University of Maryland, Department of Economics
Workshop in Industrial Organization and Microeconomic TheoryThe workshop meets in Tydings Hall, room 4105, except as noted. Papers are available from the links below, the author, or in room 3105 before the seminar. Typically we meet from 3:30-5 pm on Tuesdays. Seminars at noon on Friday include a buffet lunch, followed by the talk from 12:30-2 pm. Join the Google Group Maryland IO Theory Seminar to receive announcements of upcoming seminars.
Fall 2007
| Date/Time | Speaker/Title |
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Sep 11 3:30 pm |
Donald Wittman, UC Santa Cruz Utility When There is a Preference for Beliefs with Applications to Politics |
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Sep 18 3:30 pm |
Jacques Cremer, University of Toulouse The Value of Switching Costs (with Gary Biglaiser and Gergerly Dobos) |
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Oct 2 3:30 pm |
Tanjim Hossain, University of Science and Technology Hong
Kong Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression: Evidence from Field Experiments (with John Morgan) |
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Oct 9 3:30 pm |
Marco Pagnozzi, Universita di Napoli Federico II Speculators in Multi-Object Auctions |
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Oct 16 3:30 pm |
Leemore Dafny, Northwestern Are Health Insurance Markets Competitive? A Test of Direct Price Discrimination |
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Oct 23 3:30 pm |
Timothy Van Zandt, INSEAD The Interplay Between Incentive Constraints and Communication Complexity in Mechanism Design |
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Oct 30 3:30 pm |
Isabelle Perrigne, Penn State University Nonlinear Pricing in Yellow Pages (with Quang Vuong and Yao Huang) |
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Nov 13 3:30 pm |
Thayer Morrill, University of Maryland Roommate Problem Revisited |
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Nov 20 3:30pm |
Yan Chen, University of Maryland Dynamic Consumer Choice in an Experienced Good Market: Applications in the U.S. Ready-to-Eat Cereal Market |
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Nov 27 3:30 pm |
Alan Sorensen, Stanford University The Welfare Impact of Resale Markets: An Empirical Study of Secondary Markets for Event Tickets |
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Dec 4 3:30 pm |
Simona Andrei, University of Maryland To Lohn or not to Lohn |
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Dec 11 3:30 pm |
Utku Ünver, University of Pittsburgh Dynamic Kidney Exchange |