The Sixth Annual Bounded Rationality in Choice Conference (BRIC 6) will take place at Columbia University, New York on June 7th and 8th 2018. Faculty Organizer: Mark Dean The conference brings together researchers in choice theory, experimental economics and behavioral economics who are interested in how bounds on rationality play out in individual decisions and interactive situations. Submissions to the conference closed on 15 February 2018. Submitted papers have been reviewed by the BRIC 6 scientific committee. You may find a…
Find out more »The 2nd Columbia Conference on Economic Theory (CCET) will be held at 142 Uris Hall, Columbia University (press for directions) on September 14-15, 2018. Organizers: Navin Kartik & Jacopo Perego Registration closed on September 1, 2018. If you would like to be added to the waitlist, please e-mail Stephanie at sc3867@columbia.edu. Program: Friday, September 14th 9:00-9:55: Breakfast and Registration 9:55-10:00: Welcome Remarks 10:00-10:50 Andy Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania), "A Very Robust Auction Mechanism" (with Rich McLean) 10:50-11:05: Coffee Break 11:05-11:55…
Find out more »Columbia University-NYU Joint Conference Spatial Economics Through the Lens of Economic History September 21-22, 2018 Sponsors: Columbia University - Program for Economic Research NYU Stern - Center for Global Economy and Business Press here to register by September 17, 2018. Friday, September 21 Location: NYU Stern School of Business, Tisch Hall, Room UC-25, 40 West 4th Street 9:30-10:00 – Breakfast and Welcome 10:00-11:00 – Dave Donaldson (MIT), “The Geography of Path Dependence” 11:20-12:20 – Daniel Hartley (Chicago Federal Reserve), “The Effects of…
Find out more »Gary Charness, "Cheap Talk and Credibility" Wednesday, September 26, 2018 6:00pm-7:30pm 416 Warren Hall Columbia University Press to Register The PER Distinguished Lecture will be delivered by Professor Gary Charness. The lecture, titled “Cheap Talk and Credibility,” will explore the extent to which costless and non-binding communication (cheap talk) can be quite effective in achieving socially-desirable outcomes in strategic settings in the laboratory. Charness explains that there are different forms of cheap talk and different conditions under which these are effective. Open communication is free-form chat, while…
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