Midwest Economic Theory Conference

Georgia Tech

 

Program Notes and Index of Sessions

 

Summary of All Sessions

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#Date/TimeTypeTitle/LocationPapersOrganizer
1November 10, 2023
14:15-15:45
invited Contests

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
2November 10, 2023
14:15-15:45
invited Decision Theory 1

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
3November 10, 2023
16:15-17:45
invited Knowledge and Persuasion

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
4November 10, 2023
16:15-17:45
invited Principal Agent 1

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
5November 11, 2023
9:00-10:30
invited Decision Theory 2

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
6November 11, 2023
9:00-10:30
invited School choice

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
7November 11, 2023
11:00-12:30
invited Market Design

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
8November 11, 2023
11:00-12:30
invited Robustness

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
9November 11, 2023
14:15-15:45
invited Dynamics 1

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
10November 11, 2023
14:15-15:45
invited Information

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
11November 11, 2023
16:15-17:45
invited Dynamics 2

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
12November 11, 2023
16:15-17:45
invited Mechanism Design

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
13November 12, 2023
9:00-10:30
invited IO 1

    Location: Klaus 1447

2
14November 12, 2023
9:00-10:30
invited Social Learning

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
15November 12, 2023
11:00-12:30
invited IO 2

    Location: Klaus 1447

3
16November 12, 2023
11:00-12:30
invited Principal Agent 2

    Location: Klaus 1456

3
 

16 sessions, 47 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers


 

Midwest Economic Theory Conference

Detailed List of Sessions

 
Session 1: Contests
November 10, 2023 14:15 to 15:45
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama
Session type: invited
 

Using Information Channels in Dynamic Group Contests with Complementary Efforts
   presented by: Maria Arbatskaya, Emory University
 

Temporary exclusion in repeated contests
   presented by: Yaron Azrieli, The Ohio State University
 

Diversity and Team Selection
   presented by: Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama
 
Session 2: Decision Theory 1
November 10, 2023 14:15 to 15:45
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Mark Whitmeyer, Arizona State University
Session type: invited
 

Optimal Sequential Experimentation
   presented by: Jorge Ramos-Mercado, University of Minnesota
 

Wishful Thinking is Risky Thinking: A Statistical-Distance Based Approach
   presented by: Jarrod Burgh, Indiana University
 

Safety, in Numbers
   presented by: Mark Whitmeyer, Arizona State University
 
Session 3: Knowledge and Persuasion
November 10, 2023 16:15 to 17:45
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Hideo Konishi, Boston College
Session type: invited
 

Long Run Persuasion: When History Matters
   presented by: Hyeonggyun Ko, the Ohio State University
 

Group Knowledge and Individual Introspection
   presented by: Michele Crescenzi, University of Helsinki
 

Competing Teams in Large Markets: Free Entry Equilibrium with (Sub-)Optimal Contracts
   presented by: Hideo Konishi, Boston College
 
Session 4: Principal Agent 1
November 10, 2023 16:15 to 17:45
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Stephan Waizmann,
Session type: invited
 

Motivating Creativity
   presented by: Danil Dmitriev, Yale University
 

Motivated Misspecification
   presented by: Mingzi Niu, Rice University
 

Procurement with Costly Inspection
   presented by: Stephan Waizmann,
 
Session 5: Decision Theory 2
November 11, 2023 9:00 to 10:30
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Edward Honda, University of Manitoba
Session type: invited
 

Inertial Updating
   presented by: Gerelt Tserenjigmid, UC Santa Cruz
 

A Distributionally Robust Random Utility Model
   presented by: Emerson Melo, Indiana University
 

Revealed Preference Axioms for Endogenous Consideration Set Formation
   presented by: Edward Honda, University of Manitoba
 
Session 6: School choice
November 11, 2023 9:00 to 10:30
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: William Harris,
Session type: invited
 

Chinese High School Admissions under Affirmative Action Policies with Score Constraints
   presented by: Umut Dur, North Carolina State University
 

Affirmative Action in College Admissions and School Contests
   presented by: Indranil Chakraborty, National University of Singapore
 

The Boston Mechanism with Seat Reservation
   presented by: William Harris,
 
Session 7: Market Design
November 11, 2023 11:00 to 12:30
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Daniel Fershtman, Emory University
Session type: invited
 

Desirable Rankings: A New Method for Ranking Outcomes of a Competitive Process
   presented by: Thayer Morrill, North Carolina State University
 

The Public-Housing Allocation Problem
   presented by: Zeky Murra-Anton, ISO New England
 

Search, Dating, and Segregation in Marriage
   presented by: Daniel Fershtman, Emory University
 
Session 8: Robustness
November 11, 2023 11:00 to 12:30
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Kun Zhang, Arizona State University
Session type: invited
 

Data-Driven Persuasion
   presented by: Maxwell Rosenthal, Georgia Institute of Technology
 

Randomization and the Robustness of Linear Contracts
   presented by: Ashwin Kambhampati, United States Naval Academy
 

Uncharted Waters: Selling a New Product Robustly
   presented by: Kun Zhang, Arizona State University
 
Session 9: Dynamics 1
November 11, 2023 14:15 to 15:45
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Raphael Boleslavsky, Indiana University
Session type: invited
 

A Collusion-Proof Dynamic Mechanism
   presented by: Alexander Rodivilov, Stevens Institute of Technology
 

