 Department of Economics,
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory
Spring 2008 Midwest Economic Theory and International Economics Meetings |
All Session meet in Room 404, Illini Union |
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| # | Date/Time | Title | Papers |
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| 1 | May 2, 2008 8:45-10:30 |
Topics in IO | 4 |
| 2 | May 2, 2008 11:00-12:30 |
Allocation Mechanisms | 4 |
| 3 | May 2, 2008 14:00-15:30 |
Public Economics | 4 |
| 4 | May 2, 2008 16:00-17:00 |
Political Economy | 3 |
| 5 | May 2, 2008 17:30-18:30 |
Contracts | 3 |
| 6 | May 3, 2008 8:45-10:30 |
Monetary Theory | 5 |
| 7 | May 3, 2008 11:00-12:30 |
Information and Efficiency | 4 |
| 8 | May 3, 2008 14:00-15:30 |
Contracts 2 | 4 |
| 9 | May 3, 2008 16:00-17:00 |
Adverse Selection and Insurance | 3 |
| 10 | May 3, 2008 17:30-18:30 |
Networks | 3 |
| 11 | May 4, 2008 8:45-10:30 |
Topics in Game Theory | 5 |
| 12 | May 4, 2008 11:00-12:45 |
Topics in Game Theory 2 | 4 |
Spring 2008 Midwest Economic Theory Meetings |
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Complete List of All SessionsRoom: 404 Illini Union |
Session 1: Topics in IO |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 9:00 - 10:30 |
| Chair: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Rousseauian Contracts |
| JEL codes: C73,D82,D86,E43 |
| By Bart Taub, University of Illinois |
| Presented by: Bart Taub, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign |
| Oligopolies with (Somewhat) Environmentally Conscious Consumers: Market Equilibrium and Regulatory Intervention |
| By George Deltas, University of Illinois Donna Harrington, University of Vermont Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois |
| Presented by: George Deltas, University of Illinois |
| Trade, industrial location and environmental consciousness |
| By Sotiris Karkalakos, Keele University and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Presented by: Sotiris Karkalakos, University of Illinois |
| Self-Employment and Labor Market Policies |
| By Dr. Alok Kumar, Deptt. of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada Dr. Herb Scheutze, Deptt. of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada |
| Presented by: Alok Kumar, University of Victoria |
Session 2: Allocation Mechanisms |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Chair: Jamsheed Shorish, Institute of Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| Persuasion and Limited Communication |
| JEL codes: C61, D82, D83 |
| By Itai Sher University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Itai Sher, University of Minnesota |
| Repeated Moral Hazard and Recursive Lagrangeans |
| By Antonio Mele, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Presented by: Antonio Mele, Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| Cardinal Bayesian Allocation Mechanisms without Transfers |
| By Antonio Miralles, Boston University |
| Presented by: Antonio Miralles, Boston University |
| Strongly Robust Equilibrium in Common Agency |
| By Seungjin Han Department of Economics McMaster University |
| Presented by: Seungjin Han, McMaster University |
Session 3: Public Economics |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 14:00 - 15:30 |
| Chair: Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University |
| Financing vaccine research in developing countries - A public good approach |
| JEL codes: C72, H87 |
| By Diana Sonntag, Department of Economics, Chemnitz University of Technology |
| Presented by: Diana Sonntag, Chemnitz University of Technology |
| The poor, the rich and the enforcer: institutional choice and growth |
| By Thor Koeppl (Queen's University) Erwan Quintin (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) |
| Presented by: Cyril Monnet, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia |
| Do Income Taxes Say Anything About How Jealous Societies Are? |
| By Daniel Samano, University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Daniel Samano, University of Minnesota |
| Career and family choices in the presence of uncertainty |
| By Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University |
| Presented by: Alison Watts, Southern Illinois University |
Session 4: Political Economy |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Chair: Mattias Polborn, University of Illinois |
