2011-2012
Theory Workshops
2011-2012
Coordinators: Tai-Wei Hu and Asher Wolinsky |
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Larry Epstein
Boston University
Bayesian inference and non-Bayesian prediction and choice: foundations and an application to entry games with multiple equilibria (with Kyoungwon Seo)
Research Page
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Pietro Ortoleva
California Institute of Technology
Objective Probabilities as Ambiguous Objects: Allais, Ellsberg, and Hedging (with Mark Dean)
Abstract
Research Page
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10/05/11 |
Wolfgang Pesendorfer
Princeton University
Behavioral Competitive Equilibrium and Extreme Prices (with Faruk Gul and Tomasz Strzalecki)
Abstract
Research Page |
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Leeat Yariv
California Institute of Technology
Collective Dynamic Choices: The Nessity of Time Inconsistency (with Matthew O. Jackson)
Abstract
Research Page
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Susan Athey
Harvard University
Peaches, Lemons, and Cookies: Designing Auction Markets with Dispersed Information (with I. Abraham, M. Babaioff, and M. Grubb)
Abstract
Research Page
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Atila Abdulkadiroglu
Duke University
Generalized Matching for School Choice
Abstract
Research Page
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Andrew Postlewaite
University of Pennsylvania
Mental Processes and Decision Making (with Olivier Compte)
Abstract
Research Page |
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Erik Eyster
London School of Economics
An Approach To Asset-Pricing Under Incomplete and Diverse Perceptions (with Michele Piccione)
Abstract
Research Page |
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Fuhito Kojima
Stanford University
Promoting School Competition Through School Choice: A Market Design Approach (with John William Hatfield and Yusuke Narita)
Abstract
Research Page
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11/23/11 |
Thanksgiving
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11/30/11 |
Michael Schwarz
Yahoo Research
Many to Many Matching and the case of Pricing and Efficiency in the Market for IP Addresses
Abstract
Research Page |
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Special seminar
Jacobs 561
Alex Belloni
Duke University
Approximate Group Context Tree: applications to dynamic programming and dynamic choice models (with Roberto I. Oliveira)
Abstract
Research Page
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STUDENT ONLY SEMINAR
12:00-1:30; Jacobs G36
Ran Spiegler
Tel Aviv University and University College London
Markets with Boundedly Rational Consumers: Competition and Obfuscation
Powerpoint slides
Abstract
Research Page
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Ran Spiegler
Tel Aviv University and University College London
Reference Dependence and Labor-Market Fluctuations
(with Kfir Eliaz)
Abstract
Slides
Research Page
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04/04/12 |
Tymofiy Mylovanov
University of Pennsylvania
Mechanism Design by an Informed Principal: the Quasi-Linear Private-Values Case (with Thomas Troeger)
Abstract
Research Page
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In-Koo Cho
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dynamic Lemon’s Problem
Abstract
Paper
Research Page
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04/18/12 |
Sylvain Chassang
Princeton University
Calibrated Incentive Contracts
Abstract
Research Page |
04/25/12 |
Sergiu Hart
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Comparing and Measuring Risks
Abstract: Three approaches -- ordinal, operational, and axiomatic -- to objectively measure the riskiness of gambles (risky assets)
Based on Three Papers:
An Operational Measure of Riskiness (with Dean Foster)
Comparing Risks by Acceptance and Rejection (with Dean Foster)
A Wealth-Requirement Axiomatization of Riskiness (with Dean Foster)
Research Page
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05/01/12 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR
Sonia Jaffe, Harvard University
561 Jacobs, 3:45-4:45PM
What Happens when Transfers are Added to a Matching Market? (with Scott Kominers)
Abstract
Research Page |
05/02/12 |
Jean Tirole
SCHWARTZ LECTURE SPEAKER
ALLEN CENTER 5:45PM
"Laws and Norms"
Research Page
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05/09/12 |
Vijay Krishna
Penn State University
Majority Rule and Utilitarian Welfare (with John Morgan)
Abstract
Research Page
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05/16/12 |
Eric Budish
University of Chicago
Strategyproofness in the Large as a Desideratum for Market Design (with Eduardo Azevedo)
Abstract
Research Page
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05/23/12 |
David Pearce
NYU, Department of Economics
Reputational Bargaining with Asymmetric Information
Abstract
Research Page
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05/30/12 |
Qingmin Liu
Columbia University
Matching with Incomplete Information
Abstract
Research Page
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2010-2011
Theory Workshops
2010-2011
Coordinators: Yuval Salant and Bruno Strulovici
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David Rahman
University of Minnesota
But Who Will Monitor the Monitor?
Abstract
Research Page
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David McAdams
Duke University
Performance and Turnover in a Stochastic Partnership
Abstract
Research Page
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David Dillenberger
University of Pennsylvania
Disappointment Cycles (with Kareen Rozen)
Abstract
Research Page
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Elchanan Ben Porath
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Implementation with Partial Provability (with Bart Lipman)
Research Page
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Yeon-Koo Che
Columbia University
Designing Random Allocation Mechanisms: Theory and Applications (with Eric Budish, Fuhito Kojima and Paul Milgrom)
Abstract
Research Page
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10/26/10
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SPECIAL SEMINAR
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 12:10-1:10pm, **G42** Jacobs
Umberto Garfagnini
PhD student, NU Kellogg MEDS Dept.
