Program for session C-13

Wednesday 16 August 2000, 2:00 - 4:00

C-13-1: Auction Theory - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 201  Chair: Lucy White 
Varma, Gopal Das Standard Auctions with Identity Dependent Externalities
Harbaugh, Rick First Impressions in a Sequential Auction
White, Lucy Precautionary Bidding: First Price Auctions with Stochastic Private Values

C-13-2: Bargaining - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 205  Chair: Ilya Segal 
Chatterjee, Kalyan N-Person Bargaining and Strategic Complexity
Evans, Robert Simultaneous-Offers Bargaining and the Deadline Effect
Muthoo, Abhinay Bargaining Equilibrium in a Non-Stationary Environment
Segal, Ilya Collusion, Exclusion, and Inclusion in Random-Order Bargaining

C-13-3: Coalition Formation - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 212  Chair: Sylvie Thoron 
Gomes, Armando A Theory of Negotiations and Formation of Coalitions
Schwalbe, Ulrich Dynamic Coalition Formation and the Core
Thoron, Sylvie Strategic Reactions of a Frustrated Coalition

C-13-4: Contract Theory: Corruption, Collusion and Renegotiation - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 214  Chair: Achim Wambach 
Aubert, Cecile Collusion Under Asymmetric Information and Institutional Incompleteness
Gardner, Roy Corruption: Top Down or Bottom Up?
Wambach, Achim Renegotiation Before Contract Execution

C-13-5: Dynamic Equilibrium - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 234  Chair: Oscar Volij 
Echenique, Federico Comparative Statics by Adaptive Dynamics and The Correspondence Principle
Reffett, Kevin L. Existence and Uniqueness of Equilibrium in Distorted Dynamic Economies with Capital and Labor
Volij, Oscar The Evolution of Exchange

C-13-6: Economic Development: Empirical Studies - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 235  Chair: Ricardo Mora 
Fournier, Martin Inequality Decomposition by Factor Component: A New Approach Illustrated on the Taiwanese Case
Gurgand, Marc Farmer Education and the Weather: Evidence from Taiwan (1976-1992)
Ramirez, Maria Teresa Railroads and the Colombian Economy

C-13-7: Factor Taxation - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 237  Chair: Soren Bo Nielsen 
Domeij, David Capital Versus Labor Taxation with Heterogeneous Agents
Piaser, Gwenael Optimal Taxation and In-Kind Redistribution
Picard, Pierre Taxation and Labor Markets
Ziliak, James P. Tax Reform and Automatic Stabilization

C-13-8: Household Economics - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 301  Chair: Ian Preston 
Duraisamy, Malathy Child Schooling and Child Work in India
Veloso, Fernando A. Income Composition, Endogenous Fertility and Schooling Investments in Children
Preston, Ian Racial and Economic Factors in Attitudes to Immigration

C-13-9: Limited Dependent Variables Models II - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Savery 211  Chair: Esmeralda A. Ramalho 
Chen, Song Nian Semiparametric Estimation of Heteroscedastic Binary Sample Selection Model
Koenker, Roger Inference on the Quantile Regression Process
Lewbel, Arthur Nonparametric Censored and Truncated Regression
Ramalho, Esmeralda A. Regression Models for Choice-Based Samples with Misclassification Error in the Response Variable

C-13-10: Information Transmission in Mechanisms and Games - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 304  Chair: Roland Strausz 
Koessler, Frederic Common Knowledge and Consensus with Noisy Communication
Legros, Patrick Interference, Contracts and Authority with Insecure Communication
Marschak, Thomas Comparing Finite Mechanisms, with an Application to Exchange Economies
Strausz, Roland Mediation in Situations of Conflict

C-13-11: Labor: Human Capital - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 238  Chair: Kaushik Basu 
Chan, Jimmy Does Banning Affirmative Action Harm College Student Quality?
Luelfesmann, Christoph The Theory of Human Capital Revisited: On the Interaction of General and Specific Investments
Mishra, Ajit A Theory of Discrimination Based on Signaling and Strategic Information Acquisition
Rioux, Laurence Human Capital, Local Labor Markets and Regional Interaction

C-13-12: Law Enforcement Design - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 307  Chair: Cheryl Xiaoning Long 
Bag, Parimal Kanti Law Enforcement Costs and Legal Presumptions
Emons, Winand Truth-Revealing Mechanisms for Courts
Long, Cheryl Xiaoning Size, Monitoring and Plea Rate: An Examination of United States Attorneys

C-13-13: Matching Models - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 311  Chair: Ramya Sundaram 
Alkan, Ahmet On Preferences over Subsets and the Lattice Structure of Stable Matchings
Gautier, Pieter A. The Right Man for the Job: Increasing Returns in Search?
Herreiner, Dorothea K. The Decision to Seek or Be Sought
Sundaram, Ramya Multiple Traits in the Marriage Market: Does Diversity Sometimes Win?

