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| The Applied
Micro Workshop focuses on theoretical and empirical work in various areas
of applied microeconomics, including Industrial Organization, Law and Economics,
Corporate Finance, and Banking.
The workshop is led by Chaim Fershtman, Neil Gandal , David Pines, Roni Shachar, Yossi Spiegel (workshop organizer), Manuel Trajtenberg, and Oved Yosha. All meetings are on Monday afternoon, 16:15-17:45, in room 425 in Naftali Building. |
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| Fall 1998 Schedule | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday,
November 2
Luis Cabral, London Business School "Stretching Firm and Brand Reputation" Monday, November 9 Hans Krogh Hvide, "Signaling and Self-Insight in the Job Market" Monday, November 16 Ronen Israel, The University of Michigan and the Technion "Why the NPV Criterion Does not Maximize NPV" (joint with Eli Berkovitch) Monday, November 23 Danny Ben Shahar, The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya "A Study of the Brokerage Cost Allocation in a Rental Housing Market with Asymmetric Information" Monday, November 30 Arad Nir, Tel Aviv University "Cognitive Dissonance and Conformity: A Dynamic of Increasing Consumption and Business Cycles" Monday, December 7 Moshe Jostman, Ben Gurion University "An Evaluation of Benefits from Israel's Industrial R&D Support Program" (joint with Ehud Zuscovitch) Monday, December 14 David Genesove, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem "Loss Aversion and Seller Behavior: Evidence from the Housing Market" (joint with Christopher J. Mayer) Monday, December 21 Rafi Rob, University of Pennsylvania "Cooperation, Corporate Culture, and Incentive Intensity" (joint with Peter Zemsky) Monday, December 28 Robin Wells, M.I.T. "Information, Authority and the Internal Governance of the Firm" Monday, January 4
Monday, January 18
Monday, January 25
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| Semester Break |
| Spring 1999 (tentative) Schedule |
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Monday, April 12 Sofronis Clerides, University of Cyprus "Product Selection as Price Discrimination in the Market for Books" Monday, April 19 Ran Sharabani, Tel Aviv University "Strategic Behavior of an Incumbent Leader in a Model with Asymmetric Information, on Leader's Quality" Monday, April 26 Arthur Fishman, Haifa University "It Takes Time to Build a Reputation" (joint with Rafi Rob) Monday, May 3 Manuel Trajtenberg, Tel Aviv University "Innovation in Israel 1968-97: A Comparative Analysis Using Patent Data" Monday, May 10 Marty Perry, Rutgers University T.B.A Monday, May 17 Elections day - No workshop Monday, May 24 RES European tour. Monday, May 31 David Pines, Tel Aviv University "Externalities, Nonconvexity and Agglomeration" (joint with Yorgos Y. Papageorgiou) Monday, June 7 Igal Hendel, Princeton University "Optimal Dynamic Contracts: Evidence from Life Insurance" Monday, June 14 Peter Reiss, Berkeley "Estimating Demand and Consumer Welfare When Firms Charge Nonlinear Prices: An Application to Electricity Deregulation" Monday, June 21 Martin Pesendorfer, Yale University "Retail Sales: A Study of pricing behavior in Supermarkets" |
| Workshop Coordinator: Yossi Spiegel |
| e-mail: spiegel@post.tau.ac.il | tel: 972-3-640-9939 | fax: 972-3-640-9908 |
| Last updated: Sunday, May 27, 1999 |