European Summer Symposium in Economic Theory(ESSET)
Study Center Gerzensee, 2-13 July 2007
The meeting is generously hosted by
Studienzentrum Gerzensee.
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Programme
Week One
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Monday 2 July |
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08:30 - 10:00
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European Competition Policy in International Markets
*Marc Ivaldi (DEI, Université des Sciences Sociales and CEPR)
Olivier Bertrand (University of Toulouse)
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Evening Parallel Sessions
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20:30 - 21:30
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Competition for Scarce Resources
*Peter Eso (Northwestern University)
Volker Nocke (University of Oxford and CEPR)
Lucy White (Harvard Business School and CEPR)
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20:30 - 21:30
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Signalling and Screening: An Experimental Comparison
*Dorothea Kübler (Technical University Berlin)
Wieland Müller (Tilburg University)
Hans-Theo Normann (Royal Holloway, University of London)
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Tuesday 3 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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Experimental Analyses on Cartel Deterrence Mechanisms and Post-Conviction Pricing
*Giancarlo Spagnolo (Univesità di Tor Vergata and CEPR)
Sven-Olof Fridolfsson (Research Institute for Industrial Economics (IUI))
Chloè LeCoq (Stockholm School of Economics)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:00 - 21:00
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Managerial Firms, Organisational Choice and Consumer Welfare
*Andrew Newman (Boston University and CEPR)
Patrick Legros (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
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20:00 - 21:00
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The Effects of Banning Below Invoice Prices: An Empirical
Investigation
*Thibaud Vergé (CREST-LEI)
Pierre Biscourp (ENSAE and CREST-DR)
Xavier Boutin (INSEE-D3E and CREST-LEI)
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Wednesday 4 July
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08:30 - 11:30
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Focus Session: Competition and Antitrust Enforcement
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Chair:
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Volker Nocke (University of Oxford and CEPR)
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Endogenous Cartel Formation and Cartel Pricing Dynamics with Buyer Detection
*Joe Harrington (Johns Hopkins University)
Joe Chen (University of Southern California)
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Sequential Merger Review
*Volker Nocke (University of Oxford and CEPR)
Michael Whinston (Northwestern University)
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On the Anticompetition Effect of Exclusive Dealing when Entry by
Merger is Possible
*Chiara Fumagalli (Università Bocconi and CEPR)
Massimo Motta (European University Institute, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
and CEPR)
Lars Persson (Research Institute of Industrial Economics and CEPR)
Leeat Yariv (Caltech)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:00 - 21:00
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R&D in the Pharmaceutical Industry: A World of Small Innovations
*Juan Jose Ganunza Fernandez (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Beatriz Dominguez (BBVA)
Gerard Llobet (CEMFI)
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20:00 - 21:00
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Too Many Bargainers Spoil the Broth
*John Thanasoulis (Oxford University)
DavidGill (University of Oxford)
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Thursday 5 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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Information and Human Capital Management
*Ian Jewitt (University of Oxford and CEPR)
Heski Bar Isaac (Stern, NYU)
Clare Leaver (University of Oxford & CEPR)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:30 - 21:30
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Financial Constraints and the Costs and Benefits of Vertical Integration
*Rocco Macchiavello (University of Oxford)
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20:30 - 21:30
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Local Supermodularity and Unique Assortative Matching
*Jan Eeckhout (University of Pennsylvania)
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Friday 6 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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Strategic Supply Function Competition with Private Info
*Xavier Vives (IESE Business School and CEPR)
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Morning Parallel Sessions:
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10:30 - 11:30
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Strategic Disclosure of Research Results
*Emeric Henry (London Business School (LBS)
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10:30 - 11:30
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Resource Allocation and Firm Scope
*Guido Friebel (Université de Toulouse and CEPR)
Michael Raith (University of Rochester)
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Week 2
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08:30 - 10:00
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Majority-efficiency and Competition-Efficiency in a Binary Policy Model
*Mattias Polborn (University of Illinois)
Stefan Krasa (University of Illinois)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:30 - 21:30
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Liberal Democracy as an "Aborted" Communist Revolution
*Antonio Cabrales (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and CEPR)
Antoni Calvó -Armengol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CEPR)
Leonard Wantchekonx (New York University)
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20:30 - 21:30
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On the (Mis-)Use of Information for Public Debate
*Andrea Patacconi (Oxford University))
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Tuesday 10 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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Personal Influence:Social Context and Political Competition
*Andrea Mattozzi (Caltech)
Andrea Galeotti (University of Essex)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:30 - 21:30
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Social Choice with Uncertain Preferences
*Bruno Strulovici (Oxford University)
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20:30 - 21:30
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Taxes and Employment Subsidies in Optimal Redistribution
Programs
*Deszö Szalay (University of Warwick)
Paul Beaudry (University of British Columbia)
Chuck Blackorby (University of Warwick)
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Wednesday 11 July
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08:30 - 11:30
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Focus Session: Theoretical Models of Political Economy
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Chair:
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Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania and CEPR)
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The Autocrat's Credibility Problem and Foundations of the
Constitutional State
*Roger Myerson (University of Chicago)
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Strategic Voting over Strategic Proposals
*Hülya K.K Eraslan (University of Pennsylvania)
Philip Bond (University of Pennsylvania)
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Do Voters Vote Sincerely?
*Arianna Degan (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Antonio Merlo (University of Pennsylvania and CEPR)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:30 - 21:30
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Information. Polarization and Term Length in Democracy
*Christian Schulz (University of Copenhagen)
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20:30 - 21:30
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Welfare Reducing Polls?
*Yariv Leeat (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)
Jacob Goeree (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)
Julian Romero (California Institute of Technology, Caltech)
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Thursday 12 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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A Theory of Religious Organizations
*Gilat Levy (LSE and CEPR)
Ronny Razin (LSE and CEPR)
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Evening Parallel Sessions:
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20:30 - 21:30
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The Political Economy of Housing Supply: Homeowners, Workers, and Voters
*Francois Ortalo-Magne (University of Wisconsin/Madison)
Andrea Prat (LSE and CEPR)
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20:30 - 21:30
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Duverger Meets Condorcet: Information Aggregation in Three Electoral Systems
*Michael Castanheira (ECARES - ULB)
Laurent Bouton (ECARES - ULB)
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Friday 13 July
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08:30 - 10:00
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Testing Storable Votes in Large Elections. The Columbia Students
*Alessandra Casella (Columbia University and CEPR)
Shuky Ehrenberg (Columbia University)
Andrew Gelman (Columbia University)
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10:00 - 10.30
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Break
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Morning Parallel Sessions:
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10.30-11.30
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Information, Institutions and Constitutional Arrangements
*Abhinay Muthoo (University of Essex)
Ken Shepsle (Harvard University)
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10.30-11.30
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On the Co-Evolution of Policy and Political Power
*Roger Lagunoff (Georgetown University)
Jinhui Bai (Yale University)
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Asterisks (*) denote authors who are present at the meetings.
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Organizers:
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Antoni Calvó-Armengol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and CEPR)
Leonardo Felli (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Margaret A Meyer (Nuffield College, Oxford University and CEPR)
Andrea Prat (London School of Economics and CEPR)
Xavier Vives (IESE Business School and CEPR)
Philippe Bacchetta (Study Center Gerzensee and CEPR)
Patrick Legros (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR)
Patrick Rey (Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse and CEPR)
Matthew O. Jackson (Caltech California Inst.of Technology)
Lucy White (Harvard Business School, Université de Lausanne and CEPR)
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