C-13-14: Optimal Monetary Policy - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 243  Chair: Bernardino Adao 
Akyol, Ahmet Optimal Monetary Policy in an Economy with Incomplete Markets and Idiosyncratic Shocks
Swanson, Eric On Signal Extraction and Non-Certainty-Equivalence in Optimal Monetary Policy Rules
Adao, Bernardino Gaps and Triangles

C-13-15: Policy Issues in International Finance - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 245  Chair: Partha Sen 
Krishnamurthy, Arvind International Liquidity Management: Sterilization Policy in Illiquid Financial Markets
Rasmussen, Bo Sandemann Coordinating Capital Income Taxation Among a Subset of Countries
Spiegel, Mark M. Sterilization Costs and Exchange Rate Targeting

C-13-16: Political Economies: Empirical Studies - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Smith 311  Chair: Jose Tavares 
Bradford, Scott Rents, Votes, and Protection: Explaining the Structure of Trade Barriers Across Industries
Tavares, Jose Does Right or Left Matter? Cabinets, Credibility and Fiscal Adjustments

C-13-17: Spatial Economics - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 313  Chair: Rohan Pitchford 
Baudewyns, Didier Spatial Competition within Urban Areas: Hotelling and Bertrand Reconciled
Berliant, Marcus Knowledge Exchange, Matching, and Agglomeration
Goettler, Ronald Estimating Product Characteristics and Spatial Competition in the Network Television Industry
Pitchford, Rohan The Hold-Out Problem

C-13-18: Theory o f the Firm - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 411  Chair: Chenggang Xu 
Chang, Myong-Hun Centralization vs. Decentralization in a Multi-Unit Organization: A Computational Model of a Retail Chain as a Multi-Agent Adaptive System
Jeon, Doh-Shin A Theory on Flows of Information: Why do Good Firms Go Bad?
Tao, Zhigang Franchising as a Nexus of Incentive Devices for Production Involving Brand Name
Xu, Chenggang Coordinating Changes in M-Form and U-Form Organizations

C-13-19: Topics in Economic Growth - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 246  Chair: Paul J. Zak 
Lagerloef, Nils-Petter From Malthus to Modern Growth: The Three Regimes Revisited
Ngai, Liwa Rachel Barriers and the Transition to Modern Growth
Rousseau, Peter L. Emerging Financial Markets and Early U.S. Growth
Zak, Paul J. Genetics, Family Structure, and Economic Growth

C-13-20: Sample Distortions - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Savery 301  Chair: Robert A. Moffitt 
Hoonhout, Pierre Identification and EM-Estimation of Panel Data Models with Non-Ignorable Attrition and Refreshment Samples
Shukur, Ghazi The Robustness of the Systemwise Breusch-Godfrey Autocorrelation Test for Non-Normal Distributed Error Terms
Moffitt, Robert A. Weighting for Nonresponse in Panel Data: A New Method

C-13-21: Topics in Econometrics II - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Savery 311  Chair: Jean-Marie Dufour 
Baltagi, Badi Simple LM Tests for the Unbalanced Nested Error Component Regression Model
Dhaene, Geert Reversed Score and Likelihood Ratio Tests
Kuan, Chung-Ming The Pseudo-True Score Encompassing Test for Non-Nested Hypothesis
Dufour, Jean-Marie Invariant Tests Based on M-Estimators, Estimating Functions and the Generalized Method of Moments

C-13-22: Testing in Time Series Models II - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Savery 313  Chair: Chih-Chiang Hsu 
Jung, Robert C. Testing Serial Dependence in Time Series Models of Counts
Higgins, Matthew L. Testing for Autoregressive Conditional Duration
Hong, Yongmiao Testing for Serial Independence via the Empirical Characteristic Function
Hsu, Chih-Chiang Long Memory or Structural Change: Testing Method and Empirical Examination

C-13-23: Topics in Time Series II - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Savery 335  Chair: Rolf Tschernig 
Bewley, Ronald Controlling Spurious Drift in Macroeconomic Forecasting Models
McGough, Bruce B. Statistical Learning with Time-Varying Parameters
Tschernig, Rolf Nonparametric Estimation of Generalized Impulse Response Functions

C-13-24: Empirical Asset Pricing - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Balmer 413  Chair: Christopher T. Stivers 
Hall, Anthony Using Bayesian Variable Selection Methods to Choose Style Factors in Global Stock Return Models
Lunde, Asger Duration Dependence in Stock Prices: An Analysis of Bull and Bear Markets
Mullin, Wallace P. Gradual Incorporation of Information Into Stock Prices: An Empirical Study of Informed Trading
Stivers, Christopher T. Evidence on the Economics of Equity Return Volatility Clustering

C-13-25: Dynamic General Equilibrium II - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 247  Chair: Fulvio Ortu 
Krebs, Tom Consumption-Based Asset Pricing with Incomplete Markets
Ortu, Fulvio Generalized Numeraire Portfolios

C-13-26: Monetary and Fiscal Policy - Wed 16 Aug, 2:00

 Room: Mechanical Engineering 248  Chair: John C. Williams 
Brueggemann, Ralf Lag Selection in Subset VAR Models with an Application to a U.S. Monetary System
Evans, Charles L. Data Revisions and the Identification of Monetary Policy Shocks
Fisher, Lance A. Permanent Income, Tax Smoothing and Forecasts of Government Expenditure in the United States: 1929-1994
Williams, John C. The Performance of Forecast-Based Monetary Policy Rules under Model Uncertainty

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