Workshop in Economic Theory

Schedule for Fall 2009

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.

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The workshop meets on Thursday from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm in Bunche 9383 unless otherwise noted.

Oct 1
 Amanda Friedenberg  (Arizona State University) :  "The Context of the Game"
Oct 8
 Eyal Winter  (Hebrew University) :  "Mental Equilibrium and Rational Emotions"
Oct 15
 Stefano Demichelis  (Universita di Pavia) :  "TBA"
Oct 22
 Roger Wets  (UC Davis) :  "A time-embedded framework for General Economic Equilibrium with Incomplete markets"
Oct 29
 No Seminar  (Departmental Seminar on Weds 28th)
Tuesday,
Nov 3
 John Thanassoulis  (Oxford) :  "Vertical Relations Under Credit Constraints"
Note: 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. in Bunche Hall 9383
Nov 5
 Roberto Raimondo  (University of Melbourne) :  "Strategies in the Principal-Agent Model"
Nov 12
 Alexey Kushnir  (Penn State) :  "Signaling in Matching Markets"
Nov 26
 No Seminar  (Thanksgiving)
Dec 3
 Utku Unver  (Boston College) :  "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.

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