ParisTech - Journal of Economic Theory Conference on Inequality and Risk

Paris, June 25-26, 2010 (click here for a map)



Friday, June 25

Collège de France
3, rue d'Ulm

Saturday, June 26

Amphithéâtre Darboux, Institut Henri Poincaré 11 rue Pierre et Marie Curie

Opening Remarks 8:30–8:45

Thibault Gajdos (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, and CERSES) and
John A. Weymark (Vanderbilt University)

Session 1 (8:45-10:25)
Chair: Alfred Galichon (Ecole Polytechnique)

"Ex Post Egalitarianism and Harsanyi's Impartial Observer Theorem"
Simon Grant (Rice University),
Atsushi Kajii (Kyoto University),
Ben Polak (Yale University), and
Zvi Safra (University of Exeter, The College of Management, and Tel Aviv University)


"Social Rationality, Separability, and Equity Under Uncertainty,"
Marc Fleurbaey (CNRS, CERSES, and Université Paris Descartes),
Thibault Gajdos (CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, and CERSES), and
Stéphane Zuber (CORE)

Session 5 (8:45-10:25)
Chair: Brian Hill (HEC and IHPST)

"An Inequality Measure for Uncertain Allocations"
Chew Soo Hong (National University of Singapore and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) and
Jacob S. Sagi (Vanderbilt University)


 "Inequality Aversion and Risk Aversion"
Christopher Chambers (California Institute of Technology)


Coffee Break 10:25–10:45

Coffee Break 10:25–10:45

Session 2 (10:45-12:25)
Chair: Alfred Galichon (Ecole Polytechnique)

"Bidimensional Inequalities with an Ordinal Variable"
Nicolas Gravel (Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II and IDEP-GREQAM) and
Patrick Moyes (CNRS, GREThA, and Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV)


 "Multidimensional Inequality Comparisons: A Compensation Perspective"
Christophe Muller (THEMA and Université de Cergy-Pontoise) and
Alain Trannoy (GREQAM-IDEP and EHESS)

Session 6 (10:45-12:25)
Chair: Brian Hill (HEC and IHPST)

 "Comparative Risk Aversion: A Formal Approach with Applications to Saving Behaviors"
Antoine Bommier (Toulouse School of Economics),
Arnold Chassagnon (Université Paris - Dauphine and Paris School of Economics) and
François Le Grand (EMLyon Business School)


"Dual Theory of Choice under Multivariate Risks"
Alfred Galichon (Ecole Polytechnique) and
Marc Henry (Université de Montreal, CIRANO, and CIREQ)

Lunch 12:25–2:00

Lunch 12:25–2:00

Session 3 (2:00-3:40)
Chair: Jean-Michel Grandmont (CNRS and CREST)


"On the Measurement of Discrimination"
Michel Le Breton (Toulouse School of Economics),
Alessandra Michelangeli (Universita di Milano-Bicocca) and
Eugenio Peluso (Universita degli Studi di Verona)
 

"Stochastic Dominance on Unidimensional Grids: Theory and Applications"
Satya Chakravarty (Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata) and
Claudio Zoli (Universita degli Studi di Verona and CHILD)

Session 7 (2:00-3:40)
Chair: Karl Shell (Cornell University and Journal of Economic Theory)


 "Copula-Based Orderings of Multivariate Dependence"
Koen Decancq (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and CORE)


 "Fear of Loss, Inframodularity, and Transfers"
Alfred Müller (Université at Siegen) and
Marco Scarsini (Libera Universita Internazionale degli Studi Sociali and HEC, Paris)

Coffee Break 3:40–4:00

Coffee Break 3:40–4:00

Session 4 (4:00-5:40)
Chair: Jean-Michel Grandmont (CNRS and CREST)

"Measuring Economic Insecurity"
Walter Bossert (Université de Montreal and CIREQ) and
Conchita D'Ambrosio (Universita di Milano-Bicocca and DIW Berlin)

 

Session 8 (4:00-4:50)
Chair: Karl Shell (Cornell University and Journal of Economic Theory)

 "Increasing Interdependence and Multivariate Distributions"
Margaret Meyer (Nuffield College, Oxford) and
Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern University)


Closing Remarks (4:50-5:30)
Chair: Karl Shell (Cornell University and Journal of Economic Theory)

Tony Atkinson (Nuffield College, Oxford),
Michael Rothschild (Princeton University) and
Joseph Stiglitz (Columbia University)






 






Scientific Committee

Thibault Gajdos
(Ecole Polytechnique et CERSES)

Alfred Galichon
(Ecole Polytechnique)

Jean-Michel Grandmont
(ENSAE)

Roger Guesnerie
(Collège de France)

Brian Hill
(HEC)

Karl Shell
(Cornell University)

John Weymark
(Vanderbilt University)




Organizing Committee


Bettina Linssen
(AXA)

Susan W. Schulze
(Journal of Economic Theory)