XVIII GRASS Workshop

XVIII GRASS Workshop

Organized by University of Torino (ESOMAS Dept.) & Collegio Carlo Alberto

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PROGRAM

Day 1 – September 9th

10:15 – 10-30: Break

10:30 – 10.45: Welcome address:
Paolo Ghirardato (Head of Collegio Carlo Alberto) & Andrea Gallice (Vice-Director ESOMAS Department)

Session 1 – Chair: Lorenzo Maria Stanca

● 10:45 – 11:20: Bayesian Dissuasion with Bandit Exploration
Presenter: Avraham Tabbach
Discussant: Loren K. Fryxell

● 11:20 – 11:55: The Revelation Principle without Rational Expectations
Presenter: Giacomo Rubbini
Discussant: Avraham Tabbach

● 11:55 – 12:30: Informed Venture Capitalist
Presenter: Giovanni Ursino
Discussant: Giacomo Rubbini

● 12:30 – 13:05: Public Good Provision Re-Examined
Presenter: Loren K. Fryxell
Discussant: Giovanni Ursino

13:05 – 14:15: Lunch

Session 2 – Chair: Andrea Gallice

● 14:15 – 14:50: The Unelected Hand? Bureaucratic Influence and Electoral Accountability
Presenter: Federico Vaccari
Discussant: Gerard Domènech-Gironell

● 14:50 – 15:25: Polarization and Voter Mobilization under Electoral Uncertainty
Presenter: Valeriia Chukaeva
Discussant: Francesco Barilari

● 15:25 – 16:00: Information Acquisition in Deliberative Democracies
Presenter: Gerard Domènech-Gironell
Discussant: Giacomo Manferdini

16:00 – 16:30: Break

● 16:30 – 17:05: Coarse Memory and Plausible Narratives
Presenter: Giacomo Manferdini
Discussant: Valeriia Chukaeva

● 17:05 – 17:40: Shooting Political Polarization
Presenter: Francesco Barilari
Discussant: Federico Vaccari

18:00 – 18:30: Meeting GRASS Committee

20:15: Social Dinner, Ristorante La Badessa, Piazza Carlo Emanuele II 17

 

Day 2 – September 10th

Session 3 – Chair: Ernesto Savaglio

● 09:00 – 09:35: Maximal Adjusted Quantiles
Presenter: Alan D. Miller
Discussant: Marta Cardin

● 09:35 – 10:10: Vocabulary aggregation
Presenter: Marco Li Calzi
Discussant: Alan D. Miller

●10:10 – 10:45: Multidimensional aggregation and measurement of Social Well-Being
Presenter: Marta Cardin
Discussant: Jasmina Karabegovic

● 10:45 – 11:10: Topology-Free Type Structures with Conditioning Events
Presenter: Pierfrancesco Guarino
Discussant: Marco Li Calzi

11:20 – 11:45: Break

● 11:45 – 12:20: Conditional strategy equilibrium
Presenter: Lorenzo Bastianello
Discussant: Pierfrancesco Guarino

● 12:20 – 12:55: An algorithm for two-player repeated games with imperfect public monitoring
Presenter: Jasmina Karabegovic
Discussant: Chiara D’Arcangelo

● 12:55 – 13:30: Group size as selection device
Presenter: Claudia Meroni
Discussant: Federico Innocenti

13:30 – 14:45: Lunch

Session 4 – Chair: Daniele Pennesi

● 14:45 – 15:20: Coordination in Complex Environments
Presenter: Pietro Dall’Ara
Discussant: Claudia Meroni

● 15:20 – 15:55: “Whatever it takes”: a good communication strategy?
Presenter: Federico Innocenti
Discussant: Lorenzo Bastianello

● 15:55 – 16:30: Don’t trust strangers, don’t betray friends. Strategies for repeated social dilemmas when the end is in sight
Presenter: Chiara D’Arcangelo
Discussant: Pietro Dall’Ara

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GRASS is a network of scholars interested in the analysis of individual and collective choice. The aim of the group is to promote and encourage open scientific exchange of ideas between researchers working on a broad range of these topics.

A non-exhaustive list of topics of interest includes:

– Behavioral Economics
– Decision Theory
– Economics of Social Networks
– Fairness, Justice, Equity
– Game Theory
– Inequality and Poverty
– Law and Rights
– Mechanism Design
– Optimal Taxation
– Political Economy
– Preference Aggregation
– Public Goods
– (Environmental) Social Norms
– Voting and Elections
– Welfare Criteria

There are no conference fees. Participants cover their own travel and accommodation expenses (we will recommend conveniently located hotels). Coffee breaks and lunch will be provided on both days. There will be a conference dinner on September 9th.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

–Andrea Gallice
–Dino Gerardi
–Daniel Monte
–Ignacio Monzón
–Daniele Pennesi
–Lorenzo Stanca