Conference on Rational Inattention
The Becker Friedman Institute Conference on Rational Inattention brought together researchers working on rational inattention and related topics, across fields in economics (including microeconomic theory, decision theory, experimental economics, macroeconomics, game theory, and finance).
Attendance to this conference was by invitation only. Please contact bfi-events@uchicago.edu if you have any questions.
Agenda
Breakfast
6th Floor Lounge
The Costly Wisdom of Inattentive Crowds
Alex Bloedel, University of California, Los Angeles (Co-author)
Ilya Segal, Stanford University (Presenter)
Break
AM Snacks served
Engagement Maximization
Benjamin Hébert, Stanford University (Co-author)
Weijie Zhong, Stanford University (Presenter)
Lunch
Room 602
Rationally Inattentive Statistical Discrimination: Arrow meets Phelps
Federico Echenique, University of California, Berkeley (Co-author)
Anqi Li, Virginia Polytechnic and State University (Presenter)
Break
Rational Inattention and the Business Cycle Effects of Productivity and News Shocks
Bartosz Mackowiak, European Central Bank (Presenter)
Mirko Wiederholt, LMU Munich (Co-author)
Break
PM snacks served
Rational Inattention: State of Literature and Future Directions
Emir Kamenica, University of Chicago
John Leahy, University of Michigan
Chris Sims, Princeton University
Conference Dinner
Sepia – 123 N Jefferson St, Chicago, IL 60661
Breakfast
Experimental Tests of Rational Inattention
Mark Dean, Columbia University (Co-author)
Nathaniel Neligh, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Presenter)
Break
Comparing Incomplete Information and Rational Inattention in Games
Tommaso Denti, Cornell University (Presenter)
Doron Ravid, University of Chicago (Co-author)
Lunch
Room 602
Rational Inattention via Ignorance Equivalence
Roc Armenter, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Co-author)
Michèle Müller-Itten, University of Notre Dame (Presenter)
Zachary Stangebye, University of Notre Dame (Co-author)
Break
Rational Inattention in Matching Markets
Stefan Bucher, Max Planck Institute (Presenter)
Andrew Caplin, New York University (Co-author)
Break
Knowing your Lemon before you Dump It
Alessandro Pavan, Northwestern University (Presenter)
Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics (Co-author)