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

Conference Concludes