35 sessions, 112 papers

Conference on Economic Design 2009
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Bankruptcy
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Session Chair: Ozgur Kibris, Sabanci University
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.23
Non-cooperative solutions for claims problems
Presented by: Dries Vermeulen, Maastricht University
Existence of Nash-equilibrium in heterogeneous claim games
Presented by: Denes Palvölgyi, Maastricht University
A Noncooperative Approach to Bankruptcy Problems with an Endogenous Estate
Presented by: Emin Karagozoglu, Maastricht University
On Algorithmic Solutions to Simple Allocation Problems
Presented by: Ozgur Kibris, Sabanci University

Session 2: Auctions I
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Session Chair: Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: AULA
Charitable Asymmetric Bidders
Presented by: Olivier Bos, Paris School of Economics and CORE (UCL)
Lowest Unique Bid Auctions with Signals
Presented by: Andrea Gallice, University of Siena and BRICK, Collegio Carlo Alberto
All-Pay Auctions with Private Values and Resale
Presented by: Yong Sui, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The Unique-Lowest Sealed-Bid Auction
Presented by: Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam

Session 3: Voting
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Session Chair: M. Remzi Sanver, Istanbul Bilgi University
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.24
Voting over piecewise linear tax schedules
Presented by: Juan D. Moreno-Ternero, Universidad de Málaga
Strategy-proof Voting for Multiple Public Goods
Presented by: Alexander Reffgen, Lund University
Two sufficient conditions for strategy-proofness: when are they necessary?
Presented by: Dolors Berga, Universitat de Girona
A General Impossibility Result on Strategy-Proof Social Choice Hyperfunctions
Presented by: M. Remzi Sanver, Istanbul Bilgi University

Session 4: Matching - School Choice
Session Organizer: Bettina Klaus, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.23
Breaking Ties in School Choice: (Non-) Specialized Schools
Presented by: Alexander Westkamp, Bonn Graduate School of Economics
Manipulation via Capacities Revisited
Presented by: Lars Ehlers, U de Montreal
School Choice: Theory & Experiment
Presented by: Onur Kesten, Carnegie Mellon University
Expanding Choice in School Choice
Presented by: Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Duke University

Session 5: Experiments and Auctions
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Session Chair: Peter Cramton, University of Maryland
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: AULA
On the determinants of Collusion in Public Procurement: the case of Chile
Presented by: Juan Francisco Martinez Sepulveda, Oxford University
Going Once, Going Twice, Reported! Cartel Activity and the Effectiveness of Leniency Programs in Experimental Auctions
Presented by: Sander Onderstal, University of Amsterdam
Bargain-Prices and the Law of One Price in Auctions with Outside Competition
Presented by: J. Philipp Reiss, Maastricht University
Common-Value Auctions with Liquidity Needs: An Experimental Test of a Troubled Assets Reverse Auction
Presented by: Peter Cramton, University of Maryland

Session 6: Social Choice I
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Session Chair: Jean Laine, Istanbul Bilgi University
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.24
Threats enable sincere voting
Presented by: Bezalel Peleg, Hebrew University
Individual Powers and Social Consent: Sen's Paradox Reconsidered
Presented by: Biung-Ghi Ju, Korea University
Monotonic solutions to the experts aggregation problem
Presented by: Ruben Juarez, University of Hawaii
Social Cohesion and the Election of a Commıttee by Approval Balloting
Presented by: Jean Laine, Istanbul Bilgi University

Session 7: Contests and Uncertainty
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Session Chair: Paul Schweinzer, University of Bonn
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:40
Location: H 0.06
The Effect of Uncertainty on the Tragedy of the Commons
Presented by: Sam Aflaki, INSEAD
Information Disclosure in Innovation Contests
Presented by: Thomas Rieck, University of Bonn
The optimal prize structure of symmetric Tullock contests
Presented by: Paul Schweinzer, University of Bonn

