Economic Theory Seminar Series

Shaking Things Up: On the Stability of Risk and Time Preferences; and What is Deception in Experimental Economics? A Survey

23 April 2020 10:00am–11:15am

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Two papers will be presented by Gary Charness from University of California Santa Barbara, via Zoom.

Mediation Design

14 April 2020 11:00am

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Professor Claudio Mezzett, The University of Queensland, via Zoom.

Ambiguity and awareness: a coherent multiple priors model

17 March 2020 12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by John Quiggin, The University of Queensland.
This seminar will be delivered online via the Zoom application.

Perfecting Correlated Equilibrium

10 March 2020 12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Priscilla Man, The University of Queensland

Laws and Norms with (Un)Observable Actions

3 March 2020 11:00am

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Murat Mungan, George Mason University

Speculative Trade and Market Newcomers

11 November 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Bogdan Klischuk, Australian National University

Equilibrium Play in Experimental Parimutuel betting Markets

29 October 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Joshua Miller, The University of Melbourne

Dutch versus First-Price Auction with Dynamic Reference-Dependent Preferences

22 October 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Benjamin Balzer, University of Technology Sydney

Strategy-Proof and Efficient Mediation: An Ordinal Mechanism Design Approach

15 October 2019 2:15pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Onur Kesten, Carnegie Mellon University.

Projection of Private Values in Auctions

24 September 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Antonio Rosato, UTS

A New Family of Rules for Probabilistic Assignment Based on Trading Rights and Priorities

17 September 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Acelya Altuntas, Deakin University.

Social Media and Polarization (with Arthur Campbell and C. Matthew Leister)

3 September 2019 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Yves Zenou, Monash University. Paper provided.

Incentive-Compatibility, Limited Liability and Costly Liquidation in financial Contracting

27 August 2019 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Zhengqing Gui, Monash University.

Breaking Echo Chambers with Personalised News

20 August 2019 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Jiemai Wu, Sydney University.

Robust Pricing with Refunds

23 July 2019 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Keiichi Kawai, University of New South Wales.

Comparative Risk Apportionment

24 June 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Paan Jindapon, University of Alabama

Excessive Targeting

Cancelled

16 April 2019 2:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Dr Heiko Karle with Markus Reisinger

Competitive Personalized Pricing

2 April 2019 2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Chongwoo Choe, Monash University.

Second-Best Mechanisms for Land Assembly and Hold-Out Problems

26 March 2019 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Associate Professor Duygu Yengin, The University of Adelaide.

Theft and Ostracism in Heterogenous Groups: A Laboratory Experiment

19 March 2019 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Presented by Tarek Taher Jaber-Lopez, University of Innsbruck.

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Jun Xiao

2 October 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Jun Xiao | University of Melbourne

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Benjamin Young

21 August 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Benjamin Young | UTS

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Overconfidence, Illusion of Control, or Unskilled and Unaware?

1 August 2018 3:00pm–5:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Juan Dubra | Universidad de Montevideo

Economic Theory Seminar Series: An Impossibility Theorem for Wealth in Heterogeneous-agent Models without Financial Risk

25 July 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Alexis Akira Toda | University of California, San Diego.

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Dynamic Social Interactions

9 May 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Onur Ozgur | U of Melbourne

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Only time will tell: A theory of deferred compensation

18 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Marcus Opp | University of California, Berkeley

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Economic Theory Seminar Series with Shengwu Li

11 April 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Shengwu Li | Harvard University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Platform investment and price parity clauses

20 March 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Chengsi Wang | Monash University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Costly Public Transfers in Repeated Cooperation under Imperfect Monitoring

14 March 2018 11:00am–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Mikhail Panov | New York University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Achieving Efficiency in Repeated Partnerships via Information Design

13 March 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Doruk Cetemen | University of Rochester

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Capital Assembly

6 March 2018 1:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Robert Akerlof | University of Warwick

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Regulation of Public Services with Non-Paying Consumers

8 February 2018 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Martin Besfamille | Pontifica Universidad Catolicade Chile

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Networks and Ideology

11 December 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Francesco Squintani | University of Warwick

Economic Theory Seminar Series: A Policy for Standards of Evidence

1 November 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Carlos Oyarzun | University of Queensland

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Integrating School Districts: Diversity, Balance and Welfare

25 October 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Isa Hafalir | University of Technology Sydney

Economic Theory Seminar Series: General Seminar with Yi-Chun Chen

24 October 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Yi-Chun Chen | National University of Singapore

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Chain Stability in Trading Networks

11 October 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Alexandru Nichifor | University of Melbourne

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Robustly Optimal Auctions with Unknown Resale Opportunities

13 September 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Gabriel Carroll | Stanford

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Rational Communication with Transfers

30 August 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Anton Kolotilin | UNSW

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Organizational design and career concerns

9 August 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Daisuke Hirata | Hitotsubashi University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Competitive Personalized Pricing with Sophisticated Consumers

2 August 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Zhijun Chen | Monash University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: The evolutionary origins of our quirky altruistic preferences: some toy models, laboratory experiments, and field evidence

1 August 2017 11:00am–12:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Moshe Hoffman | Harvard

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Speculative Bubbles, Heterogeneous Beliefs and Learning

29 May 2017 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Jan Werner | University of Minnesota

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Multidimensional Second-Price and English Auctions

24 May 2017 11:00am–12:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Seungwon (Eugene) Jeong | University of Bristol

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Finding a Stable Matching under Type-Specific Minimum Quotas

