Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Theory and Applications, Eighth World Congress

by Edited by Mathias Dewatripont , Lars Peter Hansen , Stephen J. Turnovsky

• ISBN13: 9780521524117
• ISBN10: 0521524113
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-20
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is the first of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent key developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	ix
Preface	xi
Auctions and Efficiency	1	(24)
Eric Maskin
Why Every Economist Should Learn Some Auction Theory	25	(31)
Paul Klemperer
Global Games: Theory and Applications	56	(59)
Stephen Morris
Hyun Song Shin
Testing Contract Theory: A Survey of Some Recent Work	115	(35)
Pierre-Andre Chiappori
Bernard Salanie
The Economics of Multidimensional Screening	150	(58)
Jean-Charles Rochet
Lars A. Stole
A Discussion of the Papers by Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanie and by Jean Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole	198	(10)
Patrick Legros
Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity: Evidence and Economic Applications	208	(50)
Ernst Fehr
Klaus M. Schmidt
Hyberbolic Discounting and Consumption	258	(44)
Christopher Harris
David Laibson
A Discussion of the Papers by Ernest Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt and by Christopher Harris and David Laibson	298	(4)
Glenn Ellison
Agglomeration and Market Interaction	302	(37)
Masahisa Fujita
Jacques-Francois Thisse
Nonmarket Interactions	339	(32)
Edward Glaeser
Jose A. Scheinkman
Index	371