Seminars: Economic Theory

 

Seminar in Economic Theory

Term: Spring 2024

Location at Harvard: Littauer Center M-16, Hansen-Mason Room.  Location at MIT: E51-151.  Some seminars may also be held via Zoom. 

Meeting Time: Thursdays, 4:05 PM - 5:20 PM

Description:  For those with an interest in economic theory.  Faculty presentations by Harvard and MIT economists and invited guest speakers. 

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Past Seminars in Theory

 

DATE                  

SPEAKER  

TITLE         

LECTURE LOCATION              

February  8

Cuimin Ba (University of Pittsburgh)

"Robust Misspecified Models and Paradigm Shifts"

Harvard, Littauer M-16

February 15

Matthew Rabin (Harvard)

"News Utility and Consumption Compression" (with John Macke)

MIT E51-151

February 22 

Ashesh Rambachan (MIT)

"From Predictive Algorithms to Automatic Generation of Anomalies" (with Sendhil Mullainathan)

Harvard, Littauer M-16

February 29

Pierpaolo Battigalli (Bocconi University)

"Monotonicity and Robust Implementation under Forward-Induction Reasoning"

MIT E51-151

March 7

Daniel Rappoport (University of Chicago, Booth School)

"Signaling Good Faith by Taking Stands" (with Andrew McClellan)

Harvard, Littauer M-16

April 4

Zi Yang Kang (Harvard University, Comp Sci)

"TBA"

MIT E51-151

April 11

Harry Pei (Northwestern University)

"Reputational Bargaining and Inefficient Technology Adoption" (with Maren Vairo)

Harvard, Littauer M-16

April 18

Eric Maskin (Harvard University)

"TBA"

MIT E51-151

April 25

Faruk Gül (Princeton University)

"TBA"

Harvard, Littauer M-16

May 2

Joseph Root (University of Chicago)

"TBA"

MIT E51-151