Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (M-SWET) 2009

 

Instituto de Economía

Organized by:

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

and Roberto Serrano (Brown U. and IMDEA)

 

Sponsored by:

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid, Excelecon project

Venue: Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid– Room 15.1.01

C/ Madrid 126, 28903 Getafe (Campus map 1, campus map 2, Google map)

 

Program

Thursday, 18-06-2009

Morning session (chair – Antonio Cabrales)

09:30-10:45   Ariel Rubinstein (Tel Aviv, NYU):  Some thoughts on neuroeconomics and choice theory. Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3.
10:45-11:00   Discussion: Roberto Serrano
11:00-11:30   Coffee break
11:30-12:45   M. Angeles de Frutos (U. Carlos III)):  Resale in Auctions with Financial Constraints.
13:00-14:30   Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Roberto Serrano)

14:30-15:45   Juan J. Ganuza (U. Pompeu Fabra):  Too much Information sharing? Welfare effects of sharing acquired cost information.
15:45-16:00   Discussion: Lawrence Ausubel
16:00-16:30   Coffee break
16:30-17:45   Lawrence Ausubel (U. of Maryland)):  Market design for troubled assets. Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3.
17:45-18:00   Discussion: M. Angeles de Frutos
18:00-19:15   Guillermo Caruana (CEMFI): Costly search and design.
19:15-19:30   Discussion: Juan J. Ganuza
21:00   Dinner

Friday, 19-06-2009

Morning session (chair – Rafael Repullo)

09:30-10:45   Martin Cripps (UCL): The Benefits of a reputation under imperfect monitoring.
10:45-11:00   Discussion: Angel Hernando
11:00-11:30   Coffee break
11:30-12:45   Angel Hernando (U. Carlos III): The dynamic of prices in auctions with financial constraints.
12:45-13:00   Discussion: Martin Cripps
13:00-14:30   Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Diego Moreno)

14:30-15:45   Vijay Krishna (Penn State U.): Voluntary voting: costs and benefits.
15:45-16:00   Discussion: Roberto Burguet
16:00-16:30   Coffee break
16:30-17:45   Roberto Burguet (IAE-CSIC): Limited liability and mechanism design in procurement.
17:45-18:00   Discussion: Vijay Krishna
18:00-19:15   Gerard Llobet (CEMFI): Do we really want to know? Private incentives and the social value of information.
19:15-19:30   Discussion: Antonio Cabrales
21:00   Dinner

Participants

Luis Aguiar – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Alberto Álvarez – UNED
Georgy Artemov – U. Melbourne
Pau Balart – U. Autònoma de Barcelona
Heski Bar-Isaac – NYU Stern
Juan Beccuti – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Mónica Buendía – UNED
Marco Celentani – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Emilio Cerdá – U. Complutense de Madrid
Joaquín Coleff – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Ignacio Esponda – NYU Stern
Natalia Fabra – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Leo Ferraris – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Daniel García – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Laura M. González – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Belén Jerez – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Zoi A. Kolita– U. Carlos III de Madrid
Georgy Kocharkov – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Takashi Kunimoto – McGill U.
Gerasimos Lianos – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Raúl López – U. Complutense de Madrid
Haydée Lugo – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Francisco Marhuenda – U. Carlos III de Madrid
David Martínez-Miera – CEMFI
Carmelo Núñez – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Antonio Osorio – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Ali Ihsan Ozkes – Bilgi U
Miguel A. Pacios – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Carlos J. Pérez – U. Carlos III de Madrid
Felipe Pérez – IESA
Carlos Ponce – U. Carlos III de Madrid
David Rahman – U. Minnesota
Carmelo Rodríguez-Álvarez – U. Complutense de Madrid
Jesper Rudiger; U. Carlos III de Madrid
René Saran – U. Maastricht
Galina Zudenkova – U. Carlos III de Madrid