Dr. Soren Tang Sorensen
Senior Consultant
Education
PhD in economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Cand.Oecon, University of Aarhus, Denmark
MSc in economics, University of Southampton, England
BA in economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Experience
Dr. Sorensen specializes in game theory and industrial economics and has particular expertise in auction design, bidding strategies, and auction implementation.
As a Senior Consultant in NERA's Communications Group, Dr. Sorensen has been involved in the design and implementation of several auctions. Examples include implementation of an auction of FWA licenses for PTS, Sweden; design and implementation of an auction of natural gas for the Danish gas company DONG; and design and implementation of an electricity procurement auction for Italian Acquirente Unico. During the majority of these auction projects, Dr. Sorensen has been involved in the development of software for analyzing bidding behavior and software for processing bidding data. Other work includes advice on bidding strategies in first-price auctions as part of the preparatory work for Ofcom's renewal of the Channel 3 Licence; advice on design of energy capacity auctions for US system operators; and a study for the European Commission on the feasibility of auctioning airport slots using combinatorial auctions.
Dr. Sorensen is fluent in Danish and English and holds a PhD in economics from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, where he specialized in game theory and auction design. Dr. Sorensen has recently published part of his PhD thesis in Economics Letters.
Languages
Danish
English
