Dr. M.A.L. (Maurice) Koster
Faculty of Economics and Business
Section Quantitative Economics
Visiting address
- Roetersstraat 11
- Room number: E3.59
Postal address
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Postbus 15867
1001 NJ Amsterdam
Contact details
Social media
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Profile
Position
- Associate Professor Mathematical Economics
- Director Foundation Year Actuarial Science and Econometrics
- Program Director BSc in Econometrics
Education
MSc in Mathematics, Radboud University Nijmegen
PhD in Economics, Tilburg UniversityCurrent Research Interests
Game Theory, Cost Sharing, Social Choice Theory, Social Networks, Voting Power, Matching Markets
Career
1999 - 2000 Lecturer Tilburg University
2000 - 2009 Assistant Professor University of Amsterdam
2009 - present Associate Professor University of Amsterdam
2010 - present Director Foundation Year Actuarial Sciences/Econometrics & Operations Research
2020 - present Program Director BSc in Econometrics
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Teaching
Teaching activities
- 2019 - Coordinator Mathematical Economics 1
- 2013 - Coordinator Mathematics 1: Calculus (ENG/NL), Mathematics 2: Linear Algebra (ENG/NL).
- 2000 - 2012 BSc courses Inleiding Speltheorie, Analyse, Wiskunde III AEO, Wiskunde IV AEO
- 2010 - 2012 MSc course Game Theory
- 2009 - 2010 Coordinator reform of the curriculum Mathematics & Statistics for AEO
- 2007 - 2010 Coordinator Mathematics for AEO
- 2002 - 2009 Proefcollege Wiskundige Economie
Projects
- 2016 Blended Learning in BSc EOR & Actuarial Science
- 2013 Grassroots Project Digitale feedback bij academisch wiskundeonderwijs
- 2013 Grassroots Project Kennisclips FEB
- 2008 Lowlands festival - sponsoring Sigma Wiskunde
- 2006 Surf project Webwijs
Awards
- 2018 Recognition Top Teacher by FSR-FEB,CSR,ASVA
- 2017 Recognition Top Teacher by FSR-FEB,CSR,ASVA
- 2010 FEB Award for Excellent Teaching
- 2009 Longlisted UvA Lecturer of the Year
- 2003 van der Schroeff Prize for best lecturer FEB/UvA
- 2002 Nominated van der Schroeff-Prize for best lecturer FEB/UvA
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Nevenwerk
Chair foundation Stichting tot Ondersteuning van Onderwijs en de Bevordering van Weerbaarheid
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Publications
- refereed (20)
- academic (1)
- professional (2)
- popular scientific (1)
- recognitions (1)
- supervised theses (1)
- doctoral thesis (1)
- working papers / preprints (4)
2020
- Koster, M. (2020). Cost Sharing in Production Economies. In M. Sotomayor, D. Pérez-Castrillo, & F. Castiglione (Eds.), Complex Social and Behavioral Systems: Game Theory and Agent-Based Models (pp. 421-462). (Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Second edition). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0368-0_108, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_108-2 [details]
2019
- Koster, M. (2019). Cost Sharing in Production Economies. In R. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science (Living ed.). Springer. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27737-5_108-2, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0368-0_108 [details]
Koster, M., & Boonen, T. J. (2019). Constrained stochastic cost allocation. Mathematical Social Sciences, 101, 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2019.06.002 [details]
2017
- Koster, M., Kurz, S., Lindner, I., & Napel, S. (2017). The Prediction Value. Social Choice and Welfare, 48(2), 433-460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-016-1012-x [details]
2016
- Huang, J-P., Koster, M., & Lindner, I. (2016). Diffusion of behavior in network games with threshold dynamics. Mathematical Social Sciences, 84, 109-118. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2016.10.007 [details]
2012
- Flores, R., Koster, M., Lindner, I., & Molina, E. (2012). Networks and collective action. Social Networks, 34(4), 570-584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socnet.2012.06.003 [details]
- Koster, M. (2012). Consistent cost sharing. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 75(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-011-0372-3 [details]
2009
- Koster, M. (2009). Cost sharing. In R. A. Meyers (Ed.), Encyclopedia of complexity and systems science (pp. 1660-1689). (Springer reference). Springer. [details]
2008
- Koster, M., Lindelauf, R., Lindner, I., & Owen, G. (2008). Mass-mobilization with noisy conditional beliefs. Mathematical Social Sciences, 55(1), 55-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2007.05.004 [details]