| On the Informational Efficiency of Approval Voting |
| JEL codes: D72 |
| By Johanna Goertz (University of Guelph) François Maniquet (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain) |
| Presented by: Johnna Goertz, University of Guelph |
| Competing Informed Principals and Representative Democracy |
| By Helena Poon (Georgetown University) |
| Presented by: Helena Poon, Georgetown University |
| Enfranchisement from a Political Perspective |
| By Soumyanetra Munshi Rutgers University |
| Presented by: Soumyanetra Munshi, Rutgers University |
Session 5: Contracts |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:30 |
| Chair: Itai Sher, University of Minnesota |
| Delegated Contracting, Information, and Internal Control |
| JEL codes: D23, D73, D82 |
| By Wolfgang Gick, Harvard University |
| Presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Harvard University |
| Secret Contracts for Efficient Partnerships |
| By David Rahman, University of Minnesota Ichiro Obara, University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: David Rahman, University of Minnesota |
| Wait and See |
| By Peter Eso, Northwestern University Yuk-fai Fong, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Yuk-Fai Fong, Northwestern University |
Special Lecture: |
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| Date: May 2, 2008 |
| Time: 21:00 - 22:00 |
| Room: 210 Illini Union |
| W. Barnett on the book "Inside the Economist's Mind" with Paul Samuelson. |
Session 6: Monetary Theory |
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| Date: May 3, 2008 |
| Time: 8:45 - 10:30 |
| Chair: Bart Taub, University of Illinois |
| Dual Currency Acceptability and Information |
| JEL codes: E40, H20, H63 |
| By Alessandro Marchesiani, University of Naples L'Orientale Pietro Senesi, University of Naples L'Orientale |
| Presented by: Alessandro Marchesiani, University of Naples L'Orientale |
| Optimal Monetary and Fiscal Policy with Imperfect Taxation of Informal Labor |
| By Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor Nurlan Turdaliev, University of Windsor |
| Presented by: Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor |
| Evaluating Structural Vector Autoregression Models in Monetary Economies |
| By Bin Li Department of Economics University of Chicago |
| Presented by: Bin Li, University of Chicago |
| Information, Trade, and the Origins of Banks |
| By Luis Araujo - Michigan State University Raoul Minetti - Michigan State University |
| Presented by: Luis Araujo, Michigan State University |
| Endogenous Financial Development and Inflation Thresholds |
| By Edgar Ghossoub, The University of Texas at San Antonio Robert R. Reed III, The University of Alabama |
| Presented by: Edgar Ghossoub, University of Texas |
Session 7: Information and Efficiency |
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| Date: May 3, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Chair: Rabah Amir, University of Arizona |
| Information Aggregation in Common Value Asset Markets and the Efficient Markets Hypothesis |
| By Ricardo Serrano-Padial, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Presented by: Ricardo Serrano-Padial, University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Speculative Trading with Bayesian Learning |
| By Adam Slawski University of Minnesota and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis |
| Presented by: Adam Slawski, University of Minnesota |
| Span of Control in Production Hierarchies |
| By Jan Eeckhout, University of Pennsylvania Roberto Pinheiro, University of Pennsylvania |
| Presented by: Roberto Pinheiro, University of Pennsylvania |
| Cournot Oligopoly with Network Effects |
| By Rabah Amir and Natalia Lazzati, University of Arizona |
| Presented by: Rabah Amir, University of Arizona |
Session 8: Contracts 2 |
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| Date: May 3, 2008 |
| Time: 14:00 - 15:30 |
| Chair: David Rahman, University of Minnesota |
| Sharing Risk Efficiently Under Suboptimal Punishments for Defection |
| JEL codes: D61, E21 |
| By Drew Saunders, Purdue University |
| Presented by: Drew Saunders, Krannert School of Mgmt, Purdue Univ. |
| Counterparty Risk in Insurance Contracts: Should the Insured Worry about the Insurer? |
