Gummersbach April 27th -
29th, 2008
Invitation
Participants
A1 | Bester, Helmut |
| Krähmer, Daniel |
| Langenberg, Tobias |
A2 | Kiss, Aron |
| Konrad, Kai |
| Morath, Florian |
| Münster, Johannes |
A3 | Gershkov, Alex |
| Moldovanu,Benny |
| Schweinzer, Paul |
A4 | Englmaier, Florian |
| Reisinger, Markus |
| Schmidt, Klaus |
| Siemens, Ferdinand von |
| Vetter, Stefan |
| Winter, Joachim |
A4+A8 | Rady, Sven |
A5 | Hagen, Jürgen von |
| Mylovanov, Timofiy |
| Ohlendorf, Susanne |
| Schweizer, Urs |
| Staal, Klaas |
| Stremitzer, Alexander |
A7 | Giebe, Thomas |
| Wolfstetter, Elmar |
A8 | Klein, Nicolas |
A8+C8 | Heidhues, Paul |
B3 | Bierbrauer, Felix |
| Burhop, Carsten |
| Hellwig, Martin |
| Jansen, Jos |
B4 | Gürtler, Oliver |
| Kräkel, Matthias |
| Schöttner, Anja |
B5 | Fabbri, Francesca |
| Hainz, Christa |
| Schnitzer, Monika |
B6 | Maug, Ernst |
| Quadflieg, Kristine |
| Schneider, Christoph |
C2 | Grävenitz, Georg von |
| Harhoff, Dietmar |
| Müller, Elisabeth |
| Wagner, Stefan |
C2+C6 | Stahl, Konrad |
C5 | Duso, Tomaso |
| Kamecke, Ulrich |
| Schmidt, Robert |
C6 | Karle, Heiko |
| Koenen, Johannes |
| Peitz, Martin |
| Rosar, Frank |
C8 | Abeler, Johannes |
| Falk, Armin |
| Kranz, Sebastian |
| Marklein, Felix |
C9 | Dang, Tri Vi |
| Schumacher, Heiner |
| Thadden, Ernst- |
Z | Kinzig, Silke |
| Lehmann, Corinna |
Program
Sunday, April 27th | |||||||||
17:00 | arrival | ||||||||
18:30 | dinner | ||||||||
19:30 - | chair: Urs Schweizer | talk: Georg von Graevenitz (C2) | discussant: Tomaso Duso | ||||||
20:15 - | talk: Paul Heidhues (C8) | Exploiting Naivete about Self Control in the Credit Market (with Botond Koszegi) | discussant:Ulrich Kamecke | ||||||
21:00 | board meeting | ||||||||
Monday, April 28th | |||||||||
08:00 | breakfast | ||||||||
09:00 - | chair: Klaus Schmidt | talk: Daniel Krähmer | Exit Options in Incomplete Contracts with Asymmetric Information (with Helmut Bester) | discussant: Oliver Gürtler |
| chair: Johannes Münster | talk: Florian Englmaier (A4) | Contractual and Organizational Structure (with Steve Leider) | discussant: Carsten Burhop |
09:45 - | talk:Susanne Ohlendorf (A5) | Expectation Damages, Divisible Contracts and Bilateral Investment | discussant: Heiko Karle |
| talk: Johannes Abeler (C8) | Reference-dependent Preferences and Labor Supply (with Falk, Götte, Huffman) | discussant: Christa Hainz | ||
10:30 - | coffee break | ||||||||
11:00 - | chair: Klaus Schmidt | talk:Tobias Langenberg (A1) | discussant: Sebastian Kranz |
| chair: Johannes Münster | talk: Matthias Kräkel (B4) | Optimal Risk Taking in an Uneven Tournament Game with Risk Averse Players | discussant: Kai Konrad | |
11:45 - | talk: Markus Reisinger (A4) | discussant: Paul Heidhues |
| talk: Frank Rosar (C6) | Group Decisions with Dispersed Information and Interdependent Preferences | discussant: Paul Schweinzer | |||
12:30 - | lunch | ||||||||
