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Workshop on computational and experimental economics in memory of Jasmina Arifovic
This two-day in-person conference was organized by professor Luba Petersen, Herbert Dawid (Bielefeld University) and Cars Hommes (University of Amsterdam and Bank of Canada) with support from Simon Fraser University, the Bank of Canada, and the Society for Computational Economics.
The conference is in memory of the late Jasmina Arifovic, who taught in the SFU Department of Economics for nearly 30 years. It will be held at Simon Fraser University's Vancouver Campus at the Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver.
Conference schedule
Saturday, February 4
8:00 – 9:00 AM |
Registration & Breakfast |
9:00 – 9:15 AM |
Opening Remarks |
9:15 – 10:15 AM |
Keynote Address 1: Social Learning for the Masses Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis |
10:15 – 11:00 AM |
Choice Flexibility and Long-Run Cooperation Chapman University |
11:00 – 11:30 AM |
Break |
11:30 – 12:15 PM |
Implications of Algorithmic Wage Setting on Online Labor Platforms: A Simulation-Based Analysis Bielefeld University |
12:15 – 1:00 PM |
Incentivizing the Switch from Combustion to Electric Cars: An Agent Based Approach Christophe Deissenberg (via Zoom) Aix-Marseille Université |
1:00 – 2:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
2:00 – 3:00 PM |
Keynote Address 2: Information-Constrained Coordination of Economic Behavior Columbia University |
3:00 – 3:45 PM |
Least Squares Learning? Evidence from the Lab University of California Irvine |
3:45 – 4:00 PM |
Break |
4:00 – 4:45 PM |
On the Emergence of International Currencies in an Inflationary World Purdue University |
4:45 – 5:30 PM |
Adoption of a New Payment Method: Experimental Evidence Bank of Canada |
Sunday, February 5
8:30-9:30 am |
Breakfast |
9:30-10:15 am |
Social Learning and the E-stability Principle George Evans (via Zoom) University of Oregon |
10:15-11:00 am |
A Horse Race of Monetary Policy Regimes: An Experimental Investigation Bank of Canada |
11:00-11:30 am |
Break |
11:30-12:15 pm |
Is Money Essential? An Experimental Approach Indiana University |
12:15-1:00 pm |
A More Accurate Theory of Behavior in Continuous Double Auctions University of New South Wales |
1:00-2:00 pm |
Lunch Break |
2:00-2:30 pm |
Keynote ADdress: TBD Thomas Sargent (via Zoom) New York University |
2:30-3:15 pm |
Hypocrisy in a Simple Social Interaction Model University of Technology Sydney |
3:15-3:45 pm |
Break |
3:45-4:30 pm |
Do Prices Reveal Information About Dividends in Asymmetric Sequential Asset Markets? An Experimental Study Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
4:30-5:15 pm |
Limit Order Book Information and Reinforcement Learning Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University |