Communication, reciprocity, and beliefs

Sapienza University of Rome, April 3-4, 2014

Main speakers

Organized by:

• Department of Economics and law, Sapienza University of Rome

• Faculty of Communication, University of Teramo

Local organizers:

• Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Sapienza University of Rome, giovanni.dibartolomeo@uniroma1.it

• Valentina Di Simone, University of Pescara-Chieti, vdisimone@unich.it

• Stefano Papa, University of Teramo, spapa@unite.it

Venue: AULA TESI - Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome

Organization secretary:

• Luisa Nicolai, Sapienza University of Rome, luisa.nicolai@uniroma1.it

Workshop program

Thursday – April, 3

13.30 Welcoming remarks

• Giuseppe Ciccarone, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Sapienza University of Rome

• Silvia Fedeli, Chairman of the Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome

14.00 Session 1

• Incomplete information models of guilt aversion in the trust game (Pierpaolo Battigalli, Bocconi University, Giuseppe Attanasi, University of Strasbourg, Elena Manzoni, Bocconi University). Discussant: Arsen Palestini, Sapienza University of Rome

• Social influence in trustors' neighborhoods (Patrizia Sbriglia, University of Naples 2; Luigi Luini, University of Siena; Annamaria Nese, University of Salerno). Discussant: Francesco Farina, University of Siena

16.00 End of the session and coffee break

16.30 Session 2

• Strategies in network formation (Daniela Di Cagno, University of Rome Luiss; Anna Conte, University of Westminster; Emanuela Sciubba, Birkbeck College). Discussant: Stefania Bortolotti, University of Bologna

• Disclosure of belief-dependent preferences in a trust game (Giuseppe Attanasi, University of Strasbourg; Pierpaolo Battigalli, Bocconi University; Rosemarie C. Nagel, University of Barcelona Pompeu Fabra). Discussant: Martin Dufwenberg, Bocconi University

• Who never tells a lie? (Christoph Vanberg, University of Heidelberg). Discussant: Francesco Passarelli, University of Teramo

19.30 End of the session

20.30 Social dinner

Friday – April, 4

9.30 Session 3

• Trust and reciprocity: Extensions and robustness of triadic design (Stefano Papa, University of Teramo; Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Sapienza University of Rome). Discussant: Giuseppe Attanasi, University of Strasbourg

• Frustration and anger in games (Martin Dufwenberg, Bocconi University; Pierpaolo Battigalli, Bocconi University; Alec Smith, California Institute of Technology). Discussant: Paolo Pin, University of Siena

11.30 End of the session and coffee break

12.00 Session 4

• Why do people sometimes not keep their promises? (Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, Sapienza University of Rome; Stefano Papa, University of Teramo; Francesco Passarelli, University of Teramo). Discussant: Christoph Vanberg, University of Heidelberg

• Living up to the (legitimate) expectations of others: A social norm-based explanation of promise keeping (Daniela Grieco, Bocconi University; Giulia Andrighetto, CNR; Luca Tummolini, CNR). Discussant: Michele Raitano, Sapienza University of Rome

14.00 End of the session and conference