Rationality and Conflict
January 16-18, 2009
Organizer: Itzhak Gilboa
FRIDAY | |
12:00 | Lunch and Registration |
2:05 | Robert Powell, "Persistent Fighting to Forestall Adverse Shifts in the Distribution of Power" [Slides] |
2:50 | Alberto Bisin, "Identity and Integration: The Case of Muslims in the U.K." (with E. Patacchini, T. Verdier and Y. Zenou) |
3:35 | Break |
4:00 | Renee Bowen, "On Dynamic Compromise" |
4:45 | Barry O'Neill, "What Does it Mean to Make an Agreement?" |
6:30 | Dinner, Bespoke, 266 College Street |
SATURDAY | |
8:30 | Breakfast |
9:30 | Sandeep Baliga, "Terrorism and Insurgency" (with T. Sjostrom) |
10:15 | Jernej Copic, "Rational Expectations and Mistakes" |
11:00 | Break |
11:30 | Joan Esteban, "Inequality and Conflict" |
12:15 | Lunch |
2:00 | Bahar Leventoglu, "Bargaining and Signaling in International Crises" (with A. Tarar) |
2:45 | Break |
3:15 | Daron Acemoglu, "Dynamics and Stability of Constitutions, Coalitions and Clubs" (with G. Egorov and K. Sonin) [Slides] |
4:00 | Adam Przeworski, "Holding onto Power by Any Means? The Origins of Competitive Elections" (with J. Gandhi) |
4:45 | Break |
5:15 | Debraj Ray, "Conflict Initiation" |
6:30 | Dinner, Ibiza, 39 High Street |
SUNDAY | |
8:30 | Breakfast |
9:30 | Kareen Rozen, "Conflict Leads to Cooperation in Nash Bargaining" |
10:15 | Stergios Skaperdas, "Conflict, Settlement, and the Shadow of the Future" (with M. McBride) |
11:00 | Break |
11:30 | Barnislav Slantchev, "Feigning Weakness" [Slides] |
12:15 | Lunch |
Attendees |
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Daron Acemoglu, (MIT) Sandeep Baliga, (Northwestern University) Alberto Bisin (NYU) Renee Bowen (Stanford University) Scott Boorman (Yale University) Jernej Copic (UCLA) Joan Esteban (CSIC - Barcelona) Willemien Kets (Santa Fe & Tilburg Univ) Humberto Llavador (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Bahar Leventoglu (Duke University) Sujoy Mukerji (Oxford University) |
Barry O'Neill (UCLA) Gerard Padro (London School of Economics) Andrew Postlewaite (University of Pennsylvania) Robert Powell (UCLA - Berkeley) Adam Przeworski (NYU) Debraj Ray (NYU) John Roemer (Yale University) Kareen Rozen (Yale University) David Schmeidler (Tel-Aviv University) Stergios Skaperdas (UC - Irvine) Branislav Slantchev (UC - San Diego) |