Seminar & Workshop

ISER-RISS Experimental Economics Workshop

Date
July 19, 2019 10:00-17:10
Co-sponsored
Institute of Social and Economic Research of Osaka University
Lecturer
&Title
10:00-10:40
Takehito Masuda, Osaka University
"Strategic Ambiguity and Probabilistic Sophistication"

10:50-11:50
Kenju Kamei, Durham University
"The Perverse Costly Signaling Effect on Cooperation under the Shadow of the Future"

14:00-1440
Eungik Lee, New York University
"Probability weighting and cognitive ability"

14:50-15:50
Takashi Hayashi, University of Glasgow
"General Equilibrium Performance of Partial Equilibrium Mechanisms: an Experiment"

16:10-17:10
Taizo Motonishi, Kansai University
"Is Financial Literacy a Dangerous Thing?: Financial Literacy, Behavioral Factors, and Financial Choices of Households"

RISS Seminar Series on Experimental Economics

Program
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Date
July 17, 2019 16:00-17:30
Lecturer
Konrad Grabiszewski (Mohammad bin Salman College (MBSC), Saudi Arabia)
Title
Adverse Selection and Safety Regulation

RISS Workshop

Date
June 17, 2019 18:00-19:30
Co-sponsored
The Economic Society of Kansai University
Lecturer
Yu Awaya (Assistant Professor, University of Rochester)
Title
Startups and Upstarts (co-authored with Vijay Krishna)
Abstract
We study a continuous-time R&D race between an established firm and a startup under asymmetric information. R&D investment brings success stochastically but only if the innovation is feasible. The only asymmetry between the firms is that the established firm has better information about the feasibility of the innovation. We show that there is an equilibrium in which the poorly-informed startup wins more often, and has higher expected profits, than the better-informed incumbent. When the informational asymmetry is large, this is the unique equilibrium outcome. Even though better information is available competitive disadvantage, the value of information is positive.

Workshop on Behavioral Contract Thoery

Date
April 20, 2019 10:00-17:40
Co-sponsored
Contract Theory Workshop
Lecturer
&Title
10:05-10:50
Hideshi Itoh (Waseda U)
"Image Concerns in Teams"

10:50-11:35
Matthias Fahn (JKU Linz)
"Reciprocity in Dynamic Employment Relationships"

13:00-13:45
Heiko Karle (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management)
"Consumer Search and the Uncertainty Effect"

13:45-14:30
Takeshi Murooka (Osaka U)
"Zero Prices: Optimal Pricing of Experience Goods under Consumer Loss Aversion"

14:50-15:35
Fabian Herweg (U Bayreuth)
"Salience in Retailing: Vertical Restraints on Internet Sales"

15:35-16:20
Antonio Rosato (UTS)
"Projection of Private Values in Auctions"

16:40-17:40
Keynote: Paul Heidhues (DICE)
"Identifying Procrastination from the Timing of Choices"

RISS Seminar Series

Date
January 31, 2019 15:00-16:30
Co-sponsored
The Economic Society of Kansai University
Lecturer
Giacomo Rondina (University of California, San Diego, Department of Economics, Associate Teaching Professor)
Title
Samuelson's Dictum: Evidence, Theory, and Implications

RISS Seminar Series

Program
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Date
December 12, 2018 17:00-18:00
Lecturer
Desmond (Ho-Fu) Lo (Associate Professor, Santa Clara University)
Title
Coordination and Organization Design: Theory and Micro-evidence

The 12th CEE and RISS Seminar Series on Experimental Economics

Date
July 5, 2018 14:00-15:30
Co-sponsored
Center of Experimental Economics, Kansai University
Lecturer
Alex R. Horenstein (Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Miami)
Title
Tree construction and backward induction: a mobile experiment

RISS Seminar on Empirical Micro Analysis

Program
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Date
April 25, 2018 17:00-18:30
Co-sponsored
The Economic Society of Kansai University
Chair
Akira Ishii (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kansai University)
Lecturer
Desmond (Ho-Fu) Lo (Associate Professor of Marketing, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University)
Title
Effort and Compensation in Relational Contracts