Endogenous entry barriers, reform, and growth
   presented by: Kirill Evdokimov, Princeton University
 

Waiting for Fake News
   presented by: Raphael Boleslavsky, Indiana University
 
Session 10: Information
November 11, 2023 14:15 to 15:45
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Xin Gao, University of Birmingham
Session type: invited
 

Over-Persuasion and Mechanism Design
   presented by: Mengqi Zhang, University of Colorado Boulder
 

Delegated Cheap Talk: A Theory of Investment Banking
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   presented by: Sungmin Park, The Ohio State University
 

Reputational Cheap Talk vs. Reputational Delegation
   presented by: Xin Gao, University of Birmingham
 
Session 11: Dynamics 2
November 11, 2023 16:15 to 17:45
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Marcus Berliant, Washington University in St. Louis
Session type: invited
 

Computing stationary Markov equilibrium strategies in stochastic games
   presented by: Subir Chakrabarti, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
 

If You’re NOT So Smart, Why Are You Rich? Robust Market Selection with General Recursive Preferences
   presented by: Jaden Chen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 

Agglomeration in Purely Neoclassical and Symmetric Economies
   presented by: Marcus Berliant, Washington University in St. Louis
 
Session 12: Mechanism Design
November 11, 2023 16:15 to 17:45
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Siyang Xiong, University of California, Riverside
Session type: invited
 

Optimal Reserve Price with Asymmetric Bidders
   presented by: Gagan Ghosh, California State University Fullerton
 

Major Switching at Selective Colleges
   presented by: Scott Paiement, North Carolina State University
 

Nash-Wilson Implementation
   presented by: Siyang Xiong, University of California, Riverside
 
Session 13: IO 1
November 12, 2023 9:00 to 10:30
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Bo Chen, Southern Methodist University
Session type: invited
 

Going the Last Mile: Access Regulation and Vertical Integration
   presented by: Ben Casner, FTC
 

Extremal Equilibria in Repeated Oligopoly with Entry
   presented by: Bo Chen, Southern Methodist University
 
Session 14: Social Learning
November 12, 2023 9:00 to 10:30
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Sue Mialon, Emory University
Session type: invited
 

Social Learning of General Rules
   presented by: Xinyang Wang, ITAM
 

Buyer-optimal Learning in Optimal Public Good Provision
   presented by: Junrok Park, National Taiwan University
 

Filing Behavior and the Optimal Standard of Proof
   presented by: Sue Mialon, Emory University
 
Session 15: IO 2
November 12, 2023 11:00 to 12:30
Location: Klaus 1447
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Heng Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Session type: invited
 

Strategic Concealment in Innovation Races
   presented by: Yonggyun Kim, Florida State University
 

In the Interest of Full Disclosure: Consequences of the Grand Bargain in Patenting
   presented by: Marilyn Pease, Indiana University
 

Matching and Price Competition in Large Markets
   presented by: Heng Liu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
 
Session 16: Principal Agent 2
November 12, 2023 11:00 to 12:30
Location: Klaus 1456
 
Session Organizer: ,
Session Chair: Myungkyu Shim, Yonsei University
Session type: invited
 

Informational versus Monetary Incentives in Learning
   presented by: Victoria (Ziqi) Hang, Texas Tech University
 

Moral Hazard with Network Effects
   presented by: Marc Claveria-Mayol, Stony Brook University
 

Ex-ante Information Heterogeneity in Global Games Models with Application to Team Production
   presented by: Myungkyu Shim, Yonsei University
 

16 sessions, 47 papers, and 0 presentations with no associated papers
 
Index of Participants

Legend: C=chair, P=Presenter, D=Discussant
#ParticipantRoles in Conference
1Arbatskaya, MariaP1
2Azrieli, YaronP1
3Berliant, MarcusP11, C11
4Boleslavsky, RaphaelP9, C9
5Burgh, JarrodP2
6Casner, BenP13
7Chakrabarti, SubirP11
8Chakraborty, IndranilP6
9Chen, BoP13, C13
10Chen, JadenP11
11Claveria-Mayol, MarcP16
12Crescenzi, MicheleP3
13Dmitriev, DanilP4
14Dur, UmutP6
15Evdokimov, KirillP9
16Fershtman, DanielP7, C7
17Gao, XinP10, C10
18Ghosh, GaganP12
19Hang, Victoria (Ziqi)P16
20Harris, WilliamP6, C6
21Honda, EdwardP5, C5
22Jindapon, PaanP1, C1
23Kambhampati, AshwinP8
24Kim, YonggyunP15
25Ko, HyeonggyunP3
26Konishi, HideoP3, C3
27Liu, HengP15, C15
28Melo, EmersonP5
29Mialon, SueP14, C14
30Morrill, ThayerP7
31Murra-Anton, ZekyP7
32Niu, MingziP4
33Paiement, ScottP12
34Park, SungminP10
35Park, JunrokP14
36Pease, MarilynP15
37Ramos-Mercado, JorgeP2
38Rodivilov, AlexanderP9
39Rosenthal, MaxwellP8
40Shim, MyungkyuP16, C16
41Tserenjigmid, GereltP5
42Waizmann, StephanP4, C4
43Wang, XinyangP14
44Whitmeyer, MarkP2, C2
45Xiong, SiyangP12, C12
46Zhang, MengqiP10
47Zhang, KunP8, C8

 

This program was last updated on 2023-11-08 05:46:14 EDT