Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2: Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2: Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress

ISBN-10:
0521871530
ISBN-13:
9780521871532
Pub. Date:
11/13/2006
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521871530
ISBN-13:
9780521871532
Pub. Date:
11/13/2006
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2: Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress

Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 2: Theory and Applications, Ninth World Congress

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Overview

This is the second of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and a commentary presented at invited symposium sessions of the Ninth World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in London in August 2005. The papers summarize and interpret key developments, and they discuss future directions for a wide variety of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields, these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521871532
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/13/2006
Series: Econometric Society Monographs , #42
Pages: 444
Product dimensions: 0.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 5.98(d)

About the Author

Richard Blundell CBE FBA holds the David Ricardo Chair in Political Economy at University College London and is Research Director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, London. He is also Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's Centre for the Microeconomic Analysis of Public Policy. Professor Blundell serves as President of the Econometric Society for 2006.

Whitney K. Newey is Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A 2000–01 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Palo Alto, he is Associate Editor of Econometrica and the Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, and formerly served as Associate Editor of Econometric Theory.

Torsten Persson is Professor and Director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University and Centennial Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001 and served as President of the European Economic Association in 2003.

Table of Contents

1. Empirical models of auctions Susan Athey and Philip A. Haile; 2. Identification in models of oligopoly entry Steve Berry and Elie Tamer; 3. Empirical models of imperfect competition: a discussion Liran Einav and Aviv Nevo; 4. Recent developments in the economics of price discrimination Mark Armstrong; 5. Bounded rationality in industrial organization Glenn Ellison; 6. Price discrimination and irrational consumers: discussion of Armstrong and Ellison Kenneth Hendricks; 7. Behavioral economics Colin F. Camerer; 8. Incentives and self-control Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin; 9. Discussion of behavioral economics Ariel Rubinstein; 10. Dynamic models for policy evaluation Costas Meghir; 11. Microeconometric search-matching models and matched employer-employee data Fabien Postel-Vinay and Jean-Marc Robin; 12. Discussion of 'dynamic models for policy evaluation' and 'microeconometric search-matching models and matched employer-employee data Joseph G. Altonji; 13. Field experiments in development economics Esther Duflo; 14. Institutions and development: a view from below Rohini Pande and Christopher Udry; Index.
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