16 sessions, 47 papers

Midwest Economic Meetings, Economic Theory, Fall 2009
Complete List of All Sessions

Session 1: A1
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session type: invited
Date: October 30, 2009
Time: 14:15 - 16:15
Location: 206 Wagner
Exposure Problem in Multi-Unit Auctions
JEL codes: D44, D82
Presented by: Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba
Endogenous Asymmetry in a Dynamic Procurement Auction
Presented by: Viplav Saini, Oberlin College

Session 2: B1
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois
Session type: invited
Date: October 30, 2009
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: 305 Wagner
A Theorem on Correspondences, Fixed Points, and The Differentiability of The Value Function
JEL codes: C60, C61, C65
Presented by: Francesco Ruscitti, Yeshiva University
Signaling in Matching Markets
Presented by: Alexey Kushnir, The Pennsylvania State University
Ambiguity Solves the Conflict between Efficiency and Incentive Compatibility
Presented by: Luciano de Castro, University of Illinois

Session 3: A2
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Isa Hafalir, Carnegie Mellon University
Session type: invited
Date: October 30, 2009
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: 206 Wagner
Do auctioneers pick optimal reserve prices?
Presented by: Anthony Kwasnica, Pennsylvania State University
Small Double Auctions
Presented by: Marzena Rostek, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sort-Cut: A Pareto Optimal and Semi-Truthful Mechanism for Multi-Unit Auctions with Budget-Constrained Bidders
Presented by: Isa Hafalir, Carnegie Mellon University

Session 4: B2
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor
Session type: invited
Date: October 30, 2009
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: 305 Wagner
On the Welfare Improving Trade in Marginal Tax Rates
JEL codes: H21, H27
Presented by: Maciej Dudek, Main School of Commerce
Candidates, Credibility, and Re-election Incentives
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Presented by: Richard Van Weelden, Yale University
Poverty and the Optimal General Income Tax-cum-Audit Policy
Presented by: Marcelo Arbex, University of Windsor

Session 5: A3
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Zaier Aouani, International School of Economics at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 2 Business
Locational Signaling and Agglomeration
JEL codes: D51; D82; R13
Presented by: Chia-Ming Yu, Washington University in St. Louis
Children Versus Ideas: an "Influential" Theory of Demographic Transition
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Presented by: Roman Zakharenko, Pennsylvania State University
Existence of financial equilibria with restricted participation
Presented by: Zaier Aouani, International School of Economics at TSU, Tbilisi, Georgia

Session 6: B3
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Ying Chen, Arizona State University
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 3 Business
Complete Sequential Equilibrium and Its Alternative
JEL codes: C72
Presented by: Hanjoon Jung, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Variational Convergence: Approximation and Existence of Equilibria in Discontinuous Games
Presented by: Adib Bagh, Departments of Mathematics and Economics
Career Concerns, Project Choice and Signaling
Presented by: Ying Chen, Arizona State University

Session 7: A4
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Pablo Beker, University of Warwick
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 2 Business
Arbitrage and Equilibrium with Portfolio Constraints
JEL codes: C62 D52 D53 G11
Presented by: Ramu Gopalan, Washington and Jefferson College
Workup
Presented by: Romans Pancs, University of Rochester
General Equilibrium Explanation for Financial Markets Anomalies: Belief Heterogeneity under Limited Enforceability
Presented by: Pablo Beker, University of Warwick

Session 8: B4
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Wooyoung Lim, University of Pittsburgh
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 3 Business
Admissibility and E-Rationality
JEL codes: C70; C72
Presented by: Paulo Barelli, University of Rochester
Third-Party Budget Breakers and Side Contracting in Team Production
Presented by: Jesse Bull, Florida International University
Communication in Bargaining over Decision Rights
Presented by: Wooyoung Lim, University of Pittsburgh

Session 9: A5
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Jacek Rothert, University of Minnesota
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: 2 Business
Banking: A Mechanism Design Approach
Presented by: Cyril Monnet, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
The Impact of Credit Cards on Spending: A Field Experiment
Presented by: Elif Incekara Hafalir, Carnegie Mellon University
Endogenous Regime Switching
Presented by: Jacek Rothert, University of Minnesota

Session 10: B5
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 14:15 - 15:45
Location: 3 Business
On an Efficient Private-Information Allocation with Capital
JEL codes: D30, D61, D86
Presented by: Jia Pan, Fudan University
Epistemic Foundations of Iterated Admissibility
Presented by: Byung Soo Lee, The Pennsylvania State University
Competition Intensity and Strategies in a Market with Differentiated Products
Presented by: Jaesoo Kim, IUPUI

Session 11: A6
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Hengjie Ai, Duke University
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: 2 Business
Transactions and Settlement in a Model of Unsecured Credit
JEL codes: D8, E4, G2
Presented by: Daniel Sanches, Washington University in St. Louis
Deviant Generations, Ricardian Equivalence, and Growth Cycles
Presented by: Richard Barnett, Villanova University
Intangible Capital and the Value Premium
Presented by: Hengjie Ai, Duke University

Session 12: B6
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Hans Haller, Virginia Tech
Session type: invited
Date: October 31, 2009
Time: 16:15 - 17:45
Location: 3 Business
Information Acquisition and Innovation under Competitive Pressure
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JEL codes: D21, L5
Presented by: Andrei Barbos, University of South Florida
Consumer Preferences in Monopolistic Competition Models
Presented by: Alexander Tarasov, University of Munich
Debt Financing and Output Market Behavior
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Presented by: Hans Haller, Virginia Tech

Session 13: A7
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Ignacio Monzon, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Session type: invited
Date: November 1, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 2 Business
Aggregate uncertainty and learning in a search model
Presented by: Stephan Lauermann, University of Michigan
In with the New Or Out with the Old? Bottlenecks in Social Learning
Presented by: Nathan Larson, University of Virginia
Observational Learning with Position Uncertainty
Presented by: Ignacio Monzon, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Session 14: B7
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Jonathan Peterson, Cornell University
Session type: invited
Date: November 1, 2009
Time: 9:00 - 10:30
Location: 3 Business
The optimal prize structure of symmetric Tullock contests
JEL codes: C7, D72, J31
Presented by: Paul Schweinzer, University of Bonn
Local Public Goods and Network Formation
Presented by: Dennis O'Dea, University of Illinois
Asymmetric Information and Wage Signals: The Need for Formal Pay Systems
Presented by: Jonathan Peterson, Cornell University

Session 15: A8
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Emil Iantchev, Syracuse University
Session type: invited
Date: November 1, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 2 Business
A Dynamic Bayesian Game with an Unknown Population Distribution
Presented by: Seung Han Yoo, Cornell
Efficiency and Lack of Commitment in an Overlapping Generations Model with Distributional Shocks
Presented by: Koichi Miyazaki, The Pennsylvania State University
Evolutionary Selection of Modular Decision Architectures
Presented by: Emil Iantchev, Syracuse University

This program was last updated on 2009-10-31 21:57:15 EDT

Session 16: B8
Session Organizer: James Jordan, The Pennsylvania State University
Session Chair: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama
Session type: invited
Date: November 1, 2009
Time: 11:00 - 12:30
Location: 3 Business
Cheap Talk with Two Senders and Complementary Information
JEL codes: D23, D72, D83,
Presented by: Huanxing Yang, The Ohio State University
Two-Sender Cheap Talk in One Dimension
Presented by: Wolfgang Gick, Harvard University
Strategic Truth and Deception
Presented by: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama