Workshop in Economic Theory

Spring 2005

This workshop meets every Thursday at 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Ro 329.
For questions please contact Ada Barbosa

March 31
To be announced

April 7
Sushil Bikhchandani (UCLA)
"Incentive Compatibility in Multi-unit Auctions"

April 14
Konstantin Sonin (Institute for Advanced Study)
"The Killing Game: Reputation and Knowledge in Politics of Succession"
Paper #1 and Paper #2

April 21
Olivier Compte (C.E.R.A.S. - E.N.P.C.)
"Bargaining Over Randomly Generated Offers: A new perspective on multi-party bargaining"

April 28
Alp Atakan (Northwestern University)
"Assortative Matching with Explicit Search Costs"

May 5
Paulo Barelli (Rochester University)
"Beyond Common Priors"

May 12
Wolfgang Pesendorf (Princeton University)
"The Canonical Type Space for Interdependent Preferences"

May 19
Efe Ok (New York University)
"A General Theory of Time Preferences"

May 26
Joint with THESIS SEMINAR:
Natalia Kovrijnykh (University of Chicago)
"Competition for Default"

June 2
Tim Feddersen (MEDS, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University)
"Deliberation, Unanimity Rule and Majority Rule"


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