (Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing 100) (pp. 233-243). Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag.

  20. Vriend, N.J. (2001). A Model of Market-making. European Journal of Economic and Social Systems, 15, No. 3, 185-202.

  21. Kirman, A.P., & Vriend, N.J. (2001). Evolving Market Structure: An ACE Model of Price Dispersion and Loyalty. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 25, Nos. 3/4, 459-502.

  22. Gibney, M.A., Jennings, N.R., & Vriend, N.J. (2000). Market-based Call Routing in Telecommunications Networks Using Adaptive Pricing and Real Bidding. In M. Bedau, J.S. McCaskill, N.H. Packard & S. Rasmussen (Eds.), Artificial Life VII: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Artificial Life (pp. 420-427). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

  23. Vriend, N.J. (2000). Demonstrating the Possibility of Pareto Inferior Nash Equilibria. Journal of Economic Education, 31, No. 4, 358-362.

  24. Kirman, A.P., & Vriend, N.J. (2000). Learning to Be Loyal. A Study of the Marseille Fish Market. In D. Delli Gatti, M. Gallegati & A.P. Kirman (Eds.), Interaction and Market Structure. Essays on Heterogeneity in Economics. (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems 484) (pp. 33-56). Berlin: Springer.

  25. Vriend, N.J. (2000). An Illustration of the Essential Difference between Individual and Social Learning, and its Consequences for Computational Analyses. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 24, 1-19.

  26. Vriend, N.J. (1999). On Expectations, Preferences, and Learning. Book Review of Offerman, T. (1997). Beliefs and Decision Rules in Public Good Games. Theory and Experiments. Dordrecht: Kluwer. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 9, Issue 3, 402-409.

  27. Vriend, N.J. (1999). The Difference between Individual and Population Genetic Algorithms. In W. Banzhaf, J. Daida, A.E. Eiben, M.H. Garzon, V. Honavar, M. Jakiela & R.E. Smith (Eds.), GECCO-99: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, July 13-17, 1999, Orlando, Florida USA (p. 812). San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann.

  28. Shubik, M., & Vriend, N.J. (1999). A Behavioral Approach to a Strategic Market Game. In T. Brenner (Ed.), Computational Techniques for Modelling Learning in Economics (pp. 261-282). Dordrecht: Kluwer.

  29. Nagel, R., & Vriend, N.J. (1999). Inexperienced and Experienced Players in an Oligopolistic Market Game with Minimal Information. Industrial and Corporate Change, 8, No. 1, 41-65.

  30. Nagel, R., & Vriend, N.J. (1999). An Experimental Study of Adaptive Behavior in an Oligopolistic Market Game. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 9, Issue 1, 27-65. [Also appeared in: U. Cantner, H. Hanusch, & S. Klepper (Eds.), Economic Evolution, Learning, and Complexity (pp. 33-71). Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag, 2000].

  31. Vriend, N.J. (1998). Van ruilen komt huilen. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 83, nr. 4149, 341-342.

  32. Kochugovindan, S., & Vriend, N.J. (1998). Is the Study of Complex Adaptive Systems Going to Solve the Mystery of Adam Smith's 'Invisible Hand'? The Independent Review, 3, No. 1, 53-66.

  33. Vriend, N.J. (1997). Will Reasoning Improve Learning? Economics Letters, 55, No. 1, 9-18.

  34. Vriend, N.J. (1996). Rational Behavior and Economic Theory. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 29, No. 2, 263-285.

  35. Vriend, N.J. (1995). Self-Organization of Markets: An Example of a Computational Approach. Computational Economics, 8, No. 3, 205-231.

  36. Vriend, N.J. (1994). A New Perspective on Decentralized Trade. Economie Appliquée, 47, No. 4, 5-22.

  37. Vriend, N.J. (1994). Artificial Intelligence and Economic Theory. In E. Hillebrand & J. Stender (Eds.), Many-Agent Simulation and Artificial Life (pp. 31-47). Amsterdam: IOS.

  38. Vriend, N.J. (1991). On Walrasian Models and Decentralized Economies. Tinbergen Institute Research Bulletin, 3, No. 1, 25-37.

  39. Hartog, J., & Vriend, N.J. (1990). Young Mediterraneans in the Dutch Labor Market. A Comparative Analysis of Allocation and Earnings. Oxford Economic Papers, 42, 379-401.

  40. Hartog, J., & Vriend, N.J. (1989). Post-war International Labour Mobility: The Netherlands. In I. Gordon & A.P. Thirlwall (Eds.), European Factor Mobility. Trends and Consequences (pp. 74-94). London: MacMillan.


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