VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory
@vset.bsky.social
Our team: Spyros Galanis, Francesco Giovannoni, Angel Hernando-Veciana, Max Kwiek, Julia Wirtz https://sites.google.com/view/vset
Looking forward to seeing you all at today’s seminar 👇
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 2mo ago::: LAST TALK OF THE TERM ::: Join us on Thursday, 11 Jun 2026, to see ➡️ Fei Li ⬅️ (UNC Chapel Hill) present "Algorithmic Attention and Content Creation on Social Media Platforms". This is join work with Yi Chen and Marcel Preuss. Panellists: Ellen Muir and Heski Bar-Isaac. @profeski.bsky.social
::: LAST TALK OF THE TERM ::: Join us on Thursday, 11 Jun 2026, to see ➡️ Fei Li ⬅️ (UNC Chapel Hill) present "Algorithmic Attention and Content Creation on Social Media Platforms". This is join work with Yi Chen and Marcel Preuss. Panellists: Ellen Muir and Heski Bar-Isaac. @profeski.bsky.social
Join us in a few minutes!
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 2mo agoOn 4 Jun 2026, Andrew McClellan ( #chicagobooth ) will present "Signaling with Plausible Deniability", with Daniel Rappoport. Panellists: Ian Ball and Roi Orzach No paper or abstract is available yet, but the mystery will be resolved this Thursday.
On 4 Jun 2026, Andrew McClellan ( #chicagobooth ) will present "Signaling with Plausible Deniability", with Daniel Rappoport. Panellists: Ian Ball and Roi Orzach No paper or abstract is available yet, but the mystery will be resolved this Thursday.
We start now!
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us on Thursday, 28 May 2026. 👉 Omer Tamuz (Caltech) will present "Local Coordination and the Geometry of Social Networks", with Tom Hutchcroft and Olga Rospuskova. Panellists: Antonio Cabrales and Evan Sadler. #Econsky #econtheory @caltecheconthry.bsky.social
Join us on Thursday, 28 May 2026. 👉 Omer Tamuz (Caltech) will present "Local Coordination and the Geometry of Social Networks", with Tom Hutchcroft and Olga Rospuskova. Panellists: Antonio Cabrales and Evan Sadler. #Econsky #econtheory @caltecheconthry.bsky.social
Join us today to learn about a model of price competition with procrastinating consumers.
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 3mo agoOur next seminar is on 21 May 2026. 💥Paul Heidhues💥 (@dice.hhu.de, University of Düsseldorf) will present "Procrastination and Competition Failure" (joint with Peter Andre, Botond Köszegi, and Takeshi Murooka). Panellists: Yair Antler and Andrew Rhodes. @peterandre.bsky.social
Our next seminar is on 21 May 2026. 💥Paul Heidhues💥 (@dice.hhu.de, University of Düsseldorf) will present "Procrastination and Competition Failure" (joint with Peter Andre, Botond Köszegi, and Takeshi Murooka). Panellists: Yair Antler and Andrew Rhodes. @peterandre.bsky.social
Join us today to hear Harry Pei's presentation on selective disclosure within an overlapping generation framework. 👇 👇 👇
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 3mo agoJoin us on Thursday, 14 May 2026, to watch 👉Harry Pei👈 (Northwestern) presenting "Selective Disclosure in Overlapping Generations" (joint with Nemanja Antić). Panellists: Dino Gerardi and João Ramos.
Join us on Thursday, 14 May 2026, to watch 👉Harry Pei👈 (Northwestern) presenting "Selective Disclosure in Overlapping Generations" (joint with Nemanja Antić). Panellists: Dino Gerardi and João Ramos.
Seminar today! Access: mailchi.mp/durham/carol...
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe are not slowing down!! ▶️Caroline Liqui-Lung◀️ @cityeconomics.bsky.social will give a talk on 7 May 2026: "Social Priors and the Informational Multiplier: The Hidden Costs of Coarse Social Information". Panellists: Chiara Aina and Arjada Bardhi @chiaraina.bsky.social #EconTheory #Econsky
We are not slowing down!! ▶️Caroline Liqui-Lung◀️ @cityeconomics.bsky.social will give a talk on 7 May 2026: "Social Priors and the Informational Multiplier: The Hidden Costs of Coarse Social Information". Panellists: Chiara Aina and Arjada Bardhi @chiaraina.bsky.social #EconTheory #Econsky
Join us tomorrow to relax 🏖️🍸💆♀️. Finally, we learn about simpler mechanisms!
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 3mo agoAfter a great inauguration of the spring season, our next talk is on 30 April. 💥Lea Nagel💥 from #Harvard will present "Designing Simpler Mechanisms: Transparency and As-If Dominance”, with Roberto Saitto. Guest panellists: Andrew Mackenzie and Linchen Zhang. #Econsky #Econtheory
I study algorithmic collusion. One difficulty is that if sellers' costs are not verifiable, then sellers can jointly pretend to have higher costs and the algorithmic prices will appear competitive for these costs. This is what just happened with the illegal Trump tariffs. Cf arxiv.org/abs/2501.09740
Regulation of Algorithmic Collusion, Refined: Testing Pessimistic Calibrated Regret
We study the regulation of algorithmic (non-)collusion amongst sellers in dynamic imperfect price competition by auditing their data as introduced by Hartline et al. [2024]. We develop an auditing m...
