Workshop in Economic Theory
Schedule for Spring 2008
Seminars are held on Thursdays from 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9383, unless otherwise noted.
The workshop organizer is Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn.
For a printable version of the schedule, click here
Workshop Organizers: Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn
The workshop meets on Thursday from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in Bunche 9383 unless otherwise noted.
| Apr 3 |
Simon Wilkie (USC) : "Simple Economics of Price Floors." |
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Apr 10 |
Matthew Rabin (UC Berkeley) : "Reference-Dependent Consumption Plans" |
| Apr 17 |
Rod Garratt (UC Santa Barbara) : "Collusion in Auctions via Resale" |
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Apr 24 |
Scott Page (U Michigan, Ann Arbor) : "Interpreted and Generated Signals" |
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Tuesday, Apr 29 |
Joe Ostroy
(UCLA)
:
"Decentralized Knowledge, Internal Organization,
and the Limits of the Price System"
Note: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9383 Joint with Laub Foundation Workshop in Industrial Organization |
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May 1 |
Phil Reny (University of Chicago) : "Existence of Monotone Pure Strategy Equilibria in Bayesian Games" |
| May 8 |
Gara Minguez Afonso (LSE and Princeton) : "Liquidity and Congestion" |
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May 15 |
Herve Moulin (Rice University) : "Sharing the Cost of a Capacity Network" |
| May 22 |
Andy Skrzypacz (Stanford GSB) : "(tentative) TBA" |
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May 29 |
Alessandro Pavan
(Northwestern University)
"tba"
THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED. |
| Jun 5 |
Alberto Bisin (NYU) : "tba" |
The workshop features speakers from inside and outside UCLA presenting current research. Presentations focus on advanced topics and recent developments in game theory, information and uncertainty and general equilibrium theory. Student and faculty participants are expected to make a presentation. Following the workshop is further informal discussion at the UCLA Faculty Club, beginning at around 5:30pm. Everyone attending the workshop is invited to attend the informal discussion as well as the formal presentation. When the speaker is from outside UCLA there is ordinarily a dinner following the informal discussion to which attendees are invited to attend.
