2010 Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theroy

Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (M-SWET) 2010

Organized by:

Antonio Cabrales, Guillermo Caruana (CEMFI), Diego Moreno (Carlos III) and

Roberto Serrano (Brown and IMDEA).

Sponsored by:

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.

Venue:

IMDEA Ciencias Sociales (directions), C/ Isaac Newton, 2, 28760 Tres Cantos.

Program: Thursday, 17-06-2010

Morning session (chair – Antonio Cabrales)

09:30-10:45-Jacques Crémer (Toulouse School of Economics): “The value of network effects,” with Gary Biglaiser.

10:45-11:00-Discussion: José Penalva

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-José Penalva (U. Carlos III): “Quality of Evidence and the Standard of Proof” with Juanjo Ganuza and Fernando Gómez Pomar

12:45-13:00-Discussion: Jacques Crémer

13:00-14:30-Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Roberto Serrano)

14:30-15:45-Jeffrey Ely (Northwestern U. ): "Torture," with Sandeep Baliga.

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Luis Corchón

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Luis Corchón (U. Carlos III): “Oligopolistic Equilibrium and Bankruptcy" with Carmen Beviá and Yosuke Yasuda.

17:45-18:00-Discussion: Jeffrey Ely

21:00-Dinner

Program: Friday, 18-06-2010

Morning session (chair – Guillermo Caruana)

09:30-10:45-Motty Perry (Hebrew U.): "Dynamic Contracts with Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection,” with Alex Gershkov.

10:45-11:00-Discussion: Leo Ferraris

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-Leo Ferraris (U. Carlos III): “Electing a Parliament" with Francesco De Sinopoli and Giovanna Iannantuoni.

12:45-13:00-Discussion: Motty Perry

13:00-14:30-Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Diego Moreno)

14:30-15:45-José Marín (IMDEA): "Performance Evaluation in REE Models".

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Peter Hammond

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Peter Hammond (Cambridge U.): “Designing Strategic Market Games: Toward Institutional Foundations for Efficiently Regulated Competition”.

17:45-18:00-Discussion: José Marín

21:00-Dinner