NATO Advanced Study Institute:
Game Theoretic Methods in General Equilibrium Analysis

Organized by Jean-François Mertens


July 1 to July 12, 1991

Stony Brook, New York

PROGRAM



  MONDAY, JULY 1

A.M. B. Allen: Introduction: (a) The General Equilibrium Model; (b) Cooperative Games

S. Sorin: Introduction (cont'd): (c) Games with a Continuum of Players; (d) Lyapunov's Theorem and its Consequences

P.M. B. Allen: Existence of Equilibria for Markets with a Continuum of Traders

S. Sorin: The Core Equivalence Theorem



  TUESDAY, JULY 2

A.M. R. Vohra: The Equivalence Theorem for the Bargaining Set

J.-F. Mertens: Core Equivalence with Atoms

P.M. R.J. Aumann: Axiomatization of the Value (Finite Case), Including NTU and Variable Threats



  WEDNESDAY, JULY 3

A.M. R. Anderson: Core Convergence

P.M. A. Neyman: Values of Games with a Continuum of Players: The Derivative Formula; Uniqueness on bv'NA. bv'NA subset of ASYMP



  FRIDAY, JULY 5

A.M. J.F. Mertens: Values of Games with a Continuum of Players: The Nondifferentiable Case

P.M. S. Hart: The Harsanyi Value



  MONDAY, JULY 8

A.M. S. Hart: Value Equivalence Theorems: The TU and NTU Cases

P.M. A. Neyman and Y. Tauman: Axiomatization of the Equivalence Theorems



  TUESDAY, JULY 9

A.M. R.J. Aumann: Applications: Rationing, Taxes, Public Goods, Voting, Firms, etc.

P.M. R.J. Aumann: Continuation of the above

M. Wooders: Large Games



  WEDNESDAY, JULY 10

A.M. P. Dubey and H. Polemarchakis: Market Mechanisms: Description; the Existence of Nash Equilibrium

P.M. P. Dubey and H. Polemarchakis: Market Mechanisms: Convergence of Nash Equilibrium



  THURSDAY, JULY 11

A.M. J.F. Mertens: Correlated, Extensive Form Correlated, and Communication Equilibria

P.M. J. Peck: Sunspot Equilibria and their Relationship to Extensive Form Correlated Equilibria



  FRIDAY, JULY 12

A.M. S. Sorin: Implementation of the Above Concepts by Plain Conversation: From Communication Equilibrium to Correlated Equilibrium

P.M. S. Sorin: From Correlated Equilibrium to Nash Equilibrium