Session 8: Industrial Economics
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Session Chair: Carmen Beviá, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:40
Location: AULA
Dynamic Duopolistic Competition with Market Capturing Opportunities
Presented by: Erik Pot, Maastricht University
Endogenous Spatial Differentiation with Vertical Contracting
Presented by: Frago Kourandi, Athens University of Economics and Business
Comparative analysis of one-stage and two-stage markets
Presented by: Alexander Vasin, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Oligopolistic Equilibrium and Bankruptcy
Presented by: Carmen Beviá, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Session 9: Applied Theory
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Session Chair: Nora Szech, University of Bonn
Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:40
Location: C -1.05
Propitious Selection in Vehicle Insurance
Presented by: Sara Arvidsson, VTI
Becoming a Bad Doctor
Presented by: Nora Szech, University of Bonn

Session 10: Murat Sertel Lecture: Arunava Sen
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Date: June 22, 2009
Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Location: AULA
The Design of Incentive Compatible Voting Rules with Positively Correlated Beliefs
Presented by: Arunava Sen, Indian Statistical Institute

Session 11: Epistemic Game Theory
Session Organizer: Andrés Perea,
Session Chair: Geir Asheim, University of Oslo
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.23
Proper Rationalizability and Games with Incomplete Information
Presented by: Souvik Roy, Maastricht University
Intrapersonal Connectedness and Backward Induction
Presented by: Christian W. Bach, University of Lausanne
Awareness in repeated games
Presented by: Elias Tsakas, Maastricht University
Algorithms for Cautious Reasoning in Games
Presented by: Geir Asheim, University of Oslo

Session 12: Networks I
Session Organizer: Claus-Jochen Haake, Bielefeld University
Session Chair: Vincent Vannetelbosch, University of Louvain
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: AULA
Implementing Efficient Graphs in Connection Networks
Presented by: Rajnish Kumar, Rice University
Nash Equilibria for Voronoi Games on Multidimensional, Bipartite Tori
Presented by: Burkhard Monien, University of Paderborn
Optimal decentralization of multi-agent decisions
Presented by: Pierfrancesco La Mura, Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Contractually stable networks
Presented by: Vincent Vannetelbosch, University of Louvain

Session 13: Social Choice II
Session Organizer: Ton Storcken, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Ton Storcken, Maastricht University
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.24
Consensus Formation via Preference Updating
Presented by: Burak Can, Maastricht University
Networks, People and Information
Presented by: Herman Monsuur, Netherlands Defense Academy
Collective Decisions on Short Path Connected Domains
Presented by: Ton Storcken, Maastricht University

Session 14: Bargaining I
Session Organizer: Jean-Jacques Herings, UNIVERSIEIT MAASTRICHT
Session Chair: Maria Montero, University of Nottingham
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: AULA
Some Unpleasant Bargaining Arithmetics?
Presented by: Hulya Eraslan, Johns Hopkins University
Extreme Equilibria in a Negotiation Model
Presented by: Harold Houba, VU University Amsterdam
Local Dynamic Core
Presented by: Arnold Polanski, Queen's University of Belfast
The Paradox of New Members in the Council of Ministers: A Noncooperative Approach
Presented by: Maria Montero, University of Nottingham

Session 15: Experiments
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Session Chair: Ayca Giritligil, Bilgi University
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.23
Strategic vs. Non-Strategic Motivations of Sanctioning in Public Good Experiments
Presented by: Jana Vyrastekova, Nijmegen School of Management
Risk Attitudes in a Social Context
Presented by: Ingrid Rohde, Maastricht University
The Role of Overconfidence in Creation of Stock-Prices’ Bubbles: Human Based Experiment
Presented by: Julija Michailova, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel
An Experimental Study on Persuasion Bias
Presented by: Ayca Giritligil, Bilgi University

Session 16: Fair Allocation
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Session Chair: Eve Ramaekers, FNRS - University of Louvain - CORE
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.24
Constrainedly Fair Job Assignments under Minimum Wages
Presented by: Tommy Andersson, Lund University
The undercut procedure: an algorithm for the envy-free division of indivisible items
Presented by: Christian Klamler, Graz University
The Shapley value for the fair allocation of an indivisible good
Presented by: Eve Ramaekers, FNRS - University of Louvain - CORE
Let them cheat!
Presented by: William Thomson, University of Rochester

