Research
2nd Workshop in Applied Microeconomics
Incomplete Contracts: Theory, Evidence and Applications
Castlecliffe, School of Economics & Finance
Inaugural St Andrews Workshop in Applied Microeconomics:
"The Family and the State: Economic Perspectives", 12-13 Sep 2007
| 8:45 - 9:15 | Registration / Coffee / Tea |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Welcoming Comments by: David Ulph (St Andrews) |
| 9:30 - 10:30 | Hanan Jacoby (World Bank) "Watta Satta: Bride Exchange and Women's Welfare in Rural Pakistan" (joint with Ghazala Mansuri, World Bank) |
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Christian Zehnder (Lausanne) "Contracts as reference points - Experimental Evidence" (joint with Ernst Fehr, Zurich, and Oliver Hart, Harvard) |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Tim Worrall (Keele)
"Dynamic Relational Contracts with Borrowing Constraints" (joint with Jonathan Thomas, Edinburgh) |
| 13:00 - 14:15 | Lunch |
| 14:15 - 15:15 | Pablo Casas-Arce (Pompeu Fabra) "Williamson Meets Hart: Haggling Costs and Incomplete Contracts" (joint with Thomas Kittsteiner, LSE) |
| 15:15 - 16:15 | Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka (Bristol) "Reputation and Ownership of Public Goods" (joint with Evagelos Pafilis, Bristol) |
| 16:15 - 16:45 | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 16:45 - 17:45 | Gary Charness (UCSB) "Contracts and Communication" (provisional title) |
| 20:00 | Dinner at The Doll's House |
| 8:45 - 9:15 | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 9:15 - 10:15 | Xeni Dassiou (City) "Institutional Underpinnings of Trustworthiness in Infrastructure Contracts: Trust and Trust Perceptions" (joint with Jon Stern, City) |
| 10:15 - 11:15 | Marco Francesconi (Essex) "Control Rights in Complex Partnerships" (provisional title) (joint with Abhinay Muthoo, Essex) |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Coffee / Tea Break |
| 12:00 - 13:00 | Oliver Kirchkamp (Jena) "Do Power Imbalances between Trade Partners Prevent or Foster Relationship-Specific Investment? Experimental Evidence" (joint with Marco Faravelli, St Andrews, and Helmut Rainer, St Andrews) |
[ Programme | Contacts | Travel & Maps | Local info ]
David Ulph |
du1@st-andrews.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1334 462440 Mobile: 07789 877935 |
Alex Trew |
awt2@st-andrews.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1334 461950 Mobile: 07736 465214 |
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Angela Hodge |
ah33@st-andrews.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)1334 46420 |
The workshop is to be held at the School of Economics & Finance, and accommodation is in New Hall, a University residence. Please refer to the pdf map or the Google map below. Guests can check-in at New Hall after 2pm on 8 September and check-out is 10am on the day of departure. Breakfast at New Hall is from 7:30 to 9:00am. Registration will take place in the School on the Tuesday from 8:45am. We will arrange for transportation from New Hall to the School in the event of inclement weather, but it is a beautiful (10 minute) walk from New Hall to the School on a sunny day. There will be someone in the New Hall lobby ready to show guests the way to the School at around 8:30am. Please get in touch with the organisers if you have specific queries. |
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Trains: The nearest train station is at Leuchars, which is ten minutes from St Andrews by taxi. Local Taxis: Taxi companies wait outside the station (across the footbridge), but otherwise two local companies are HM Taxis (01334 474700) and Williamsons Taxis (01334 839279). Airports: Dundee (15 miles from St Andrews), Edinburgh (50 miles) and Glasgow (90 miles). Public transport from Dundee can take 30 minutes (or a 15 minute taxi); from Edinburgh about 2 hours and from Glasgow about 3 hours. |
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There will be no dinner provided at New Hall on the Monday night but there are a number of good, reasonably priced local restaurants along South Street, Market Street and St Mary’s Place, including:
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