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Economic Theory Conference VIII

The Becker Friedman Institute’s annual conference on economic theory brought together leading researchers from across the world to discuss recent advances in theoretical microeconomics. Topics included game theory, mechanism design, market design, and information economics.

Past conference programs: 2022 | 2021 | 2019 2018 2017

Agenda

Thursday, August 3, 2023
08:45:00–09:30:00

Registration & Breakfast

09:30:00–09:35:00

Welcome Remarks

09:35:00–10:30:00

Privacy Preserving Signals

Kai Hao Yang, Yale University

10:30:00–10:45:00

Break

10:45:00–11:45:00

The Behavioral Foundations of Model Misspecification

Aislinn Bohren, University of Pennsylvania
11:45:00–13:00:00

Lunch

Room 602

13:00:00–14:00:00

Blood Allocation with Replacement Donors: A Theory of Multi-Unit Exchange with Compatibility-Based Preference

Utku Unver, Boston College
14:00:00–14:15:00

Break

14:15:00–15:15:00

Regret-Minimizing Project Choice

Yingni Guo, Northwestern University
15:15:00–15:30:00

Break

15:30:00–16:30:00

Creating Controversy in Proxy Voting Advice

Andrey Malenko, Boston College

16:30:00

Conference Adjourns

Friday, August 4, 2023
08:15:00–08:45:00

Registration & Breakfast

08:45:00–09:45:00

Dynamic Monitoring Design

Yu Fu Wong, Columbia University

09:45:00–10:00:00

Break

10:00:00–11:00:00

#Change

Joyee Deb, New York University
11:00:00–11:15:00

Break

11:15:00–12:15:00

Fragile Stable Matchings

Kirill Rudov, Princeton University
12:15:00–13:30:00

Lunch

Room 602

13:30:00–14:30:00

Indirect Persuasion

Maher Said, New York University
14:30:00–14:45:00

Break

14:45:00–15:45:00

Robust Implementation with Costly Information

Harry Pei, Northwestern University
15:45:00

Conference Concludes