Canadian Economic Theory Conference

Simon Fraser University, May 5-7, 2023

Room 7000, Harbour Centre, 515 W Hastings St, Vancouver

This is the official program for the 2023 Canadian Economic Theory Conference, organized by Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia.

Friday, May 5

All listed times are in Pacific Daylight Time zone (PDT).

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Session A: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Chair: Arthur Robson, SFU
  1. Strategic Evidence Disclosure in Networks and Equilibrium Discrimination [PDF]

    Leonie Baumann (McGill University), Rohan Dutta* (McGill University)

  2. Bayes = Blackwell, Almost [PDF]

    Mark Whitmeyer* (Arizona State University)

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Session B: 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Chair: Arthur Robson, SFU
  1. Comparative statics with adjustment costs and the le Chatelier principle [PDF]

    Eddie Dekel (Northwestern University ), John K.-H. Quah* (Johns Hopkins University, National University of Singapore), Ludvig Sinander (Oxford & Nuffield College.)

  2. How Informed Do You Want Your Principal To Be?

    Rahul Deb (University of Toronto), Mallesh Pai* (Rice University), Anne-Katrin Roesler (University of Toronto)

11:15 am – 11:30 am

Session C: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Chair: Sergei Severinov, UBC
  1. Collusion-proof dynamic mechanisms

    Heng Liu* (University of Michigan)

  2. Compellingness in Nash Implementation

    Shurojit Chatterji (Singapore Management University), Takashi Kunimoto* (Singapore Management University), Paulo Ramos (Singapore Management University)

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Session D: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Chair: Sergei Severinov, UBC
  1. A comprehensive revealed preference approach to approximate utility maximisation

    Pawel Karol Dziewulski* (University of Sussex)

  2. A Theory of Revealed Indirect Preference [PDF]

    Gaoji Hu (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics), Jiangtao Li* (Singapore Management University), John Quah (National University of Singapore), Rui Tang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Session E: 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Chair: Lucas Herrenbrueck, SFU
  1. Rational Exuberance and Bubbles

    Yu Awaya* (University of Rochester), Vijay Krishna (Penn State University)

  2. Pricing and Perpetual Royalties with Repeated Resale [PDF]

    Matthew Mitchell* (Rotman School of Management)

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Session F: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Chair: Lucas Herrenbrueck, SFU
  1. Indicator Choice in Pay-for-Performance

    Ali Shourideh*(Tepper School of Business), Majid Mahzoon (Tepper School of Business), Ariel Zetlin-Jones(Tepper School of Business)

  2. Randomization and Linearity in the Robust Principal-Agent Problem

    Ashwin Kambhampati* (University of Pennsylvania), Juuso Toikka (University of Pennsylvania), Rakesh Vohra (University of Pennsylvania)

Saturday, May 6

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Session G: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Chair: Wei Li, UBC
  1. Endogenous Criteria for Success [PDF]

    Rene Kirkegaard* (University of Guelph)

  2. Strategy-proof Multi-Issue Mediation: An Application to Online Dispute Resolution [PDF]

    Selcuk Ozyurt* (York University), Onur Kesten (The University of Sydney)

10:00 am – 10:15 am

Session H: 10:15 am - 11:15 am

Chair: Wei Li, UBC
  1. Optimal Insurance: Dual Utility, Random Losses and Adverse Selection [PDF])

    Alex Gershkov (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Benny Moldovanu (University of Bonn) , Philipp Strack (Yale University), Mengxi Zhang* (University of Bonn)

  2. Common Agency with Non-Delegation or Imperfect Commitment [PDF]

    Seungjin Han* (McMaster University), Siyang Xiong (University of California, Riverside)

11:15 am – 11:30 am

Session I: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Chair: Vitor Farinha Luz, UBC
  1. Rational Inattention and Endogenous Volatility in Games: A Large Deviation Approach

    Tetsuya Hoshino* (ITAM), Takashi Ui ( Kanagawa University)

  2. Competing to Commit: Markets with Rational Inattention [PDF]

    Carlo Maria Cusumano (Yale University), Francesco Fabbri* (Princeton University ), Ferdinand Pieroth (Yale University)

12:30 pm – 2:00 pm

Session J: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Chair: Vitor Farinha Luz, UBC
  1. Effective Communication in Cheap-Talk Games

    Sidartha Gordon ( Université Paris-Dauphine) , Navin Kartik (Columbia University) ,Melody Lo* (National Taiwan University), Wojciech Olszewski(Northwestern University), Joel Sobel (UC San Diego)

  2. Information Design in Cheap Talk [PDF]

    Qianjun LYU* (University of Bonn), Wing Suen (University of Hong Kong)

3:00 pm – 3:15 pm

Session K: 3:15 pm - 4:15 pm

Chair: Li Hao, UBC
  1. Who Controls the Agenda Controls the Polity

    S. Nageeb Ali (Pennsylvania State University) , B. Douglas Bernheim (Stanford University) , Alexander W. Bloedel* (UCLA) , Silvia Console Battilana (Auctionomics)

  2. Reputation Effects under Short Memories

    Harry PEI* (Northwestern University)

4:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Session L: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Chair: Li Hao, UBC
  1. Assymetric information and the Liquidity Role of Assets [PDF]

    Athanasios Geromichalos (UC Davis), Lucas Herrenbrueck*(Simon Fraser University), Zijian Wang(Wilfrid Laurier University)

6:30 pm

Sunday, May 7

8:30 am – 9:00 am

Session M: 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Chair: Shih En Lu, SFU
  1. Marginal Stochastic Choice [PDF]

    Yaron Azrieli* (Ohio State University), John Rehbeck (Ohio State University)

  2. Procedural Expected Utility [PDF]

    Mu Zhang* (University of Michigan)

10:00 am – 10:30 am

Session N: 10:30 am - 11:30 am

Chair: Shih En Lu, SFU
  1. Non-Fundamental Volatility in Financial Markets [PDF]

    Keisuke Teeple* (University of Waterloo)

  2. Comparing Incomplete Information and Rational Inattention In Games [PDF]

    Tommaso Denti* (Cornell University) , Doron Ravid (University of Chicago)

*Presenter of paper.


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