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

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

• ISBN13: 9780521818728
• ISBN10: 0521818729
• Format: Hardcover
• 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

1. Auctions and efficiency Eric Maskin

2. Why every economist should learn some auction theory Paul Klemperer

3. Global games: theory and applications Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin

4. Testing contract theory: a survey of some recent work Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanié

5. The economics of multidimensional screening Jean-Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole

Discussion of papers by P. A. Chiappori and B. Salanié

and by J.-.C Rochet and L. A. Stole Patrick Legros

6. Theories of fairness and reciprocity: evidence and economic applications Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt

7. Hyperbolic discounting and consumption Christopher Harris and David Laibson

Discussion of papers by E. Fehr and K. M. Schmidt and by C. Harris and D. Laibson Glenn Ellison

8. Agglomeration and economic theory Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-Francois Thisse

9. Non-market interactions Edward Glaeser and Jose A. Scheinkman.