Canadian Economic Theory Conference
CETC 2008 - May 23- 25, 2008
2270 Sauder Industries Room - Department of Economics - Simon Fraser University
| Friday May 23 | ||||
| 9:00-9:25 | Takashi Kunimoto |
McGill University |
"Robust Virtual Implementation
with Incomplete Information: Towards a Reinterpretation of the Wilson Doctrine" (with G. Artemov and R. Serrano) |
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| 9:25-9:50 | Yoram Halevy | UBC | "The Ultimatum Game: Interdependent Preferences in Experimental Setting" (with M. Peters) | |
| 9:50-10:15 | Jun Zhang | Queen's University | "The Role of Information Revelation in Elimination Contests" (with R. Wang) | |
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:45-11:10 | Sergei Severinov | U Essex and Yahoo! Research | "Optimal
Screening with Costly Misrepresentation"
(with R. Deneckere) |
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| 11:10-11:35 | Christoph Kuzmics | Northwestern U. | "Hidden Symmetries and Focal Points" (with C. Alos-Ferrer) | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Itai Sher | University of Minnesota | "Persuasion and Limited Communication" | |
| 12:00-2:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 2:00-2:25 | Onur Ozgur | Universite de Montreal | "Dynamic Social Interactions: Identification and Characterization" (with A. Bisin) | |
| 2:25-2:50 | Bo Chen | Southern Methodist University | "Belief-Based
Strategies for the Repeated Prisoners' Dilemma with Asymmetric Private Monitoring" | |
| 2:50-3:15 | Ron Harstad | "Endogenous Participation Alters the Structure of Optimal Auctions" | ||
| 3:15-3:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 3:30-3:55 | Mehmet Ekmekci | MEDS, Northwestern U. | "Bargaining and Reputation in Search Markets" (with A. Atakan) | |
| 3:55-4:20 | Stephan Lauermann | University of Michigan | "When Less
Information is Good for Efficiency: Private Information in Bilateral Trade and in Markets" |
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| 4:20-4:35 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 4:35-5:00 | Simon Board | UCLA and U of Toronto | "Relational Contracts with On-the-Job Search" | |
| 5:00-5:25 | Parikshit Ghosh | Indian Statistical Institute | "Making the Punishment Fit the Crime or Taliban Justice? Optimal PenaltiesWithout Commitment." | |
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| Saturday May 24 | ||||
| 9:00-9:25 | Dan Levin |
Ohio State University |
"Efficiency and Synergy in a Multi-Unit Auction with and
without Package Bidding: an Experimental Study" (with K. Chernomaz) |
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| 9:25-9:50 | Yuri Khoroshilov | University of Ottawa | "Quasi-Endowment Effect in English Auction" (with A. Dodonova) | |
| 9:50-10:15 | Maher Said | Yale University | "Information Revelation and Random Entry in Sequential Ascending Auctions" | |
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:45-11:10 | Yuk-fai Fong | Kellogg, Northwestern U. | "Wait and See" (with Peter Eso) | |
| 11:10-11:35 | Kareen Rozen | Yale University | "Conflict Leads to Cooperation in Nash Bargaining" | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Jingang Zhao | University of Saskatchewan | "The Core and Coalition Formation in an N-person Network Game" | |
| 12:00-2:00 | LUNCH BREAK | |||
| 2:00-2:25 | Jawwad Noor | Boston University | "Magnitude-Dependent Impatience" | |
| 2:25-2:50 | Kin Chung Lo | York University | "Correlated Nash Equilibrium" | |
| 2:50-3:15 | Oliver Board | University of Pittsburgh | "Object-Based Unawareness II: Applications" (with Kim-Sau Chung) | |
| 3:15-3:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 3:30-3:55 | Elena Panova | U du Quebec Montreal | "Informative Campaign Promises" | |
| 3:55-4:20 | Jeremy Laurent-Lucchetti | HEC Montreal | "Choosing and Sharing" (with J. Leroux) | |
| 4:20-4:35 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 4:35-5:00 | Andrew McLennan | University of Queensland | "Manipulation in Elections with Uncertain Preferences" | |
| 5:00-5:25 | Jacques Lawarrée | U. of Washington, Seattle | "Bribery vs. Extortion: Allowing the Lesser of Two Evils" (with F. Khalil and S. Yun) | |
8pm | DINNER at | WATER STREET CAFE | (300 Water St,) | |
Sunday May 25 |
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| 9:00-9:25 | Mike Peters | UBC | "Definable and Contractible Contracts" (with Balazs Szentes) | |
| 9:25-9:50 | John Conley | Vanderbilt University | "Public Good, Attention Deficit Disorder and Equilibrium in the Internet Economy" (with P. Healy) | |
| 9:50-10:15 | Peter Norman | UNC at Chapel Hill | "Toward an Efficiency Rationale for the Public Provision of Private Goods" (with H. Fang) | |
| 10:15-10:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |||
| 10:45-11:10 | Sidartha Gordon | Universite de Montreal | "Iteratively Stable Cheap Talk Equilibria" | |
| 11:10-11:35 | Ming Li | Concordia University | "Indifferent Public, Passionate Advocates, and Strategic Media" (with T. Mylovanov) | |
| 11:35-12:00 | Maria Goltsman | University of Western Ontario | "How to Talk to Multiple Audiences" (with G. Pavlov) |