Learning Through Delegated Experimentation
Research Page |
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Rann Smorodinsky
Technion -
Israel Institute
of Technology
Approximately Optimal Mechanism Design via Differential Privacy (with Kobbi Nissim and Moshe Tennenholtz)
Abstract
Research Page
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Kfir Eliaz
Brown University
Reason-Based Choice: A Bargaining Rationale for the Attraction and Compromise Effects (with Geoffroy de Clippel)
Abstract
Research Page
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Bruno Biais
Toulouse University
Trading and Liquidity with Limited Cognition (with Pierre Olivier Weill)
Abstract
Slides
Research Page
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Yves Zenou
Stockholm University
A Dynamic Model of Network Formation with Strategic Interactions (with Michael Konig and Claudio Tessone)
Abstract
Research Page
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11/24/10 |
Thanksgiving
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Axel Anderson
Georgetown University
Dynamic Deception
Abstract
Research Page
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03/16/11 |
Fernando Vega-Redondo
European University Institute, Florence
Social networks, institutions, and the process of "globalization" (with Georg Duernecker)
Abstract
Research Page
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03/30/11 |
Dirk Bergemann
Yale University
Robust Predictions in Games with Incomplete Information (with Stephen Morris)
Abstract
Slides
Research Page
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04/06/11 |
Peyton Young
Oxford University
Learning Efficient Nash Equilibria in Distributed Systems (with Bary S.R. Pradelski)
Abstract
Research Page
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04/13/11 |
Andrzej Skrzypacz
ROOM CHANGE: G03 JACOBS
Stanford GSB
Selling Information (with Johannes Hörner)
Abstract
Research Page
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04/20/11 |
Stephan Lauermann
University of Michigan
Common Value Auctions with Bid Solicitation (with Asher Wolinsky)
Abstract
Research Page
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04/26/11 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS G05
Daron Acemoglu, MIT
History, expectations and leadership in the evolution of cooperation (with Matthew Jackson)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 04/27/11 |
Nancy Schwartz Lecture
Daron Acemoglu, MIT
5:00 pm
Jacobs G40 (Louis Stern Room)
Why Nations Fail
Research Page |
05/04/11 |
Françoise Forges
Université Paris Dauphine
Implementation of Communication Equilibria by Correlated Cheap Talk: the Two-Player Case (with Péter Vida)
Abstract
Research Page
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05/11/11 |
ROOM CHANGE: 3245 ANDERSEN
Kareen Rozen
Yale University
Optimally Empty Promises (with David Miller)
Research Page
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Tues, 05/18/11 |
Andrew Caplin mini-course
12:00-1:15, Jacobs G43
Anxiety or Surprise? The Need for Data Enrichment
Reading List |
05/18/11 |
Andrew Caplin mini-course
12:00-1:15, Jacobs G43
The Axiomatic Approach to Enriched Choice Data: Two Examples
Reading List |
05/18/11 |
Andrew Caplin
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS G42
New York University
The Axiomatic Approach to Enriched Choice Data: Two Examples
Research Page
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Thurs, 05/19/11 |
Andrew Caplin mini-course
9:30-10:45, Jacobs G166
Mis-perception and Stochastic Choice: Theory and Tests
Reading List |
05/25/11 |
Larry Samuelson
Yale University
Dynamics of Inductive Inference in a Unified Framework (with Itzhak Gilboa and David Schmeidler)
Abstract
Research Page
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06/01/11 |
Mariagiovanna Baccara
Washington University
Similarity and Polarization in Groups (with Leeat Yariv)
Abstract
Research Page
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Mental Equilibrium and Rational Emotions
Research Page
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Benny Moldovanu
Bonn University
Optimal Search, Learning, and Implementation
(with Alex Gershkov)
ABSTRACT
Research Page |
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Princeton University
Strategic Distinguishability (with Dirk Bergemann and Satoru Takahashi)
DRAFT
SLIDES
Research Page
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Tel Aviv University
The sure-thing principle and independence of irrelevant knowledge
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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New York University
Dynamic Incentive Accounts
(with A. Edmans, X. Gabaix, and Y. Sannikov)
ABSTRACT
Appendix
Research Page
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University of Maryland
Spectrum Auction Design
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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11/04/09 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR (12:10-1:10)
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS G44
Claudia Neri
PhD Student, NU WCAS Economics Dept.
