Workshop on Game Theory in Trade and Development

Stony Brook, NY, July 19-20, 2011

Schedule of Talks

Tuesday, July 19
9:30 - 10:30	Kyle Bagwell (Stanford University) International negotiations on international trade and related issues
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Roger Myerson (University of Chicago) The Autocrat’s Credibility Problem and Foundations of the Constitutional State
12:00 - 13:15	Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:55	Renee Bowen (Stanford University) Limits of the WTO as a self-enforcing institution
13:55 - 14:35	James Lake (Johns Hopkins University) Preferential trade agreements as building or stumbling blocs? The importance of commitment
14:35 - 15:15	Mostafa Beshkar (University of New Hampshire) Third-Party-Assisted Renegotiation of Trade Agreements
15:15 - 15:40	Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:20	Kamal Saggi (Vanderbilt University) Equilibrium parallel import policies and international market structure
16:20 - 17:00	Rahul Deb (University of Toronto) Relational Contract Farming: Theory and Case Evidence
18:00 - 21:30	Reception Dinner (Three Village Inn)

Wednesday, July 20
9:30 - 10:30	Avinash Dixit (Princeton University) Trade and investment in LDCs and transition economies with poor governance
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Timothy Besley (London School of Economics) Accountability and Incentives in Public Service Provision in Poor Countries
12:00 - 13:15	Lunch Break
13:15 - 13:55	Raja Kali (University of Arkansas) Political Connections, Entrepreneurship, and Social Network Investment
13:55 - 14:35	Juan Escobar (University of Chile) Self Governance in Networked Relationships
14:35 - 15:15	Farzad Saidi (New York University) Networks, Finance, and Development: Evidence from Hunter-Gatherers
15:15 - 15:40	Coffee Break
15:40 - 16:20	Haldun Evrenk (Suffolk University) Party-bosses vs. party-primaries: quality of legislature under dierent selectorates
16:20 - 17:00	Toan Phan (Northwestern University) Asymmetric Information and The Sustainability of Sovereign Debt

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