Canadian Economic Theory Conference
May 13th-15th 2005
UBC & SFU, Vancouver BC   
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Program



Friday May 13: Segal Centre Conference Rooms 1420/1430

Session 1: 9.00-10:30
Presenter
Afiliation
Paper
Coauthors
Vasiliki Skreta UCLA
Optimal Multi Unit Auctions: Who Gets what Matters Nicolas Figueroa
Lester Kwong
Brock
Efficiency in Auctions with Informed Auctioneers
Carolyn Pitchik Toronto
Budget Constrained Sequential Auctions
Session 2: 11:00-12:30
Randy Wright
Upenn
A Simple Model of Monetary Exchange Based on Nonconvexities and Sunspots Guillame Rocheteau, Peter Rupert, Karl Shell
Tilman Klumpp
Indiana
Two-Sided Matching with Horizontally Differentiated Agents
Lars Ehlers Montreal
Von Neumann-Morgenstern Stable Sets in Matching Problems
Session 3: 2:00-3:30
Andreas Roider Bonn Black Sheep and Walls of Silence Gerd Muehlhausser
Svetlana Boyarchenko Texas-Austin
A theory of endogenous time preference, and discounted utility anomalies Sergei Levendorskii
Hanming Fang
Yale
Toward an Economic Theory of Dysfunctional Identity Glenn Loury
Session 4: 4:00-5:00
Bart Taub
Illinois
The Dynamics of Strategic Information Flows in Stock Markets P. Seiler
Gopal Das Varma
Duke
Entry Deterrence in License Auctions: Dynamic versus Sealed Bid

Saturday May 14: Sauder Industries Policy Room 2270

Session 5: 9:00-10:30
Sergei Severinov Duke
A Method to Solve a Class of Two-Dimensional Screening Problems Ray Deneckere
Rustam Ibragimov Yale
On the Robustness of Economic Models to Heavy-Tailedness Assumptions
In-Koo Cho Illinois Rationalizability and Monotonicity in Large Uniform Price and Double Auctions
Session 6: 11:00-12:30
Seungjin Han McMaster
Assortative Marriage and the Effects of Government Homecare Provision Programs on Gender Wage and Participation Inequality David Bjerk
Manolis Galenianos Upenn
Directed Labor Search with Multiple Job Applications Philip Kircher
Limor Golan CMU
Experimentation and Job Choice Kate Antonovics
Session 7: 2:00-3:30
Ettore Damiano
Toronto
First in Village or Second in Rome? Li Hao, Wing Suen
Phil Curry
SFU
Cheating in Rank-Order Tournaments Steeve Mongrain
Jianjun Miao Boston U
Option Exercise with Temptation
Session 8: 4:00-5:30
Massimo Morelli Ohio State
Self Enforcing Voting in International Organizations Giovanni Maggi
Stefan Krasa
Illinois
Is Mandatory Voting Better than Voluntary Voting? Mattias Polborn
Christine Parlour CMU
Herding and Congestion Laurens Debo

CONFERENCE DINNER: 8:00 AT SHABUSEN RESTAURANT
755 BURRARD STREET

Sunday May 15; Sauder Industries Policy Room 2270

Session 9: 9:00-10:30
Alvaro Sandroni MEDS
Testing Knowledge
Jing Li
Upenn
Unawareness
Walter Bossert Montreal
Rational Choice on Arbitrary Domains: a Comprehensive Treatment Kotaro Suzumura
Session 10: 11:00-12:30
Simon Board
Toronto
Durable-Goods Monopoly with Varying Demand
Anna Rubinchik-Pessach Colorado
Does it Take a Tyrant to Implement a Good Reform? Ruqu Wang
Jan Zabojnik Southern California
Optimal Pricing of Employee Discounts and Benefits: A Rent Extraction View Anthony Marino