Economic Theory
Workshop
Fall, 2008
| Mon., Sep. 22 | Fidan Kurtulus | An Empirical Analysis of Risk, Incentives, and the Delegation of Worker Authority |
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Tue, Sep. 30* |
Duncan Foley (New School) |
The Economic Cost of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Paper 1 Paper 2 |
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Joint with the Political Economy Workshop |
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| Fri., Oct. 10** | Ariel Rubinstein(Tel-Aviv Univ.) | Models of Persuasion |
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Joint with the PERI - 3rd floor conference room, Gordon
Hall |
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| Mon., Oct. 27 | Sam Bowles | Behavioral Public Economics: Mechanism Design when Preferences Depend on Incentives |
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Mon. Nov. 3 |
Juan Camilo
Cardenas (U. of the Andes) |
Trust and Collective Action in Latin America: Field Experiments in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Lima, Montevideo, and San Jose |
| Mon., Nov. 10 |
Rajiv Sethi (Barnard Col.) |
The Geography of
Vice |
| Mon., Dec. 1 |
Lance Taylor (New School) |
Liquidity, Leverage, and (In)stability |
9th
Floor Conference Room
Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Except as noted,
all sessions are on Mondays and begin at 4:00 PM.
When and if
available, papers will be posted at:
courses.umass.edu/econ801
* Please note the change in day from
Monday to Tuesday.
** Please note the change in day from Monday to Friday and the change in
location to Gordon Hall.