Eva Ascarza
EDUCATION
2009 Ph.D. in Marketing, London Business School, UK
Thesis title:
“Modelling Customer Behaviour in Contractual Settings”
Advisor:
Bruce G.S. Hardie
2004 MSc in Economics and Finance, University of Navarra, Spain
2001 BSc in Mathematics, University of Zaragoza, Spain
WORKING PAPERS
“Modeling Churn and Usage Behavior in Contractual Settings”; with Bruce G.S. Hardie.
(Revision requested by Marketing Science)
“When Talk is “Free”: An Analysis of Subscriber Behavior Under Two- and Three-Part Tariffs”; with Anja Lambrecht and Naufel Vilcassim.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
“Measuring the Impact of Competitive Entry on Top-Up and Usage Behavior in Prepaid Markets”; with Bruce G.S. Hardie and Naufel Vilcassim
“Understanding Customer Switching Behavior to Three-part Tariffs”; with Marco Bertini and Naufel Vilcassim
“Just How Good is the Customer Migration Model?”; with Bruce G.S. Hardie
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Empirical models of consumer behavior
Pricing mechanisms in telecommunications industry
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
School of Economics and Business Administration. University of Navarra, Spain
2002–06
“Curso Cero para estudiantes de Económicas y Empresariales”
(Preparatory Mathematics course for Economics and Business students)
London Business School, UK
2005–09
“Analysis for Marketing Planning and Decision Making” (MBA elective)
Teaching Assistant for Prof. Bruce G.S. Hardie
2009
“Decision Risk Analysis” (MBA and Executive MBA core)
Teaching Assistant for Dr. Victor de Miguel
2009
“Business Statistics” (MBA core)
Tutor (Dr. Catalina Stefanescu and Dr. Kristin Fridgeirsdottir)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Royal Opera House, London
2006 Summer internship in the Development Department (Loyalty Programme Project)
Caja Navarra (Savings Bank) Pamplona, Spain
2002–03 Annual Internship in the Marketing Department. (CRM project)
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“When Talk is “Free”: An Analysis of Subscriber Behavior Under Two- and Three-Part Tariffs”.
Marketing Science Conference, Ann Arbor, MI (June 2009)
“Modeling Churn and Usage Behavior in Contractual Settings”.
Marketing Dynamics Conference, Hamilton, New Zealand (Jan 2009)
Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada (June 2008)
European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Brighton, UK (May 2008)
“Understanding Customer Switching Behavior to Three-Part Tariffs”.
Marketing Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada (June 2008)
European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Brighton, UK (May 2008)
“Just How Good is the Customer Migration Model?”.
European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC), Athens (May 2007)
HONORS, AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
AMA-Sheth Doctoral Consortium Fellow, 2007
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Full-time student scholarship, 2004–08
Research Fellowship. Fundación Empresa Universidad de Navarra, 2002–03
Research Scholarship. Fundación de Amigos Universidad de Navarra, 2001–04
DOCTORAL COURSEWORK
| Courses taken at London Business School | Instructor |
| PhD Seminar in Marketing | Bruce G.S. Hardie |
| Marketing Models | Naufel Vilcassim |
| Probability Models | Bruce G.S. Hardie |
| Bayesian Statistics | Andrew Ainslie (UCLA) |
| Bayesian Statistical Research | Bruce G.S. Hardie |
| Consumer Behavior | Gita Johar (Columbia) |
| Behavioral Decision Research | Eric Johnson / Elke Weber (Columbia) |
| Behavioral Research in Pricing | Marco Bertini |
| Foundations of Business Research | Randall Peterson |
| Research Design | Shelley Brickson |
| Statistical Research Methods II | Catalina Stefanescu |
| Stochastic Modeling | Kristin Kfridgeirsdottir |
| PhD Seminar in Financial Economics | Francisco Gomes |
| Courses taken at London School of Economics | Instructor |
| Advanced Microeconomics I | Leonardo Felli |
| Advanced Microeconomics II | Andrea Prat |
| Econometrics | Vassilis Hajivassiliou |
| Economics of Industry I | Mark Schankerman |
| Economics of Industry II [Empirical IO] | Peter Davis |
| Courses taken at University College London | Instructor |
| Microeconometrics | Mónica Costas Dias |
| Structural Econometrics | Jean-Marc Robin |