Session 17: Bargaining II
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Session Chair: Daniel Cardona, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: AULA
The Kalai-Smorodinsky Solution with Loss Aversion
Presented by: Bram Driesen, Maastricht University
Theory of the firm: Bargaining and competitive equilibrium
Presented by: Volker Britz, Maastricht University
Ratification Requirements versus Delegation
Presented by: Daniel Cardona, Universitat de les Illes Balears

Session 18: Matching - House Allocation
Session Organizer: Bettina Klaus, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Utku Unver, Boston College
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: H 0.06
Re-allocation of objects: Dealing with indifference
Presented by: Paula Jaramillo, University of Rochester
Stable Assignments in House Allocation with Existing Tenants
Presented by: Ozgun Ekici, Carnegie Mellon University
A Theory of House Allocation and Exchange Mechanisms
Presented by: Utku Unver, Boston College

Session 19: Implementation I
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Session Chair: Juan Carlos Carbajal, University of Queensland
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: C -1.05
Characterizing Incentive Compatibility for Convex Valuations
Presented by: Seyed Hossein Naeemi, Maastricht University
Ex Post Implementation Over Lattices
Presented by: Levent Ulku, CIE and ITAM
Characterization of dominant strategy mechanisms in rich domains
Presented by: Juan Carlos Carbajal, University of Queensland

Session 20: Cooperative Games
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Session Chair: Dolf Talman, Tilburg University
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: C -1.05
An Existence Result for Farsighted Stable Sets of Games in Characteristic Function
Presented by: Victoria Brosi, University of York
Sequential Contributions Rules for Minimum Cost Spanning Tree Problems
Presented by: Joosung Lee, Seoul National University
The Average Tree Solution for Cooperative Games with Communication Structure
Presented by: Dolf Talman, Tilburg University

Session 21: Social Choice III
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Session Chair: Semih Koray, Bilkent University
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: H 0.06
A simple model of coalition formation
Presented by: Rob Bosch, Netherlands Defence Academy and Tilburg University
Universally Selection-Closed Families of Social Choice Functions
Presented by: Semih Koray, Bilkent University

Session 22: Auctions II
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Session Chair: Gerard van der Laan, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: AULA
English auctions Vs. posted price selling : the case of the average common value
Presented by: Fanny Sabarit, CRESE
An Ascending Multi-Item Auction with Financially Constrained Bidders
Presented by: Gerard van der Laan, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Session 23: SED Lecture: Claude D'Aspremont
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Date: June 23, 2009
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: AULA
Bayesian Beliefs and Budget Balance in retrospect
Presented by: Claude D'Aspremont, Université catholique de Louvain and Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Bruxelles

Session 24: Large Poisson Games
Session Organizer: Francois Maniquet, Université Catholique de Louvain
Session Chair: Francois Maniquet, Université Catholique de Louvain
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.23
Runoff Elections and the Condorcet Loser: The Ortega Effect
Presented by: Laurent Bouton, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Political Advocacy with Collective Decision Making
Presented by: Sophie Bade, Penn State University
Sincere, Strategic, and Heuristic Voting under Four Election Rules
Presented by: Jean-Francois Laslier, Ecole Polytechnique
Participation versus approval quorums
Presented by: Francois Maniquet, Université Catholique de Louvain

Session 25: Mechanism Design
Session Organizer: Rudolf Mueller, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Krzysztof Apt, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: AULA
Posted prices vs. Negotiations
Presented by: Liad Blumrosen, Microsoft Research
Self-Correcting Sampling-Based Dynamic Multi-Unit Auctions
Presented by: David Parkes, Harvard University
Welfare Undominated Groves Mechanisms
Presented by: Evangelos Markakis, Athens Univ. of Economics and Business
Optimal Strategies in Sequential Bidding
Presented by: Krzysztof Apt, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam

Session 26: Networks II
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Session Chair: Rahmi Ilkilic, Maastricht University
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:40
Location: A 0.24
Connections among Farsighted Agents
Presented by: Ana Mauleon, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis
Allocation Rules on Networks
Presented by: Cagatay Kayi, Maastricht University
Under-connected and Over-connected Networks
Presented by: Tim Hellmann, Bielefeld University
Cournot Competition on a Network of Markets and Firms
Presented by: Rahmi Ilkilic, Maastricht University

