2018 Program

May 4, 2018

English Room, Kansas Memorial Union

Conference Program

TimeSession

8:30 a.m.Breakfast

8:55 a.m.Opening Remarks: Milena Stanislavova 

Session Chair: Jianbo Zhang

9:00 a.m.

Reputation Effects under Interdependent Values

Presenter: Harry Pei, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:35 a.m.

Optimal Myopic Information Acquisition

Presenter: Xiaosheng Mu, Harvard University

10:10 a.m.Refreshment Break

Session Chair: Ram Dubey

10:30 a.m.

Bayesian Comparative Statics

Presenter: René Leal Vizcaíno, Northwestern University 

11:05 a.m.

Growth Model with Socially Determined Time Preferences

Presenter: Ram Dubey, Montclair State University 

Lunch Break 

11:45 a.m.Lunch. Kansas Room, Kansas Memorial Union

12:35 p.m.Spencer Research Library. Tour and Exhibits 

Session Chair:Marcus Berliant 

1:45 p.m.

Fairness and efficiency for probabilistic allocations with endowments

Presenter: Federico Echenique, California Institute of Technology

2:20 p.m.

On the political economy of income taxation

Presenter: Marcus Berliant, Washington University in St. Louis

2:55 p.m.Refreshment break

Session Chair:Bernard Cornet

3:15 p.m.

Analytical Aspects of Attitudes toward Ambiguity

Presenter: Mark Machina, University of California at San Diego

3:50 p.m.

Financial economies with endogenous restricted participation

Presenter:Zaier Aouani, University of Kansas

4:25 p.m.

Refreshment break

Session Chair: Tarun Sabarwal

4:45 p.m.

Communication in Global Games: Theory and Experiment

Presenter: Ala Avoyan, New York University 

5:20 p.m.

Strategic complements in two-stage, 2x2 games

Presenter: Tarun Sabarwal, University of Kansas 

Closing Remarks: Bernard Cornet

6:00 p.m.

Dinner at Merchants Pub and Plate (Registration required)