2007
- Koster, M. (2007). The Moulin-Shenker rule. Social Choice and Welfare, 29(2), 271-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00355-006-0206-z [details]
2006
- Koster, M. A. L. (2006). Heterogenous Cost Sharing, the Directional Serial Rule. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 64(3), 429-444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00186-006-0093-1 [details]
2005
- Suijs, J., Borm, P. J. A., Hamers, H., Quant, M., & Koster, M. A. L. (2005). Communication and Cooperation in Public Network Situations. Annals of Operations Research, 137(1), 117-140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-005-2249-4
2004
- Bjorndal, E., Hamers, H., & Koster, M. A. L. (2004). Cost Allocation in a Bank ATM Network. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 59(3), 405-418. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001860400351 [details]
- Bjorndal, E., Koster, M. A. L., & Tijs, S. H. (2004). Weighted Allocation Rules for Standard Fixed Tree Games. Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 59(2), 249-270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001860300324 [details]
2003
- Koster, M. A. L., Reijnierse, H., & Voorneveld, M. (2003). Voluntary Contributions to Multiple Public Projects. Journal of Public Economic Theory, 1, 25-50. [details]
2002
- Koster, M. A. L. (2002). Concave and convex serial cost sharing. In P. Borm, & H. Peters (Eds.), Chapters in Game Theory Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers. [details]
- Koster, M. A. L. (2002). Hierarchical constrained Egalitarianism in TU-games. Mathematical Social Sciences, 43, 251-365. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4896(01)00094-4 [details]
- Koster, M. A. L., Molina, M., Sprumont, Y., & Tijs, S. H. (2002). Sharing the cost of a network core and core allocations. International Journal of Game Theory, 30(4), 567-599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s001820200099 [details]
1998
- Koster, M. A. L., Borm, P. E. M., & Tijs, S. H. (1998). Serial cost sharing methods for multi-commodity situations. Mathematical Social Sciences, 36(3), 229-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0165-4896(98)00040-7
- Tijs, S. H., & Koster, M. A. L. (1998). General aggregation on demand and cost sharing methods. Annals of Operations Research, 84(0), 137-164. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018932719034
2010
- Koster, M., Lindner, I., McCormick, G., & Owen, G. (2010). Terrorist targeting, information and secret coalitions. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper; No. TI 2010-001/1). Faculteit Economie en Bedrijfskunde. http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpapers/10001.pdf [details]
2014
- Koster, M. A. L., Westkamp, A., Klijn, F., Muskens, M., & van den Broek, A. (2014). Matching in het Nederlandse hoger onderwijs: Aanbevelingen voor centrale toewijzing en decentrale selectie. Nijmegen: ResearchNed.
1999
- Koster, M. A. L. (1999). Cost allocation and cooperative games: An intoduction. Tilburg: Tilburg University.
2006
- Koster, M. A. L. (2006). Cost Sharing: Proportional versus Serial. Aenorm, 53, 49-54.
Media appearance
- Koster, M. A. L. (01-01-2012). Interview tijdschrift "Kijk", 15 oktober 2012 [Print]. Interview tijdschrift "Kijk", 15 oktober 2012.
2016
- Huang, J. P., & Koster, M. A. L. (2016). Topics on Social Networks. TI.
1999
- Koster, M. A. L. (1999). Cost sharing in production situations and network exploitation. [Thesis, fully external, Tilburg University]. Tilburg University.
2014
2013
- Huang, P., Koster, M., & Lindner, I. (2013). Diffusion of Behavior in Network Games Orchestrated by Social Learning. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers; No. TI 13-208/II). Tinbergen Institute. http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpaper/?paper=2253 [details]
- Koster, M., Kurz, S., Lindner, I., & Napel, S. (2013). The Prediction Value. (Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers; No. 13-188/II). Tinbergen Institute. http://www.tinbergen.nl/discussionpaper/?paper=2233 [details]
2009
- Koster, M. (2009). Contracts, cost sharing and consistency. (CeNDEF Working Paper; No. 09-04). Universiteit van Amsterdam. http://www1.fee.uva.nl/cendef/publications/papers/revIJGTcons.pdf [details]
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Koster, M., & Boonen, T. J. (2019). Constrained stochastic cost allocation. Mathematical Social Sciences, 101, 20-30.