2006 NBER-NSF-CEME Conference on General Equilibrium
October 6-8, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Spencer Research Library, 1450 Poplar Lane , Lawrence
Friday, October 6, 20061:30 Welcome at the Spencer Library
William J. Crowe, Spencer Librarian, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas1:45 Opening of the Conference
Joseph Steinmetz, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas2:00 - 3:30 Session Chair: Graciela Chichilnisky, Columbia University
2:00 - 2:45 Core Equivalence Theorem with Production
Charles Z. Zheng, Northwestern University
Siyang Xiong, Northwestern University2:45 - 3:30 When Worlds Collide: Different Comparative Static Predictions of
Continuous and Discrete Agent Models with Land
Tarun Sabarwal, Washington University, Saint-Louis
Marcus Berliant, Washington University, Saint-Louis and City University of Hong Kong3:30 - 4 :00 Coffee
4:00 - 6:15 Session Chair: Igor V. Evstigneev, University of Manchester, G.B.
4:00 - 4:45 Asset Valuation in Thin Markets
Marek Weretka, Yale University4:45 - 5:30 Ambiguity and Second-Order Belief
Kyoungwon Seo, University of Rochester5:30 - 6:15 The Topology of Fear
Graciela Chichilnisky, Columbia University7:00 - 9:00 Dinner at The Plum Tree, 2620 Iowa, Lawrence
Saturday October 7, 2006
8:30 - 10:30 Session Chair: Ross M. Starr, University of California, San Diego8:30 - 9:15 Multi-player Bargaining with Endogenous Capacity
Cemil Selcuk, Purdue University
Gabriel Camera, Purdue University9:45 - 10:30 Testable Restrictions of General Equilibrium Theory in Exchange Economies with Externalities
Andrés Carvajal, Warwick University, G.B.10 :30 – 11 :00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Session Chair: Jean-François Mertens, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique
11:00 - 11:45 Supply Signals, Complementaries, and Multiplicity in Asset Prices and Information Acquisition
Jayant V. Ganguli, Cornell University
Liyan Yang, Cornell University11:45 - 12:30 Equilibrium Theory with Asymmetric Information and with Infinitely Many Commodities
Konrad Podczeck, University of Vienna, Austria
Nicholas Yannelis, University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignLunch Break
2:00 – 2 :45 Treasures from the Spencer Library
Richard W. Clement, Special Collections Librarian2 :45-4 :00 Poster Session
Exact Capacities and Star-Shaped Distorted Probabilities
Zaier Aouani, University of Kansas
Alain Chateauneuf, Université Paris 1Elimination of Arbitrage States in Asymmetric Information Models
Bernard Cornet, University of Kansas and University of Paris 1
Lionel De Boisdeffre, University of Paris 1Rational Expectations Equilibrium in Economies with Uncertain Delivery
Joao Correia-da-Silva, Universidade do Porto. Portugal
Carlos Hervés-Beloso, Universidad de Vigo, SpainExistence of Bifurcation in Macroeconomic Dynamics: Grandmont Was Right
Evgeniva A. Duzhak, University of Kansas
William A.Barnett, University of Kansas
Yijun He, Washington State UniversityAdding an Apple to an Orange: A General Equilibrium Approach to Aggregation of Beliefs
Yi Jin, Jianbo Zhang, Wei Zhou, University of KansasNash Implementation and Opportunity Equilibrium
Biung-Ghi Ju, University of KansasOptimal stopping in regime-switching models: American Options in Regime-Switching Models,
Perpetual American Options in Regime-Switching Models, Exit Problems in Regime-Switching Model
Sergey Levendorskiy, University of Kansas and University of Texas at Austin
Svetlana Boyarchenko, University of Texas at AustinOn the compactness and convexity of the demand correspondence in infinite dimensional commodity spaces with a continuum of agents.
Konrad Podczeck, University of Vienna, AustriaExistence of Equilibrium for Continuum Economies With Bads
Filipe V. Martins-da-Rocha, Université Paris-Dauphine, France
Paulo K. Monteiro, EPGE-FGV, Brazil4:00 – 6 :15 Session Chair: Nicholas Yannelis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4:00 - 4:45 The von Neumann-Gale Growth Model: New Applications and Solutions to Old Problems
Igor V. Evstigneev, University of Manchester, G.B.4:45 - 5:30 Subjective Expectations Equilibrium in Economies with Uncertain Delivery
Joao Correia-da-Silva, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Carlos Hervés-Beloso, Universidad de Vigo, Spain5:30-6:15 Intergenerational Equity and the Discount Rate For Cost-Benefit Analysis
Jean-François Mertens, CORE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgique
Anna Rubinchik, University of Colorado at Boulder7:00-9 :30 Dinner at Pachamamas, 800 New Hampshire, Lawrence
Sunday, October 8, 2006
9:00 – 10-30 Session Chair: Marcus Berliant, Washington University, Saint-Louis and City University of Hong Kong
9:00 - 9:45 Unawareness of Theorems
Spyros Galanis, University of Rochester9:45 –10 :30 Equilibrium and Media Exchange in a Convex Trading Post Economy with Transaction Costs
Ross M. Starr, University of California, San Diego10:30 - 11 :00 Coffee
11:00 - 12:30 Session Chair: Chris Shannon, University of California, Berkeley
11:00 - 11:45 Overlapping Generation and Idiosyncratic Risk :
Can Price Reveal the Best Monetary Policy ?
Luciana C. Fiorini, Brown University and Brazilian Central Bank11:45 - 12:30 Bounded Rationality, Default and Borrowing Constraints
V. F. Martins-da-Rocha, Université Paris-Dauphine, France
Wassim Daher, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Mario Páscoa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Yannis Vailakis, University of Exeter, G.B.12:30 - 2:00 Lunch
