Programme

Friday 09:00-10:15 

Session 4A: Contests I, Sala Seminari, via del Santo 33:

Drugov Mikhail, Tournaments with reserve performance

Grillo Edoardo, Learning it the hard way: Conflicts, economic sanctions and military aid

Ewerhart Christian, Colonel blotto games with a head start

Discussants: Olivier Bos, Aner Sela, Edoardo Grillo

Chair: Orestis Troumpounis

Session 4B: Cournot Games, Aula B2, via del Santo 22:

Bisceglia Michele, On excessive entry in Bayes-Cournot oligopoly

Cesi Berardino, Cartel stability in Cournot with captive consumers

Soegaard Christian, Profit-raising entry in the presence of cost-reducing R&D investment

Discussants: Artyom Jelnov, Iwan Bos, Ayush Pant

Chair: Iwan Bos

Session 4C: Search and Experimentation, Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo, via VIII Febbraio 2

Ilinov Pavel, Is it better to be first? Search with endogenous information acquisition

Rostagno Giacomo, Experimentation and entry threat in oligopolies

Heijnen Pim, Informative advertising and consumer search in markets for new products

Discussants: Giacomo Rostagno, Thomas Eisfeld, Debasmita Basak

Chair: Pavel Ilinov

Location of Sessions

1A - 9A: Sala Seminari, via del Santo 33

3B - 9B: Aula B2, via del Santo 22

1C - 7C: Aula Nievo, Palazzo Bo, via VIII Febbraio 2

8D - 9D: Aula B1, via del Santo 22