Session 27: Core existence and Stability
Session Organizer: Bettina Klaus, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Szilvia Papai, Concordia University
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: AULA
Coalitional matchings
Presented by: Dinko Dimitrov, University of Munich
Endogenous matching predictions in a repeated partnership model with imperfect monitoring.
Presented by: Ayca Kaya, University of Iowa
Consistency and Monotonicity in One-Sided Assignment Problems
Presented by: Alexandru Nichifor, Maastricht University
Uniquely Core Stable Coalition Structures
Presented by: Szilvia Papai, Concordia University

Session 28: Implementation II
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Session Chair: Rene Saran, Maastricht University
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.23
Robust Virtual Implementation with Incomplete Information: Towards a Reinterpretation of the Wilson Doctrine
Presented by: Georgy Artemov, The University of Melbourne
The Maximal Domain for the Revelation Principle when Preferences are Menu Dependent
Presented by: Rene Saran, Maastricht University

Session 29: Political Economy
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Session Chair: Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:40
Location: A 0.24
Proposal of Fuzzy Poverty Index
Presented by: Basma Belhadj, Institut Supérieur de Gestion de Tunis Tunisie
Does Political Competition Eliminate Rents?
Presented by: Refik Aytimur, Toulouse School of Economics
The Taxation of Saving Returns in Overlapping Generations Economies with Stochastic Asset Bubbles
Presented by: Julio Davila, Universite catholique de Louvain and CNRS
Democratic Mechanisms and Divisible Public Goods
Presented by: Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich

Session 30: Stochastic Assignments
Session Organizer: Bettina Klaus, Maastricht University
Session Chair: Francis Bloch, Ecole Polytechnique
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: H 0.06
Stochastic Dominance of Assignment Mechanisms
Presented by: Aytek Erdil, University of Oxford
Markovian Assignment Rules
Presented by: Francis Bloch, Ecole Polytechnique

Session 31: Information Economics I
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Session Chair: Ying Chen, Arizona State University
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: AULA
Long-Term Contracts, Irreversibility and Uncertainty
Presented by: Malin Arve, University of Toulouse (TSE), EHESS
Permanent Separations and Optimal Compensation with History-Dependent Reservation Utilities
Presented by: Stanimir Morfov, State University - Higher School of Economics
Communication with Two-sided Asymmetric Information
Presented by: Ying Chen, Arizona State University

Session 32: Social Choice IV
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Session Chair: Franz Dietrich, London School of Economics
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 14:00 - 15:15
Location: C -1.05
It all depends on independence
Presented by: Daniel Eckert, University of Graz
A Model of Non-Informational Preference Change
Presented by: Franz Dietrich, London School of Economics

Session 33: Networks and Stability
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Session Chair: Subhadip Chakabarti, Queen's University Belfast
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: C -1.05
Habit Formation, Information Exchange and Social Geography of Demand
Presented by: Zakaria Babutsidze, Maastricht University
Economic Institutions and Stability: A Relational Approach
Presented by: Robert Gilles, Queen's University
Partial Cooperation in Symmetric Games
Presented by: Subhadip Chakabarti, Queen's University Belfast

Session 34: Information Economics II
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Session Chair: Jens Josephson, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: AULA
But Who Will Monitor the Monitor?
Presented by: David Rahman, University of Minnesota
Informed principal problems in generalized private values environments
Presented by: Tymofiy Mylovanov, Penn State University
Interviews and Adverse Selection
Presented by: Jens Josephson, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

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Session 35: Auctions III
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Session Chair: Mats Godenhielm, University of Helsinki
Date: June 24, 2009
Time: 15:30 - 16:45
Location: H 0.06
Optimal Shill Bidding in the VCG Mechanism
Presented by: Itai Sher, University of Minnesota
Bidding and Drilling on Offshore Wildcat Tracts
Presented by: Nicolas Melissas, ITAM
Directed search with endogenous capacity
Presented by: Mats Godenhielm, University of Helsinki