2012 Madrid Summer Workshop On Economic Theory

Madrid Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (M-SWET) 2012

Organized by:

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

and Roberto Serrano (Brown University)

Sponsored by:

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Venue:

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Madrid 126, 28903 Getafe, Room 15.1.03 (directions)

Program: Wednesday, June 20

Morning session (chair – Antonio Cabrales)

09:30-10:45 -Jacob Goeree (University of Zurich): “A Geometric Approach to Mechanism Design” with A. Kushnir.

10:45-11:00 -Discussion: Roberto Serrano (Brown University)

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-Kfir Eliaz (Brown University): “Reference-Dependence & Labor Market Fluctuations” with Ran Spiegler

12:45-13:00-Discussion: Antonio Cabrales (Universidad Carlos III)

13:00-14:15-Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Roberto Serrano)

14:30-15:45-V. Bhaskar (University College London): “Dynamic moral hazard, learning and belief manipulation.”

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Guillermo Caruana (CEMFI)

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Diego Moreno (Universidad Carlos III): “Optimal bank transparency.”

17:45-18:00-Discussion: Ignacio Ortuño (Universidad Carlos III)

21:00-Dinner

Program: Thursday, June 21

Morning session (chair – Diego Moreno)

09:30-10:45- Francisco Marhuenda (Universidad Carlos III): Endogenous Party Platforms: “Stochastic” Membership with Andrei Gomberg and Ignacio Ortuño.

10:45-11:00-Discussion: TBA

11:00-11:30-Coffee break

11:30-12:45-Olivier Gossner (Paris School of Economics and London School of Economics): “The Robustness of Incomplete Penal Codes to Payoff Perturbations.”

12:45-13:00-Discussion: V. Bhaskar (University College London)

13:00-14:30-Lunch

Afternoon session (chair – Guillermo Caruana)

14:30-15:45-David Pérez-Castrillo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ): “Innovation contests” with David Wettstein.

15:45-16:00-Discussion: Diego Moreno (Universidad Carlos III)

16:00-16:30-Coffee break

16:30-17:45-Mark Armstrong (All Souls College, Oxford University): “A more general model of commodity bundling.”

17:45-18:00-Discussion: Gerard Llobet (CEMFI)