Economic Theory Reading Group

The reading group meets weekly on Friday from 2pm to 3pm in room R505.

It provides an opportunity for PhD students and Faculty to discuss recent research papers.

Topics I & II 2011 References

Topics III 2011 References

DATE LOCATION PRESENTER PAPER SLIDES
      Topic I: Group Mechanism Design (Razin) Intro to Topic I 
03/12/2010 R532

Patrick Blanchenay

Glazer & Rubinstein  [2c] and Levy & Razin [4]

Topic I  Presenta tion II: Screen Edition  &  Print Edition
10/12/2010 R505 Francisco Costa Jackson & Sonnenschein [1] and Casella [3] Topic I Presentation II 
14/01/2011 R505 Sebastian Kodritsch Jehiel, Moldovanu and Stacchetti AER 1996 Topic I Presentation III 
21/01/2011 R505 Kara Contreary Gerardi and Yariv 2008 & Gershkov and Szentes 2009 Topic I Presentation IV 
      Topic II: Repeated Games with Local Monitoring (Nava)  
28/01/2011 R505 Francesco Nava Introduction to Topic Topic II Presentation I
04/02/2011 R505 Min Zhang Ellison Econometrica 1993 & Ellison ReStud 1993 Topic II Presentation II
11/02/2011 R532 Oliver Padro Haag and Lagunoff [3] & Ahn [6] Topic II Presentation IIIA & Topic II Presentation IIIB
18/02/2011 R505 Can Celiktemur Takahashi [2] Topic II Presentation IV & V
25/02/2011 R505 Can Celiktemur Wolitzky [1] Topic II Presentation IV & V
      Topic III: Herding & Prices (Nava-Nica-Palazzo)  
04/03/2011 R505 Melania Nica Chamley & Gale Econometrica 1994 Topic III Presentation I
11/03/2011 R505 Ines Moreno-Barreda

Sharfstein & Stein AER 1990, Ottaviani & Sorensen, AER 2000

 Topic III Presentation II
18/03/2011 R505 Francesco Palazzo

Avery and Zemsky, AER 1998, Dasgupta & Prat, JET 2008,                                           Park & Sabourian, Econometrica, 2011

 Topic III Presentation III
25/03/2011 R505 Jason Donaldson Topic III: Herding & Prices