Brown Economics Theory Lunch, Spring 2012

Lunches are Thursdays, 12-1pm in Robinson Hall 301.

All are welcome. If you’d like to present, email me at takeshi_suzuki@brown.edu

Date

Presenter

Title

Note

Jan.  26

 

 

contingent on job talks

Feb.  2

 

 

contingent on job talks

Feb.  9

 

 

contingent on job talks

Feb.  16

 

 

contingent on job talks

Feb.  23

 

 

 

Mar.  1

Geoffroy de Clippel

(Brown University)

Bounded Rationality and Limited Datasets:

Testable Implications, Identifiability, and

Out-of-Sample Prediction

Paper

 

Mar.  8

Chenxi Cai

(Brown University)

Reciprocal altruism, costly signaling, and alliance formation

 

Mar.  15

Myrna Wooders

 

 

Mar.  22

Glenn Loury

(Brown University)

Abstract

 

Mar.  29

 

Spring Recess.

 

Apr.  5

Michael D. Grubb

(MIT Sloan School of Management)

Bill Shock: Inattention and Price-Posting Regulation

Paper

curry and rice

Apr.  6

Loukas Balafoutas

(University of Innsbruck)

Sabotage in Tournaments:

Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Paper

extra session

pizza and drinks

Apr.  12

Takeshi Suzuki

(Brown University)

Assignment Games with Bounded Rationality

(Preliminary Results)

Abstract

curry and rice

Apr.  19

Matthew L. Elliott

(Microsoft Research)

A Network Centrality Approach to Coalitional Stability

pizza and drinks

Apr.  26

Jiacui Li

(Brown University)

Approximating equilibria in sequential auctions

Slides

curry and rice

May  3

Josie Chen

(Brown University)

How do formal and informal sanctions interact in a public good dilemma experiment?

(Preliminary report on a project with Louis Putterman and Jean-Robert Tyran)

Abstract

pizza and drinks

May  4

Glenn Loury

(Brown University)

Optimal Reservation Policies

Abstract

extra session

curry and rice

May 10

He Tai-Sen

(Brown University)

TAX OR TRANSFER? THE FRAMING EFFECT OF

REDISTRIBUTION POLICY: EXPERIMENTAL

EVIDENCE

Abstract

curry and rice