Economics and Finance
Economic Theory Seminar
Organized jointly with the University of Vienna
Summer term 2010
In the summer term 2010 lectures will take place at the University of Vienna, Elise Richter-Saal, Dr. Karl Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Vienna
Thursday, June 24, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Andreea Cosnita-Langlais, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
"Fight Cartels or Control Mergers? On the Optimal Allocation of Enforcement Efforts within Competition Policy"
5.30 p.m
Alberto Martin, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
"Theoretical notes on bubbles and the current crisis"
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Thursday, June 10, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Hans Gersbach, ETH Zurich and CEPR
"Private Insurance Against Systemic Crises?"
5.30 p.m
Jörgen Weibull, Stockholm School of Economics
"The Condorcet jury theorem and heterogeneity"
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
University of Vienna, lecture room USI I, ground floor! (map)
4.00 p.m.
Alessandra Casarico, Università Bocconi, Milano
"Intergenerational transmission of skills during childhood
and optimal fiscal policy"
5.30 p.m.
Harold O. Cole, University of Pennsylvania
"The International Great Depression, Money,
Productivity, or Labor Market Policies"
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Miklós Koren, Central European University
"Machines and machinists: The effect of imported capital on wage inequality"
Alejandro Cunat, University of Vienna
5.30 p.m.
"Relative Factor Endowments and International Portfolio Choice"
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Luca Merlino, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
"Endogenous Job Contact Networks"
5.30 p.m.
Jana Vyrastekova, University of Nijmegen
“Cooperation in a sequential N-person prisoners' dilemma game: the role of information and reciprocity”
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Thursday, March 25, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Till Requate, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel
"Sushi or Fish Fingers? Food-fish Diversity, Collapsing Fish Stocks and Multi-species Fishery Management”
5.30 p.m.
Mark Machina, University of California, San Diego
"Event-separability in the Ellsberg URN"
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Armin Schmutzler, University of Zurich, ENCORE and CEPR
"Rotten Kids with Bad Intentions”
5.30 p.m.
Sjaak Hurkens, Institute for Economic Analysis, Barcelona
“Mobile Termination, Network Externalities, and Consumer Expectations"
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Winter term 2009/2010
In the winter term 2009/2010 lectures took place at IHS, HS II, Stumpergasse 56, 1060 Vienna.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Nicola Pavoni, University College London
“Ramsey Asset Taxation Under Asymmetric Information”
5.30 p.m.
Colin Mayer, Said Business School, University of Oxford
“The Life Cycle of Family Ownership: A Comparative Study of France, Germany, Italy and the U.K"
Presentation"
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
4.00 p.m.
Joao Montez, London Business School
“Bargaining with a principal: contracts v. agreements”
5.30 p.m.
Jean-Jacques Herings, University of Maastricht
“Cooperation under Incomplete Contracting”
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
4.00 p.m.
Martine Quinzii, University of California, Davis
“Expectations of Inflation and Monetary Policy”
5.30 p.m.
Herbert Dawid, University of Bielefeld
“New product introduction and capacity investment by incumbents:
effects of size on strategy”
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
4.00 p.m.
Paola Conconi, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ECARES) and CEPR
"Policymakers’ Horizon and Economic Reforms”
5.30 p.m.
Jochen Mankart, University of St. Gallen
“Personal Bankruptcy Law, Debt Portfolios and Entrepreneurship”
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
4.00 p.m.
Ken Binmore, University College London
"Experimental Economics: Where Next?”
5.30 p.m.
Mariya Teteryatnikova, University of Vienna
“R&D in the Network of International Trade:
Multilateral versus Regional Trade Agreements”
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
4.00 p.m.
Pieter Gautier, University of Amsterdam
"Directed search in the housing market"
5.30 p.m.
Sandro Shelegia, University of Vienna
"Multiproduct Pricing in Oligopoly"
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
4.00 p.m.
Venkataraman Bhaskar, University College London
"Incentives and the Shadow of the Future: Dynamic Moral Hazard with Learning"
5.30 p.m.
Régis Renault, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
"Advertising Heterogeneous Products to Heterogeneous Consumers"
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