Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (M-SWET)

"New Approaches to Mechanism Design"

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

Organized by:

Antonio Cabrales (U. Carlos III), Diego Moreno (U. Carlos III), Rafael Repullo (CEMFI)

and Roberto Serrano (Brown U. and IMDEA)

 

Sponsored by:

Fundaciσn Rafael del Pino

 

Venue: CEMFI – C/ Casado del Alisal 5, 28014 Madrid

 

Program

 

Thursday, 19-06-2008

 

Morning session (chairman – Antonio Cabrales)

 

09:30-10:45      Stephen Morris (Princeton U.):  “Strategic Distinguishability with an Application to Robust Virtual Implementation,”  (joint with Dirk Bergemann).

 

10:45-11:00      Discussion: Roberto Serrano

 

11:00-11:30      Coffee break

 

11:30-12:45      Roberto Serrano (Brown U. and IMDEA): “Robust Virtual Implementation with Incomplete Information: Towards a Reinterpretation of the Wilson Doctrine,” (joint with Georgy Artemov and Takashi Kunimoto).

             

12:45-13:00      Discussion: Stephen Morris

 

13:00-14:30     Lunch

 

Afternoon session (chairman – Roberto Serrano)

 

14:30 -15:45    Diego Moreno (U.Carlos III.):  “Entry in Auctions,” (joint with John Wooders).

 

15:45-16:00      Discussion: Antonio Cabrales

 

16:00-16:30      Coffee break

 

16:30-17:45      Antonio Cabrales (U. Carlos III): “Implementation in Adaptive Better-Response Dynamics,” (joint with Roberto Serrano).

 

17:45-18:00      Discussion: Ran Spiegler

 

 

 

Master Lectures Program (at Fundaciσn Rafael del Pino)

 

19:00-21:00      Eric Maskin (IAS, Princeton U.):

 

21:30                Dinner

 

 

Friday, 20-06-2008

 

 

Morning session (chairman – Rafael Repullo)

 

 

09:30-10:45      Philippe Jehiel (PSE and UCL): “Manipulative Auction Design.”

 

10:45-11:00      Discussion: John Wooders

 

11:00-11:30      Coffee break

 

11:30-12:45      Ran Spiegler (UCL): “Efficient Bargaining Over Bets,” (joint with Kfir Eliaz).

 

12:45-13:00      Discussion: Philippe Jehiel

 

 

13:00-14:30     Lunch

 

Afternoon session (chairman – Diego Moreno)

 

 

14:30 -15:45     John Wooders (U. of Arizona): “Does Experience Teach? Professionals and Minimax Play in the Lab.”

 

15:45-16:00      Discussion: Olivier Tercieux

 

16:00-16:30      Coffee break

 

16:30-17:45      Olivier Tercieux (PSE.): “Continuous Implementation,” (joint with Marion Oury).

 

17:45-18:00      Discussion: Diego Moreno

 

 

21:00                Dinner