CONFERENCE ON
�Mathematical Economics: What's Next?�
May 12, 13, & 14, 2006
Sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
1:00- 1:30 Opening Comments by DONALD SAARI, Director of IMBS
1:30- 2:30 MORDECAI KURZ, Professor of Economics, Stanford — “ON MARKET RISK PREMIA”-- (paper)
"ON MARKET RISK PREMIA” (slides)
2:30- 2:45 Discussant � TED BERGSTROM, Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara
2:45- 3:00 BREAK
3:00-4:00 MARK SATTERTHWAITE, A.C. Buehler Prof. in Hospital & Heath Services Mgmt; Prof. of Strategic Mgmt.& Managerial Economics Northwestern — �HOW CAN MATHEMATICAL ECONOMICS HELP US UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR OF INDUSTRIES?�4:00-4:30 Discussant � TED BERGSTROM, Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara
4:30-5:00 HONGKAI ZHAO, Professor of Mathematics, UC Irvine — Views on mathematical techniques that may be valuable
9:00- 10:00 JOHN LEDYARD, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech — �DYNAMICS and NON-CONVEXITIES�
10:00-10:15 Discussant
10:15-10:30 BREAK
10:30-11:30 MARK MACHINA, Prof. of Economics, UC San Diego —�OBJECTIVE RISK PREFERENCES IMPLIED BY ATTITUDES TOWARDS AMBIGUITY�
11:30-11:45 Discussant
11:45-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-2:30 WILLIAM ZAME, Prof. of Economics, UCLA — �MARKETS WITH HIDDEN INFORMATION AND HIDDEN ACTIONS�(presentation)
�INCENTIVES, CONTRACTS, AND MARKETS: A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM THEORY OF FIRMS� (associated paper).
2:30-2:45 Discussant — CHARLES PLOTT, Edward S. Harkness Professor of Economics and Political Science, CALTECH
2:45-3:00 BREAK
3:00-4:00 IVAR EKELAND, Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences, University of British Columbia — �ARE WE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS ?�
4:00-4:15 Discussant — CHARLES PLOTT, Edward S. Harkness Professor Economics and Political Science, CALTECH
4:15-5:15 DONALD SAARI — Distinguished Professor of Economics and Mathematics and Director of IMBS, UC Irvine -- “PARTS, WHOLE, AND EVOLUTION”
Sunday, May 14
©9:00-11:00 GENERAL DISCUSSION