2008 Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory

Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (M-SWET)

"New Approaches to Mechanism Design"

Instituto de Economía

Organized by:

Antonio Cabrales (U. Carlos III), Diego Moreno (U. Carlos III), Rafael Repullo (CEMFI)

and Roberto Serrano (Brown U. and IMDEA)

Sponsored by:

Fundación Rafael del Pino

Venue: CEMFI – C/ Casado del Alisal 5, 28014 Madrid

Program

Thursday, 19-06-2008

Morning session (chairman – Antonio Cabrales)

9:30-10:45-Stephen Morris (Princeton U.): “Strategic Distinguishability with an Application to Robust Virtual Implementation,” (joint with Dirk Bergemann).

10:45-11:00-Discussion: Roberto Serrano

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-Roberto Serrano (Brown U. and IMDEA): “Robust Virtual Implementation with Incomplete Information: Towards a Reinterpretation of the Wilson Doctrine,” (joint with Georgy Artemov and Takashi Kunimoto).

12:45-13:00-Discussion: Stephen Morris

13:00-14:30-Lunch

Afternoon session (chairman – Roberto Serrano)

14:30 -15:45-Diego Moreno (U.Carlos III.): “Entry in Auctions,” (joint with John Wooders).

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Antonio Cabrales

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Antonio Cabrales (U. Carlos III): “Implementation in Adaptive Better-Response Dynamics,” (joint with Roberto Serrano).

17:45-18:00-Discussion: Ran Spiegler

Master Lectures Program (at Fundación Rafael del Pino)

19:00-21:00-Eric Maskin (IAS, Princeton U.):

21:30-Dinner

Friday, 20-06-2008

Morning session (chairman – Rafael Repullo)

09:30-10:45-Philippe Jehiel (PSE and UCL): “Manipulative Auction Design.”

10:45-11:00-Discussion: John Wooders

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-Ran Spiegler (UCL): “Efficient Bargaining Over Bets,” (joint with Kfir Eliaz).

12:45-13:00-Discussion: Philippe Jehiel

13:00-14:30-Lunch

Afternoon session (chairman – Diego Moreno)

14:30 -15:45-John Wooders (U. of Arizona): “Does Experience Teach? Professionals and Minimax Play in the Lab.”

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Olivier Tercieux

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Olivier Tercieux (PSE.): “Continuous Implementation,” (joint with Marion Oury).

17:45-18:00-Discussion: Diego Moreno

21:00-Dinner