13:30 - | chair: Sven Rady | talk:Florian Morath (A2) | Information Acquisition in Conflicts (with Johannes Münster) | discussant: Matthias Kräkel |
| chair: Monika Schnitzer | talk: Felix Bierbrauer (B3) | Optimal Democratic Mechanisms for Taxation and Public Good Provision (with Marco Sahm) | discussant: Ferdinand von Siemens |
14:15 - | talk: Tri Vi Dang (C9) | discussant: Daniel Krähmer |
| talk: Heiner Schumacher (C9) | Imitating Cooperation and the Formation of Long-term Relationships | discussant: Tobias Langenberg | |||
15:00 - | coffee break | ||||||||
16:00 - | chair: Sven Rady | talk: Alexander Gershkov (A3) | The Trade-off between Fast Learning and Dynamic Efficiency (with Benny Moldovanu) | discussant: Nicolas Klein |
| chair: Monika Schnitzer | talk: Oliver Gürtler (B4) | Optimal Contracts for Lenient Supervisors (with Thomas Giebe) | discussant:Frank Rosar |
16:45 - | talk: Timofiy Mylovanov (A5) | Indifferent Public, Passionate Advocates, and Strategic Media (with Ming Li) | discussant: Tri Vi Dang |
| talk: Christa Hainz (B5) | Integrated with Their Feet: Cross-Border Lending at the German-Austrian Border* (with Jarko Fidrmuc) | discussant: Christoph Schneider | ||
17:30 - | talk:Nicolas Klein (A8) | discussant: Timofiy Mylovanov |
| talk: Christoph Schneider (B6) | discussant: Elisabeth Müller | ||||
18:15 - | plenary meeting | ||||||||
19:30 | BBQ | ||||||||
Tuesday, April 29th | |||||||||
08:00 | breakfast | ||||||||
09:00 - | chair: Helmut Bester | talk: Paul Schweinzer (A3) | Efficient Tournaments Within Teams (with Alex Gershkov and Jianpei Li) | discussant: Johannes Münster |
| chair: Konrad Stahl | talk: Monika Schnitzer (B5) | Who is Afraid of Political Risk? Multinational Firms and their Choice of Capital Structure | discussant: Jürgen von Hagen |
09:45 - | talk: Jos Jansen (B3) | The Carrot and the Claim: Strategic Patent Choices in Differentiated Duopoly | discussant: Elmar Wolfstetter |
| talk: Tomaso Duso (C5) | discussant: Georg von Grävenitz | |||
10:30 - | coffee break | ||||||||
11:00 - | chair: Helmut Bester | talk: Ferdinand von Siemens (A4) | Externalities and Equilibrium Existence in Competitive Markets with Adverse Selection | discussant: Felix Bierbrauer |
| chair: Konrad Stahl | talk: Sebastian Kranz (C8) | discussant: Robert Schmidt | |
11:45 - | talk: Martin Peitz (C6) | discussant: Florian Morath |
| talk: Kristine Quadflieg (B6) | Corporate Governance and Firm Valuation- Cross-country Evidence | discussant: Anja Schöttner | |||
12:30 - | lunch | ||||||||
13:30 - | chair: Joachim Winter | talk: Alexander Stremitzer (A5) | Standard Breach Remedies, Quality Thresholds, and Cooperative Investments | discussant: Markus Reisinger |
| chair: Matthias Kräkel | talk: Elisabeth Müller (C2) | discussant: Kristine Quadflieg | |
14:15 - | talk: Carsten Burhop(B3) | discussant: Florian Englmaier |
| talk: Robert Schmidt (C5) | On the Value of a Large Customer Base in Markets with Consumer Switching Costs | discussant: Johannes Abeler | |||
15:00 | departure | ||||||||
