Advances in Economics and Econometrics - Theory and Applications, Eighth World Congress

Klappentext This volume contains recent surveys of the most important topics in economics. Zusammenfassung This is the first of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent key developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Auctions and efficiency Eric Maskin; 2. Why every economist should learn some auction theory Paul Klemperer; 3. Global games: theory and applications Stephen Morris and Hyun Song Shin; 4. Testing contract theory: a survey of some recent work Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanié; 5. The economics of multidimensional screening Jean-Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole; Discussion of papers by P. A. Chiappori and B. Salanié and by J.-.C Rochet and L. A. Stole Patrick Legros; 6. Theories of fairness and reciprocity: evidence and economic applications Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt; 7. Hyperbolic discounting and consumption Christopher Harris and David Laibson; Discussion of papers by E. Fehr and K. M. Schmidt and by C. Harris and D. Laibson Glenn Ellison; 8. Agglomeration and economic theory Masahisa Fujita and Jacques-Francois Thisse; 9. Non-market interactions Edward Glaeser and Jose A. Scheinkman.

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• Authors: Mathias Dewatripont, Mathias (Universite Libre De Bruxelle Dewatripont, Mathias Hansen Dewatripont, Econometric Society
• Assisted by: Mathias Dewatripont (Editor), Dewatripont Mathias (Editor), Lars Peter Hansen (Editor), Hansen Lars Peter (Editor), Stephen J. Turnovsky (Editor), Turnovsky Stephen J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.01.2003
• EAN: 9780521818728
• ISBN: 978-0-521-81872-8
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Econometric Society Monographs; Econometric Society Monographs; Advances in Economics and Econometrics 3 Volume Hardback Set
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Econometrics, Economic theory & philosophy, Econometrics, Economic theory and philosophy, Econometrics and economic statistics