Event·Aug 13, 2021, 12:00 AM·Chicago, IL/Virtual
Economic Theory Conference VI
Aug
13
2021
The Becker Friedman Institute’s annual conference on economic theory will bring together leading researchers from across the world to discuss recent advances in theoretical microeconomics. Topics will include decision theory, game theory, mechanism design, networks, and information economics. This year’s conference will be held both in-person and virtually. In-person attendance is limited and will be reserved for UChicago faculty, students and staff. To attend the conference virtually, please register here. To request in-person attendance, please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu.
Past conference programs: 2019 | 2018 | 2017
For more information, please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu.
Agenda
Friday, August 13, 2021
08:45:00–09:30:00
Registration and Breakfast
09:30:00–10:30:00
Contagion and Equilibria in Diversified Financial Networks
10:30:00–10:45:00
Break
10:45:00–11:45:00
Learning Efficiency of Multi-Agent Information Structures
11:45:00–13:15:00
Lunch
13:15:00–14:15:00
Screening Adaptive Cartels
14:15:00–14:30:00
Break
14:30:00–15:30:00
Overconfidence and Prejudice
15:30:00–15:45:00
Break
15:45:00–16:45:00
The Value of Data
16:45:00
Adjourn for the day
Saturday, August 14, 2021
08:45:00–09:30:00
Breakfast
09:30:00–10:30:00
Costly Monitoring in Signaling Games
10:30:00–10:45:00
Break
10:45:00–11:45:00
Communication Under Scrutiny
11:45:00–13:15:00
Lunch
13:15:00–14:15:00
Persuasion as Matching
14:15:00