| By James Thompson, Queen's University |
| Presented by: James Thompson, Queen's University |
| Risk Sharing and Adverse Selection with Asymmetric Information on Risk Preference |
| By Chifeng Dai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Presented by: Chifeng Dai, Southern Illinois University Carbondale |
| Functional Rational Expectations Equilibria in Market Games |
| By Jamsheed Shorish, Department of Economics and Finance, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| Presented by: Jamsheed Shorish, Institute for Advanced Studies |
Session 9: Adverse Selection and Insurance |
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| Date: May 3, 2008 |
| Time: 16:00 - 17:00 |
| Chair: Pamela Labadie, George Washington University |
| Explaining the Size Distribution of Cities: X-treme Economies |
| By Marcus Berliant, Washington University in St. Louis Hiroki Watanabe, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Presented by: Marcus Berliant, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Disclosure as a Tool for Building Trust and Stimulating Investment |
| By Radhika Lunawat, University of Minnesota |
| Presented by: Radhika Lunawat, University of Minnesota |
| Retrading in Competitive Equilibria with Adverse Selection |
| JEL codes: E44 |
| By Pamela Labadie, Dept. of Economics, George Washington University |
| Presented by: Pamela Labadie, George Washington University |
Session 10: Networks |
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| Date: May 3, 2008 |
| Time: 17:30 - 18:30 |
| Chair: Ping Wang, Washington University |
| Knowledge Spillovers and the Formation of Spatial Networks |
| JEL codes: D20, C71, O33 |
| By Fan-chin Kung, City University of Hong Kong Ping Wang, Washington University in St. Louis |
| Presented by: Ping Wang, Washington University |
| The Core and Coalition Formation in an N-person Network Game |
| By Jingang Zhao University of Saskatchewan |
| Presented by: Jingang Zhao, U Saskatchewan |
| Networks and Stability |
| By Frank Page, Indiana University Myrna Wooders, Vanderbilt |
| Presented by: Frank Page, Indiana University |
Session 11: Topics in Game Theory |
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| Date: May 4, 2008 |
| Time: 8:45 - 10:30 |
| Chair: Robert Molzon, University of Kentucky |
| Spatial Equilibria in a Social Interaction Model |
| JEL codes: R12, R13 |
| By Pascal Mossay, University of Reading & University of Alicante Pierre Picard, University of Manchester |
| Presented by: Pascal Mossay, University of Reading |
| Oligopolistic Competition in Two-Sided Markets |
| By Alexei Alexandrov (University of Rochester) George Deltas (University of Illinois) Daniel Spulber (Northwestern University) |
| Presented by: Alexei Alexandrov, University of Rochester |
| Communication and Efficiency in Auctions |
| By Nenad Kos, Northwestern University |
| Presented by: Nenad Kos, Northwestern |
| Learning Across Games |
| By Friederike Mengel, University of Alicante |
| Presented by: Friederike Mengel, Universidad de Alicante |
| Subgame Perfect Implementation of the Nash Rationing Solution |
| By Marco Mariotti, Queen Mary, University of London Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University |
| Presented by: Quan Wen, Vanderbilt University |
Session 12: Topics in Game Theory 2 |
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| Date: May 4, 2008 |
| Time: 11:00 - 12:30 |
| Chair: Subir Chakrabarti, IUPUI |
| Capacity Constraints and Imperfect Information: Demand- and Supply-Sided Remedies |
| By Bing Jing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Yuxin Chen, Stern School of Business, NYU |
| Presented by: Bing Jing, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business |
| Does Corporate Misconduct Lead to Financial Anomalies? - An Analysis of Asset Returns with Earnings Management |
| By Bo Sun University of Virginia |
| Presented by: Bo Sun, University of Virginia |
| Time to think and the negative effect of competition |
| By Toru Suzuki Boston University |
| Presented by: Toru Suzuki, Boston University |
| Pue Strategy Markov Equilibrium in Stochastic Games with Concave Transition Probabilities |
| By Subir Chakrabarti Indiana University Purdue University Indianaolis (IUPUI) |
| Presented by: Subir Chakrabarti, Indiana Univeristy Purdue University Ind |