Department of Economics Seminars

Department of Economics | Seminar Series

Economic Theory Workshops 2009 - Semester 2		[Go to Website]
Co-ordinator: Simon Loertscher	Phone: 83445364	Email: simonl@unimelb.edu.au

August

Fri, 07/08/09	Should Firms be Allowed to Indemnify Their Employees for Sanctions? Paper available
	Chris Snyder, Dartmouth
Seminar Host:	Nisvan Erkal
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 14/08/09	Marginal Deterrence, Collusion and Extortion
	Ajit Mishra, University of Bath
Seminar Host:	Roland Hodler
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 21/08/09	Price Regulation and the Cost of Capital
	Flavio Menezes, University of Queensland
Seminar Host:	Catherine De Fonenay
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 28/08/09	Apologies as Signals: with Evidence from a Trust Game Paper available
	Ben Ho, Cornell
Seminar Host:	Nisvan Erkal
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

September

Fri, 04/09/09	Commitment and Conquest: The Case of British Rule in India Paper available
	Mandar Oak, University of Adelaide
Seminar Host:	Roland Hodler
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 11/09/09	The Way in Which an Experiment Is Conducted Is Unbelievably Important: On the Experimentation Practices of Economists (and Psychologists) Paper available
	Andreas Ortmann, UNSW
Seminar Host:	Nikos Nikiforakis
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 18/09/09	Strategic Information Acquisition and Mixed Judicial Panels Paper available
	Eric Talley (with Matthew Spitzer (Caltech; USC; Texas)), Berkeley
Seminar Host:	Joshua Gans
1.30-2.45pm	PREST

October

Fri, 02/10/09	The Relocation of Crime Paper available
	Catherine De Fontenay, Economics Department, Melbourne & MBS
11:00 - 12:15	PREST

Fri, 09/10/09	Robustness of Intermediate Agreements and Bargaining Solutions Paper available
	Nejat Anbarci, Deakin
Seminar Host:	Peter Bardsley
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 16/10/09	Delegation and Incentives: a tradeoff between exploration and exploitation Paper available
	Suraj Prasad, UNSW
Seminar Host:	Simon Loertscher
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 23/10/09	The Informational Origins of Regulatory Persistence Paper available
	Tom Wilkening, Economics Department, Melbourne
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 30/10/09	Optimal Multi-Object Auctions with Risk Averse Buyers Paper available
	Hadi Yektas, Melbourne
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

November

Fri, 06/11/09	Resource Allocation and Organizational Form Paper available
	Guido Friebel, Toulouse School of Economics/U Frankfurt
Seminar Host:	Nisvan Erkal
11:00 - 12:15	Babel-305 [Chisholm Theatrette]

Fri, 13/11/09	Marriage Market Transfers of Resources and Property Rights Paper available
	Chris Bidner, UNSW
Seminar Host:	Mick Coelli/Simon Loertscher
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 20/11/09	Truth-In-Advertising Laws and Pharmaceutical Promotion Paper available
	Matthew Ryan, Auckland
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Fri, 27/11/09	Sweating the Small Stuff: Risk Aversion in Home Insurance
	Justin Sydnor, Case Western
Seminar Host:	Nikos Nikiforakis
11:00 - 12:15	Babel-305 [Chisholm Theatrette]

December

Fri, 04/12/09	TBA
	Yuelan Chen, University of Queensland
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

Mon, 14/12/09	TBA
	Thomas Palfrey, CalTech
Seminar Host:	Simon Loertscher
11:00 - 12:15	Economics and Commerce Theatre 2

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