24 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Kentaro Tomoeda | University of Technology Sydney

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Collusion in auctions: an informed principals perspective

12 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Benjamin Balzer | University of Technology, Sydney

Economic Theory Seminar Series: A strategic product for belief functions

5 April 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Ronald Stauber | Australian National University

Economic Theory Seminar Series: Middlemen: the good, the bad, and the ugly

8 March 2017 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Gary Biglaiser | University of North Carolina

Screening through Coordination

14 December 2016 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Nemanja Antic | Northwestern University

Partial ambiguity

22 November 2016 12:15pm–1:15pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Soo Hong Chew | National University of Singapore

* CANCELLED * The formation of partnerships in social networks (co-authored with Bhaskar Dutta, Stephane Robin and Min Zhou)

19 October 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Francis Bloch | Université Paris 1 and Paris School of Economics

Beneficially imperfect persuaders

19 October 2016 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Jiemai Wu | University of Sydney

Queues, scheduling and software days

11 October 2016 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Yoni Nazarathy | The University of Queensland

Competition in information disclosure

5 October 2016 11:00am–12:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Keiichi Kawai | University of New South Wales

Contests with general preferences (joint with Ian MacKenzie)

7 September 2016 11:00am–12:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Alex Dickson | University of Strathclyde

Inefficient Rushes in Auction (joint with Angel Hernando-Veciana)

17 August 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Fabio Michelucci | CERGE-EI

On the Existence of Equilibria in a Class of Bayesian Allocation-Mechanisms (with Paulo Barelli and Robert Wilson)

9 August 2016 11:00am–12:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Srihari Govindan | University of Rochester

Risk attitudes and heterogeneity in simultaneous and sequential contests (with Zhe Yang, University of Alabama)

30 June 2016 2:00pm–3:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Paan Jindapon | University of Alabama

Decentralized Exchange

30 May 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Marzena Rostek | University of Wisconsin

Procurement Auctions (with Fahad Khalil and Jacques Lawarree)

25 May 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Indranil Chakraborty | NUS

Optimal Litigation Insurance Contracts

11 May 2016 2:30pm–3:30pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Emil Temnyalov | UTS

Consignment auctions

27 April 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Peyman Khezr | The University of Queensland

On Differentiated and Indivisible Commodities: An Expository Re-framing of Mas-Colell’s 1975 Model (with Takashi Suzuki)

6 April 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

M. Ali Khan | Johns Hopkins University

From Weber to Kafka: Political Activism and the Emergence of an Inefficient Bureaucracy

16 March 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Gabriele Gratton | UNSW

Constrained Random Matching

9 March 2016 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Ivan Balbuzanov | University of Melbourne

An Adapting Threshold Model of Utility (with Lorne Whitehead)

1 March 2016 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Professor Arthur Robson | Simon Fraser University

Competition for an imperfectly informed consumer

25 November 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

James Fisher | University of Technology Sydney

Measuring utility without mixing apples and oranges and eliciting beliefs about stock prices

11 November 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Patrick O'Callaghan | The University of Queensland

Surprised by the gambler's and hot hand fallacies? A truth in the law of small numbers

21 October 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Adam Sanjurjo | Universidad de Alicante

Auctions vs. negotiations: The effects of inefficient renegotiation

14 October 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Fabian Herweg | University of Bayreuth

Behavioral limitations of subgame-perfect implementation

7 October 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Tom Wilkening | University of Melbourne

On Bayesian persuasion with multiple senders

6 October 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Peter Norman | University of North Carolina

The value of linking: Efficiency and public punishment

9 September 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Jimmy Chan | Fudan University

The marginal voter's curse

2 September 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Helios Herrera | HEC Montréal

Object allocation via deferred-acceptance: strategy-proofness and comparative statics

26 August 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Bettina Klaus | University of Lausanne

On the demand for expressing emotions

20 August 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Brit Grosskopf | University of Exeter

A model of satisficing

19 August 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Rajiv Sarin | University of Exeter

Two-sided matching, private information, and the impossibility of ex post efficient trade

5 August 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

David Delacretaz | University of Melbourne

Price discovery using a double auction

29 July 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Steve Williams | University of Illinois

Global inspection games

15 July 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Miguel Sanchez | Universidad de Alicante and Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU)

The Von Neuman/Morgenstern approach to ambiguity

10 June 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Max Stinchcombe | University of Texas

Revenue management without commitment: Dynamic pricing and periodic fire sales

27 May 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Fei Li | University of North Carolina

Competitive information disclosure and consumer search

13 May 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Simon Board | University of California, Los Angeles

The power of money: Wealth effects in contests

8 April 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Nicolas Treich | Toulouse School of Economics

Auctions with an asking price

25 March 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Peyman Khezr | University of Queensland

Ambiguity aversion is the exception

18 March 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Martin Kocher | University of Munich

Information, strategy, and optimal responses to legal uncertainty

17 March 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Scott Baker | Washington University in St Louis

Approximate implementation in Markovian Environments

11 March 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Ludovic Renou | University of Essex

Markov perfect equilibria in revision games

4 March 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Tristan Tomala | HEC, Paris

Real options and dynamic incentives

25 February 2015 12:00pm–1:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Suvi Vasama | Humboldt University of Berlin

The Dilemma of the Cypress and the Oak Tree

23 February 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

David Rahman | University of Minnesota

Group composition in contests

14 January 2015 12:00pm–2:00pm

in Economic Theory Seminar Series

Anna Rubinchik | University of Haifa

Economic Theory Seminar Series

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