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Economic Theory Workshops 2008 [Go to Website] Co-ordinator: Catherine de Fontenay Phone: 8344 3604 Email: fontenay@unimelb.edu.au January Thu, 24/01/08 Multiple Priors as Frequency Weighted Similarities (joint with Departmental Seminar Series)   Jurgen Eichberger, University of Heidelberg 3:30pm - 3:45pm Prest Theatre, Eco & Comm Building February Mon, 04/02/08 Downstream mergers and producer's capacity choice   Joao Montez, University of Lausanne and Columbia University, post-doctoral researcher 1pm - 2:15pm Wood Theatre, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Wed, 06/02/08 'Group Stategyproof Cost-Sharing"   Ruben Juarez, Rice University (PhD student) 3pm - 4:15pm Wood Theatre, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Thu, 07/02/08 The Informational Properties of Institutions: An Experimental Study of Persistence in Markets with Certification   Tom Wilkening, MIT (PhD student) 4pm - 5:15pm Wood Theatre, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 08/02/08 Intertemporal Risk Aversion, Stationarity, and the Rate of Discount   Christian Traeger, Heidelberg University and University of California (Berkeley) Post-Doctoral Researcher 1pm - 2:15pm Wood Theatre, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Thu, 21/02/08 The Fragility of Cooperation in a Public-Good Experiment with Peer Punishment   Nikos Nikiforakis, University of Melbourne 3pm - 4:15pm Prest Theatre March Fri, 07/03/08 Who Will Wait Before Buying? Strategic Delay and Dynamic Monopoly Pricing Paper available   Hikmet Gunay, University of Manitoba 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Economics and Commerce Building Fri, 14/03/08 Information and Human Capital Management Paper available   Heski Bar-Isaac, New York University (Stern School of Business) 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Tue, 18/03/08 Designing the FCC's 700MHz auction (joint with Departmental Seminar Series)   Jacob Goeree, California Institute of Technology 1pm - 2:15pm Prest Theatre, 1st Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 28/03/08 Price Discrimination in Markets for Credence Goods. Paper available   Uwe Dulleck, Queensland University of Technology 1pm - 2:15pm Room 602, Eco & Comm Building April Tue, 01/04/08 The evolution of awareness (joint with Departmental Seminar Series)   John Quiggin, University of Queensland 1pm - 2:15pm Prest Theatre, 1st Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 11/04/08 Mechanism Design under Hidden Information by Risk-Averse Principals Paper available   Suren Basov, Latrobe University 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 18/04/08 Quality and product variety in a monopolistic screening model with nearly rational consumers   David Prentice, Latrobe University 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Thu, 24/04/08 From Posteriors to Priors via Cycles   Jose Rodrigues-Neto, Australian National University 3:30-4:45pm Room 602, Eco & Comm Building May Fri, 02/05/08 Scarcity of Ideas and Options to Invest in R&D Paper available   Nisvan Erkal, University of Melbourne 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 09/05/08 "Peer punishment in teams: expressive or instrumental choice?" (joint with Luigi Luini) Paper available   Marco Casari, Purdue University 2pm - 3:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Mon, 19/05/08 Credit Card Competition with Time Inconsistent Consumers   Elif Incekara Hafalir, Carnegie Mellon University 3pm - 4:15pm Wood Theatre, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Fri, 23/05/08 Revenue and Efficiency Effects of Resale in First-Price Auctions   Isa E. Hafalir, Carnegie Mellon University 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building Mon, 26/05/08 The Heat of the Moment: Modeling Interactions Between Affect and Deliberation Paper available   Ted O'Donoghue, Cornell University 11:00-12:15 Melbourne Business School June Mon, 16/06/08 Optimal Auctions with Simultaneous and Costly Participation Paper available   Okan Yilankaya , UBC 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Economics and Commerce Building Fri, 27/06/08 Duration and Term Structure of Trade Agreements   Sergei Guriev, New Economic School 1pm - 2:15pm Commerce Theatre 2, Ground Fl, Eco & Comm Building

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