Strategic Thinking and Subjective Expectations in a Double Auction Experiment
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Dept. wide seminar |
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Columbia University
Advising on Alternatives: Pandering to Persuade (joint with Yeon-Koo Che and Wouter Dessein)
Research Page
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Stanford University
Social Capital and Social Quilts: Network Patterns of Favor Exchange
Research Page
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THANKSGIVING |
| 12/02/09 |
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS 276
Duke University
Conditional Preference for Flexibility: Eliciting Beliefs from Behavior
ABSTRACT
Research Page |
| 03/17/10 |
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS 276
UCLA
Reputation for Quality (with Simon Board)
ABSTRACT
SLIDES
Research Page
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| 03/31/10 |
University of California, San Diego
Effective Communication in Cheap-Talk Games
(with
Navin Kartik)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 04/07/10 |
Princeton University
Robustness to Incomplete Information in Repeated Games
(with Satoru Takahashi)
Draft
Abstract
Research Page
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| 04/14/10 |
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS 101
Stanford University
Intrinsic Robustness of the Price of Anarchy
Abstract
Research Page
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| 04/21/10 |
Oxford University
Aggregating the single crossing property: theory and applications to comparative statics and Bayesian games
(with Bruno Strulovici)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 04/28/10 |
University of Chicago
Bayesian Persuasion (with Matthew Gentzkow)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 05/05/10 |
University of Pennsylvania
Sorting and Decentralized Price Competition
(with Jan Eeckhout)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 05/12/10 |
University of California, Berkeley
Combinatorial Voting (with Santiago Oliveros)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 05/17/10 |
Special seminar (Political Economy series)
MEDS 561: 12:15 - 1:30pm
Sivan Frenkel
Math Center Pre-doc
Research Page |
| 05/19/10 |
Stanford University
Matching in Networks with Bilateral Contracts
(with Scott Duke Kominers)
Abstract
Research Page
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| 05/26/10 |
Nancy Schwartz Lecture
Alvin Roth, Harvard University
Market Design
Research Page
5:00 pre-lecture reception; 5:45 Lecture
Allen Center, Tribune Auditorium
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| 06/2/10 |
TIME CHANGE: 12:10-1:40
MIT
Public Disagreement
Abstract
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University College London
Consideration Sets and Competitive Marketing
Research Page
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University of Tokyo
Weakly Belief-Free Equilibria in Repeated Games with Private Monitoring
Research Page
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10/07/08 |
SPECIAL
SEMINAR: 12:00-1:00
ROOM
CHANGE: 561 Jacobs
Nick
Netzer
University
of Zurich
Competition without Commitment
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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University of Edinburgh
Reversibility
in Dynamic Coordination Problems (with
Eugen Kovac,
Bonn University)
Research Page
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Columbia University
Expanding "Choice" in School Choice (with Atila Abdulkadiroglu
and Yosuke Yasuda)
Paper; Slides
Research Page
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10/21/08 |
SPECIAL
SEMINAR
12:10-1:10 pm
Serra Boranbay
Ph D Student, NU Kellogg MEDS Dept.
Sequential and Simultaneous Budget Making Under Different Voting Rules
Part One; Part Two
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Stanford University
Assignment Exchanges
Research Page
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Hebrew University and Yale University
Social Choice - Information, Power, Indeterminacy, and Chaos
Abstract
Research Page
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Luis Rayo
University of Chicago
Optimal
Information Disclosure (with Ilya Segal)
Research Page |
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London School of Economics
Endogenous Communication in Complex Organizations
Abstract
Research Page
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University 'Ca' Foscari
Markets for Information: Of Inefficient Firewalls
and Efficient Monopolies
Abstract
Research Page
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Marek Pycia
ROOM
CHANGE: 165 Jacobs
UCLA
A Theory of House Allocation and Exchange Mechanisms
Abstract
Research Page |
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Silvio Micali
MIT
Resilient and Equilibrium-Less Mechanism Design
Abstract
Research
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04/01/09 |
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04/08/09 |
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04/15/09 |
Nancy Schwartz lecture: 5:00-6:00pm
G40 Jacobs (Stern classroom)
Drew Fudenberg
Harvard University
Learning in Games
Research Page |
04/22/09 |
Yossi Feinberg
Stanford University
Games with Unawareness
Research Page
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04/29/09 |
Tore Ellingsen
Stockholm School of Economics
When Does Communication Improve Coordination?
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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William Fuchs
University of Chicago
Dividing and Discarding: A Procedure for Taking Decisions with Non-transferable Utility (with Vinicius Carrasco)
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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05/12/09 |
SPECIAL SEMINAR: 1:00-2:30
STUDENTS ONLY
ROOM: G43 Jacobs
David Levine
Washington University
Repeated Games in Continuous Time
Research Page |
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David Levine
Washington University
Self Control, Risk Aversion, and the Allais Paradox
(with Drew Fudenberg)
ABSTRACT
Research Page
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05/20/09 |
Department-wide seminar this week |
05/27/09 |
Brendan Daley
ROOM CHANGE: JACOBS G44
Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
Waiting for News in the Dynamic Market for Lemons
ABSTRACT
Research Page |
06/03/09 |
Marzena J. Rostek
University of Wisconsin
Dynamic Thin Markets
ABSTRACT
Research Page |
06/10/09 |
no seminar - exam week |