The Information Economics Revolution:

a conference in Honour of Sir James Mirrlees

14th and 15th March, 2007

University of Melbourne (Faculty of Economics and Commerce and Melbourne Business School)

in association with the Economic Theory Centre and the Economic Design Network

Papers and Slides

Luis Garicano (University of Chicago)

Topic: Firm Capabilities and Individual Knowledge (Slides)

 

John Asker (New York University)

Topic: Subsidizing (and Taxing) Business Procurement

 

Steven Tadelis (University of California, Berkeley)

Topic: Bidding for Incomplete Contracts: An Empirical Analysis

 

Jean Tirole (Toulouse)

Topic: Bounded Rationality and Incomplete Contracts

 

Catherine de Fontenay (Melbourne)

Topic: Buyer-Seller Networks (Slides)

 

Martin Byford (Melbourne/University of Colorado, Boulder)

Topic: A Constrained Coalitional Approach to Price Formation (Slides)

 

Niko Matsouchek (Northwestern)

Topic: When Does Coordination Require Centralization? (Slides)

 

Jonathan Levin (Stanford)

Topic: Consumer Liquidity Constraints and Their Causes

 

Sir James Mirrlees (Chinese University of Hong Kong/Melbourne)

Topic: Bounded Rationality and Public Policy