Nemmers Prize Conference
"Conference in Honor of David Kreps"
Thursday and Friday, May 9-10, 2019
James L. Allen Center
McCormick Auditorium
Conference schedule
Thursday, May 9, 2019 | |
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Time | Title |
9:00 | Welcome |
9:15 |
Drew Fudenberg (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Learning-Theoretic Foundations for Equilibrium Refinements |
10:15 | Break |
10:45 | Aislinn Bohren (University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Mellon University): Learning with a Misspecified View of the World Further readings: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3. |
11:45 | Annie Liang (University of Pennsylvania): Machine Learning and Economic Modeling Further readings: Paper 1, Paper 2 |
12:45 | Lunch |
2:00 | Tilman Bðrgers (University of Michigan): Mechanism Design and Voting Further readings: Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 |
3:00 | Benjamin Brooks (University of Chicago): Optimal Auction Design with Common Values: An Informationally-Robust Approach |
4:00 | Break |
4:30 | Andrzej Skrzypacz (Stanford University): Dynamic Trading: Price Inertia and Front-Running |
5:30 | Adjournment |
Friday, May 10, 2019 | |
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Time | Title |
9:15 | Aldo Rustichini (University of Minnesota): The Neural Foundations of Economic and Strategic Choice, and the Role of Memory |
10:15 | Break |
10:45 | Faruk Gul (Princeton University): Market Design and Walrasian Equilibrium |
11:45 | Gilat Levy (London School of Economics and Political Science): Correlation Neglect Further readings: Paper 1, Paper 2 |
12:45 | Lunch |
2:00 | Gerd Gigerenzer (Max Planck Institute for Human Development): Heuristic Decision Making from a Psychological Perspective Further readings: Paper1, Paper 2 |
3:00 | Muhamet Yildiz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology): Culture and Communication |
4:00 | Adjournment |
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- Information for non-Northwestern participants on guest wireless access on campus
- Read more about the Nemmers Prize and the current and past winners