Workshop in Economic Theory

Fall 2004

This workshop meets every Thursday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in SS 401.
For questions please contact Ada Barbosa

Sept 30
Steven Smale (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago)
"Learning Theory"

Oct 7
Rann Smorodinsky (Technion, Israel Institute of Technology)
"The Efficiency of Competitive Mechanisms under Private Information"

Oct 14
Luis Rayo (University of Chicago)
"Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness"

Oct 21
David McAdams (MIT)
"Detecting Best Response Violations in Multi-Unit Auctions"
Paper #1: "Detecting Best Response Violations in Discriminatory Auctions"
Paper #2: "Detecting Best Response Violations in Uniform-Price Auctions"


Oct 28
Philip Reny (University of Chicago)
"On the Existence of Monotone Pure Strategy Equilibria in Bayesian Games"

Nov 4
Ken Judd (Stanford University/University of Chicago)
"Existence, Uniqueness, and Computational Theory for Time Consistent Equilibria: A Hyperbolic Discounting Example"

Nov 11
Dino Gerardi (Yale University)
"The Folk Theorem in Dynastic Repeated Games"

Nov 18
Johannes Hörner (Northwestern University)
"The Folk Theorem for Games with Private Almost-Perfect Monitoring"

Nov 25
Thanksgiving Holiday

Dec 2
Eric Maskin (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
"Uncertainty and Hyperbolic Discounting"


Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance