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Fall 2011 Midwest Economic Theory Conference
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: Registration
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 13:00 - 14:15
Location: Calhoun Hall 415A
Session 2: Search
Session Chair: Alexei Parakhonyak, State University Higher School of Economics
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Calhoun Hall 103
Equilibrium in Directed Search: Toward a Recursive Approach
By Gabriele Camera; Purdue University Jaehong Kim; Purdue University
Presented by: Jaehong Kim, Purdue University
Revealed Search Theory
By Collin Raymond; University of Michigan
Presented by: Collin Raymond, University of Michigan
Consumer Search Markets with Costly Second Visits
By Alexei Parakhonyak; State University Higher School of Economics
Presented by: Alexei Parakhonyak, State University Higher School of Economics
Session 3: Reputation and Turnover
Session Chair: Roberto Pinheiro, University of Colorado
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 14:00 - 15:30
Location: Calhoun Hall 117
Coarse Reputation and Entrepreneurial Risk Choice
By Pierre-Yves Yanni; ETH Zurich and UQAM
Presented by: Pierre-Yves Yanni, ETH Zurich and UQAM
Monitoring and Turnover
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By Jacek Rothert; University of Texas, Austin
Presented by: Jacek Rothert, University of Texas, Austin
CEOs in Family Firms: Does Junior Know What He's Doing?
By Roberto Pinheiro; University of Colorado Chris Yung; University of Virginia
Presented by: Roberto Pinheiro, University of Colorado
Session 4: Bargaining
Session Chair: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 15:45 - 17:15
Location: Calhoun Hall 103
Multilateral Bargaining with An Endogenously Determined Procedure
By Haibo Xu; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Haibo Xu, Washington University in St. Louis
Bargaining while Learning about New Arrivals
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By Fei Li; University of Pennsylvania
Presented by: Fei Li, University of Pennsylvania
Payoff Uncertainty, Bargaining Power, and the Strategic Sequencing of Bilateral Negotiations
By Silvana Krasteva; Texas A&M University Huseyin Yildirim; Duke University
Presented by: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Session 5: Rating and Selection
Session Chair: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida
Date: November 4, 2011
Time: 15:45 - 17:15
Location: Calhoun Hall 117
Tenure, job security and development of university
By Anna Panova; Higher School of Economics
Presented by: Anna Panova, Higher School of Economics
Reputation building in the presence of rating agents
By Priyanka Sharma; Texas A&M University
Presented by: Priyanka Sharma, Texas A&M University
Self-Screening of Project Proposals
By Andrei Barbos; University of South Florida
Presented by: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida
Session 6: Continental Breakfast
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 8:00 - 9:00
Location: Buttrick Hall Atrium
Session 7: Topics in Game Theory I
Session Chair: Tarun Sabarwal, University of Kansas
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 8:45 - 10:15
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Menu Auctions with Non-Transferable Utilities and Budget Constraints
[slides]
By Chiu Yu Ko; Boston College
Presented by: Chiu Yu Ko, Boston College
Characterization of a Dual to Nash Bargaining Solution with an Application to Bankruptcy Problems
By Yusuf Ertas; University of Southern California
Presented by: Yusuf Ertas, University of Southern California
Characterizing Stability Properties in Games with Strategic Substitutes
By Sunanda Roy; Iowa State University Tarun Sabarwal; University of Kansas
Presented by: Tarun Sabarwal, University of Kansas
Session 8: Applications of Principal-Agent Theory
Session Chair: Naomi Rothenberg, University of Memphis
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 8:45 - 10:15
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
Motivating Information Acquisition in Strategic Settings
By Andres Zambrano; UCLA
Presented by: Andres Zambrano, UCLA
Forward and Backward Looking Information in a Sequential Production Setting
[slides]
By Christian Hofmann; LMU Munich Naomi Rothenberg; University of Memphis
Presented by: Naomi Rothenberg, University of Memphis
Session 9: Topics in Game Theory II
Session Chair: Julian Romero, Purdue University
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Coordinating by Not Committing: Efficiency as the Unique Outcome
By Rohan Dutta; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Rohan Dutta, Washington University in St. Louis
Generalized Coarse Matching
By Ran Shao; Yeshiva University
Presented by: Ran Shao, Yeshiva University
The Effect of Hysteresis on Equilibrium Selection in Coordination Games∗
By Julian Romero; Purdue University
Presented by: Julian Romero, Purdue University
Session 10: Contracts, Screening and Signaling
Session Chair: Richard Chisik, Ryerson University
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 10:30 - 12:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
Contests with Endogenous and Stochastic Entry
By Qiang Fu; National University of Singapore
Presented by: Qiang Fu, National University of Singapore
Progressive Screening: Long Term Contracting With a Privately Known Stochastic Process
By Raphael Boleslavsky; University of Miami Maher Said; Washington University in St. Louis
Presented by: Raphael Boleslavsky, University of Miami
Job Market Signaling, Stereotype Threat, and Counter-Stereotypical Behavior.
By Richard Chisik; Ryerson University
Presented by: Richard Chisik, Ryerson University
Session 11: Lunch
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 12:00 - 13:30
Location: see local restaurant guide
Session 12: Finance and Exchange
Session Chair: Camelia Bejan, Rice University
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Existence of financial quasi-equilibria with restricted participation
By Abhishek Ranjan; University of Paris1, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Presented by: Abhishek Ranjan, University of Paris1, Pantheon-Sorbonne
Limited enforcement, bubbles and trading in incomplete markets
By Camelia Bejan; Rice University Florin Bidian; Georgia State University
Presented by: Camelia Bejan, Rice University
Session 13: School Choice: Competition and Matching
Session Chair: Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 13:30 - 15:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
Dynamic School Choice Problem
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By Umut Dur; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Umut Dur, University of Texas at Austin
When is Boston Mechanism Game Dominance Solvable?
By Chia-Ling Hsu; University of Illinois
Presented by: Chia-Ling Hsu, University of Illinois
Competition Between Public and Private Schools
By Thomas Gresik; University of Notre Dame
Presented by: Thomas Gresik, University of Notre Dame
Session 14: Macroeconomics and Taxation
Session Chair: Laurent Mathevet, University of Texas at Austin
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 15:15 - 16:45
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
On the Distributional Effects of Capital Taxation in an Open Economy
By Ayse Kabukcuoglu; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Ayse Kabukcuoglu, University of Texas at Austin
Institutional quality and capital taxation in developing economies
By Luis Araujo; Michigan State University
Presented by: Luis Araujo, Michigan State University
Sand in the Wheels: A Dynamic Global Game Approach
By Laurent Mathevet; University of Texas at Austin Jakub Steiner; Northwestern University
Presented by: Laurent Mathevet, University of Texas at Austin
Session 15: Public/Social Policy
Session Chair: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 15:15 - 16:45
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
The Two Sides of Envy
By Boris Gershman; Brown University
Presented by: Boris Gershman, Brown University
Sincere voting in large elections
By Ettore Damiano; University of Toronto Hao Li; university of british columbia Wing Suen; The University of Hong Kong
Presented by: Ettore Damiano, University of Toronto
A Theory of Charitable Fund-raising with Costly Solicitations
By Huseyin Yildirim; Duke University
Presented by: Huseyin Yildirim, Duke University
Session 16: Networks
Session Chair: Rodrigo Velez, Texas A&M University
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Marketing via Friends: Strategic Diffusion of Information in Social Networks with Homophily
By Roman Chuhay; Higher School of Economics
Presented by: Roman Chuhay, Higher School of Economics
The price of imperfect competition for a spanning network
By Herve Moulin; Rice University Rodrigo Velez; Texas A&M University
Presented by: Rodrigo Velez, Texas A&M University
Session 17: Value of Information
Session Chair: Joshua Cherry, Kellogg School of Management
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
Marginal Value of Information
[slides]
By Robert Molzon; University of Kentucky
Presented by: Robert Molzon, University of Kentucky
Strategically Valuable Information
By Joshua Cherry; Kellogg School of Management Lones Smith; University of Wisconsin
Presented by: Joshua Cherry, Kellogg School of Management
Session 18: Reception
Date: November 5, 2011
Time: 18:15 - 19:45
Location: Buttrick Hall Atrium
Session 19: Continental Breakfast
Date: November 6, 2011
Time: 8:00 - 9:00
Location: Buttrick Hall Atrium
Session 20: Multiple Senders or Receivers
Session Chair: Ernest Lai, Lehigh University
Date: November 6, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Bayesian Persuasion with Multiple Receivers
[slides]
By Yun Wang; University of Pittsburgh
Presented by: Yun Wang, University of Pittsburgh
A Theory of Like-Biased Expertise
By Wolf Gick; Harvard University
Presented by: Wolf Gick, Harvard University
Experimental Implementations and Robustness of Fully Revealing Equilibria in Multidimensional Cheap Talk
By Ernest Lai; Lehigh University Wooyoung Lim; The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Joseph Wang; National Taiwan University
Presented by: Ernest Lai, Lehigh University
Session 21: Price Discrimination
Session Chair: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri-Columbia
Date: November 6, 2011
Time: 8:30 - 10:00
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
Price Discrimination via Information Discrimination
By Se Hoon Bang; Michigan State University Jaesoo Kim; IUPUI
Presented by: Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI
Why Do Platforms Charge Proportional Fees? Commitment and Seller Participation
By Johannes Muthers; University of Wuerzburg Sebastian Wismer; University of Wuerzburg
Presented by: Sebastian Wismer, University of Wuerzburg
Advance Selling in the Presence of Experienced Consumers
By Oksana Loginova; University of Missouri-Columbia X. Henry Wang; University of Missouri-Columbia Chenhang Zeng; University of Missouri-Columbia
Presented by: Oksana Loginova, University of Missouri-Columbia
Session 22: Impatience and Willpower
Session Chair: Yusufcan Masatlioglu, university of michigan
Date: November 6, 2011
Time: 10:15 - 11:45
Location: Buttrick Hall 302
Impatience for Weakly Paretian Orders: Existence and Genericity
By Kuntal Banerjee; Florida Atlantic University Ram Dubey; Cornell University
Presented by: Kuntal Banerjee, Florida Atlantic University
Revealed Willpower
[slides]
By Yusufcan Masatlioglu; university of michigan Daisuke Nakajima; University of Michigan Emre Ozdenoren; London Business School
Presented by: Yusufcan Masatlioglu, university of michigan
Session 23: Technology: Adoption and Licensing
Session Chair: Hideo Konishi, Boston College
Date: November 6, 2011
Time: 10:15 - 11:45
Location: Buttrick Hall 306
How To License A Technology Standard?
By Chun-Hui Miao; University of South Carolina
Presented by: Chun-Hui Miao, University of South Carolina
Strategic Technology Adoption under Technological Uncertainty
By Mohammad Dehghani; University of Texas at Austin
Presented by: Mohammad Dehghani, University of Texas at Austin
Choosing a Licensee from Heterogeneous Rivals
By Hideo Konishi; Boston College
Presented by: Hideo Konishi, Boston College

This program was last updated on 2011-11-02 22:56:49 EDT