Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics

WORKSHOP ON COORDINATION GAMES

September 16–18, 2005
FRIDAY 9:30–10:15 Attila Ambrus, Harvard, "Subgroups of Players Coordinating along Common Interest," based on "Theories of Coalititional Rationality" and "Coalitional Rationalizability"
10:15–11:00 Rossella Argenziano, Essex, "History as a Coordination Device" (with Itzhak Gilboa)
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:15 Amil Dasgupta, LSE, "Coordination and Delay in Global Games"
12:15–1:45 Lunch
1:45–2:30 Christian Hellwig, UCLA, "Knowing What Others Know: Coordination Motives in Information Acquisition" (with Laura Veldkamp)
2:30–3:00 Coffee Break
3:00–3:45 George-Marios Angeletos, MIT, "Efficiency and Welfare in Economies with Incomplete Information" (with Alessandro Pavan)
3:45–4:30 Alessandro Pavan, Northwestern, "Information Dynamics and Equilibrium Multiplicity in Global Games of Regime Change" (Joint with Marios Angeletos and Christian Hellwig)
6:30 Dinner
SATURDAY 9:30–10:15 Christophe Chamley, BU and DELTA, "Complementarities in Information Acquisition with Short-Term Trades"
10:15–11:00 Chris Edmond, NYU, Resolving Our Differences: Acquiring Information to Create Aggregate Liquidity (with Laura Veldkamp)
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:15 Kathy Yuan, Michigan, "Strategic Uncertainty in Asset Markets" (with Emre Ozdenoren) abstract
12:15–1:45 Lunch
1:45–2:30 Itay Goldstein, Penn, "Manipulation and the Allocational Role of Prices" (with Alexander Guembel)
2:30–3:00 Coffee Break
3:00–3:45 Douglas Gale, NYU, "Sequential Equilibrium in Monotone Games: A Theory Based Analysis of Experimental Data" (with Syngjoo Choi and Shachar Kariv)
3:45–4:30 Akihiko Matsui, Tokyo, "Aspiration and Cooperation in Cournot Oligopoly" (with In-Koo Cho)
7:00 Dinner
SUNDAY 10:15–11:00 Hans Carlsson, Lund, "The Viability of Collusive Arrangements" (with Håkan Holm) abstract
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–12:15 Stephen Morris, Princeton, "Endogenous Public Signals and Coordination" (with Hyun Shin)
12:15–1:45 Lunch