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After a great inauguration of the spring season, our next talk is on 30 April. 💥Lea Nagel💥 from #Harvard will present "Designing Simpler Mechanisms: Transparency and As-If Dominance”, with Roberto Saitto. Guest panellists: Andrew Mackenzie and Linchen Zhang. #Econsky #Econtheory
Our first seminar of the spring season is on Thursday, 23 Apr 2026. 💥James Best💥 (Carnegie Mellon) presents "Divide and Confer: Aggregating Information without Verification", with Daniel Quigley, Maryam Saeedi, and Ali Shourideh. Panellists: Nemanja Antić and Dimitri Migrow.
MSET2026 in Bristol is tomorrow. We start at noon. sites.google.com/view/mset-wo...
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe are pleased to announce that the Makris Symposium in Economic Theory will take place in Bristol on Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 March 2026. MSET2026 is an in-person event organised by the same team as VSET.
@poleconukinar.bsky.social returns with a series of great seminars, some of which are theory-focused 👇
POLECONUK Webinar@poleconukinar.bsky.social · 5mo ago⭐ 16 Mar, Andrea Prat @andreaprat.bsky.social (Columbia), "Competing Ideologies: Fit, Simplicity, and Fear", with José Luis Montiel Olea. ⭐ 20 Apr, Nina Bobkova @ninabob.bsky.social (Rice), TBA ⭐ 27 Apr, Nancy Qian (Northwestern, Kellogg), TBA ⭐ 18 May, TBA ⭐ 1 Jun, Ro'ee Levy (Tel Aviv), TBA
After the winter break, the POLECONUK Webinar resumes on Monday, 16 March at 3 pm UK time. We have a great line-up confirmed, so please mark your calendars ‼️
We are pleased to announce that the Makris Symposium in Economic Theory will take place in Bristol on Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 March 2026. MSET2026 is an in-person event organised by the same team as VSET.
We are done for this term, but our friends at POLECONUK Webinars have one more gem for you 👇. Join to listen to Bård Harstad from Stanford talking about political commitment bonds: mailchi.mp/51c83923847a...
POLECONUK Webinar@poleconukinar.bsky.social · 8mo agoOur last talk this calendar year is on Monday, 15 December 2025. We host Bård Harstad (Stanford), who will present new research titled "Political Commitment Bonds" @bardharstad.bsky.social. See abstract in the thread below 👇
Join us in a few moments 👇
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 8mo agoOur last talk this calendar year is on Thursday, 11 Dec 2025. Niko Matouschek (Northwestern Kellogg) will present "Paying with Purpose," with Luis Rayo. Our panellist is Luis Garicano. Everyone is welcome!!! @lugaricano.bsky.social
Our last talk this calendar year is on Monday, 15 December 2025. We host Bård Harstad (Stanford), who will present new research titled "Political Commitment Bonds" @bardharstad.bsky.social. See abstract in the thread below 👇
Our last talk this calendar year is on Thursday, 11 Dec 2025. Niko Matouschek (Northwestern Kellogg) will present "Paying with Purpose," with Luis Rayo. Our panellist is Luis Garicano. Everyone is welcome!!! @lugaricano.bsky.social
Holiday reminder! While everyone else decorates trees, we get to decorate our priors: Alex Frankel, 4 Dec, “Correlation Games”
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe’re taking a break for Thanksgiving, but we’ll meet again on Thursday, 4 December, when we host Alex Frankel (Chicago Booth), presenting “Correlation Games”, joint with Emir Kamenica. The panel will include Alex Bloedel and Tommaso Denti @franktron.bsky.social
Great seminar this week by our colleague Kemal Ozbek on “Optimal Auction Design under Flexible Learning.” A very insightful talk with plenty of thought-provoking ideas! #Research #AcademicTalks #Economics #econtwitter
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. We don't have a seminar today, but next week we will learn about correlation games.
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 8mo agoWe’re taking a break for Thanksgiving, but we’ll meet again on Thursday, 4 December, when we host Alex Frankel (Chicago Booth), presenting “Correlation Games”, joint with Emir Kamenica. The panel will include Alex Bloedel and Tommaso Denti @franktron.bsky.social
We’re taking a break for Thanksgiving, but we’ll meet again on Thursday, 4 December, when we host Alex Frankel (Chicago Booth), presenting “Correlation Games”, joint with Emir Kamenica. The panel will include Alex Bloedel and Tommaso Denti @franktron.bsky.social
Don't miss this talk today!
VSET Virtual Seminars in Economic Theory@vset.bsky.social · 9mo agoPlease join us on 20/Nov to hear Marina Halac (Yale) present "Agreeing to Implement", a joint work with Elliot Lipnowski and Doron Ravid. Panellists: Matteo Camboni and Sam Kapon. @elliotlip.bsky.social @doronravid.bsky.social @samkapon.bsky.social
Two great theory presentations next week. On Thursday, we have Marina Halac presenting "Agreeing to Implement", and on Monday, @poleconukinar.bsky.social hosts Catherine Hafer 👇
POLECONUK Webinar@poleconukinar.bsky.social · 9mo agoOur next seminar is on Monday, 17 November 2025. We are excited to host Catherine Hafer (NYU), who will present "Non-monotonic Disclosure in Policy Advice". This is joint work with Anna Denisenko and Dimitri Landa.
