Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics

DEBATES AND RHETORICS

September 28, 2001

FRIDAY 9:30–10:30 Itzhak Gilboa (Tel Aviv University), E. Aragones (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), A. Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania); and D. Schmeidler (Tel Aviv University)
"Rhetoric and Analogies"
11:00–12:00 Ricky Lam (Northwestern University) and E. Damiano (University of Toronto), "Learning and Reasoning with Concepts"
1:30–2:30 Ariel Rubinstein (Princeton University and Tel Aviv University) and J. Glazer, (Tel Aviv University), "Debates and Decisions: On a Rationale of Argumentation Rules"
2:30–3:30 Ran Spiegler (Tel Aviv University), "Argumentation and Decision Biases in Multi-Issue Debates"
4:00–5:00 Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania) and E. Aragones (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), "Campaign Rhetoric: A Model of Reputation"


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