Economic Theory Seminar

Wirtschaftstheoretisches Forschungsseminar

WS 2010

der Universität Wien gemeinsam mit dem
Institut für Höhere Studien

Falls nicht anders angegeben, finden die Vorträge im Hörsaal II des Instituts für Höhere Studien
in der Stumpergasse 56 statt.

1. Vortrag: 16.00 Uhr
2. Vortrag: 17.30 Uhr

Das Seminar steht allen Interessierten offen.

Anforderungen für Studierende / requirements for students

Oktober
07.10.2010	Konrad Stahl (Universität Mannheim) Cross Ownership and Cross Control in a Competitive Industry, pdf Carmen Herrero (Universidad de Alicante) Improving the measurement of human developement, pdf
21.10.2010	Wouter den Haan (Amsterdam School of Economics) Inefficent employment decisions, entry costs, and the cost of fl‡uctuations, pdf Danyang Xie (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School) Housing Dynamics: Theory Behind Empirics, pdf
November
04.11.2010	Karl Schlag (Universität Wien) Decision Making in Uncertain and Changing Environments, pdf Joël van der Weele (Universität Frankfurt) Efficient Interval Scoring Rules, pdf
18.11.2010	Julien Prat (Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), Barcelona) Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty, pdf Christian Kellner (Universität Bonn) Tournaments as Response to Ambiguity Aversion in Incentive Contracts, pdf
Dezember
02.12.2010	Larry Blume (Cornell University) Breaking the Mirror: Reflection in the linear-in-means model of social interactions Dirk Engelmann (Universität Mannheim) Does a Buyer Benefit from Bad Reputation? - Theory and Experiments on Auctions with Default, pdf
Jänner
13.01.2011	Luís Cabral (IESE Business School) Aftermarket Power and Basic Market Competition, pdf Nick Netzer (Universität Zürich) A Game Theoretic Foundation of Competitive Equilibria With Adverse Selection
27.01.2011	Thibault Gajdos (GREQAM, Marseille) tba Jörg Oechssler (Universität Heidelberg) tba

Anforderungen für Studierende / requirements for students Students taking the seminar for credit are required to attend the seminar regularly, wherby up to two abcences are tolerated. Students are required to turn in two short seminar essays until February 10, 2011. Each essay should contain a review from 2000 to 3000 words of one of the seminar talks. The review should provide a comprehensive summary of the paper stating the main results with enough notation so as to make it understandable for someone familiar with the field. The review should also contain a description of the analysis, but complicated proofs and formulas should be better expressed intuitively in words. The review should be organized as follows Introduction and motivation, positioning the research work in the literature on the broader topic. Short description of the main results, including a short description of the techniques used in the analysis and main ideas of proofs. Concluding section with a critical evaluation and / or suggestions for further research.