How do rational people behave? How do various markets function? What are their welfare properties? How to regulate a market when it fails? Should health markets be liberalized? How to allocate radio spectrum rights to operators? Do voting mechanisms matter? How to optimize internet search engines or trading mechanisms? Should public building projects be initiated and, if so, how should they be financed? How to match human organ donors with patients in a need of a transplant?
Microeconomics Research Group
Microeconomics begins on individual decision making and, from this foundation, builds a theory of economic mechanisms. Game theoretic techniques are used to capture rational and strategic aspects of behavior.
The theory is partly basic research, building solid and tractable foundations for economics. But modern microeconomic theory is also much more. It is, in particular, vital in solving practical real world problems. For example, theoretical tools are needed to evaluate how different – often hypothetical – economic institutions work. This knowledge is crucial in designing our economic environment. Often the questions pertain to the design of regulatory frameworks or trading mechanisms.
Microeconomics Reading Group
Microeconomics Reading Group
Program
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Date: 12/09/2019 2:00 pm
Location: Ekonominaukio 1, Biz-LoungePaper: Pomatto, Strack, and Tamuz (2019) “The Cost of Information”
Members
Hannu Vartiainen
Chair of the group,
Professor
hannu.vartiainen at helsinki.fi
Michele Crescenzi
Member,
Post-doc
michele.crescenzi at helsinki.fi
Marja-Liisa Halko
Member,
University Lecturer
marja-liisa.halko at helsinki.fi
Daniel Hauser
Member,
Assistant Professor
daniel.hauser at aalto.fi
Homepage
Topi Hokkanen
Member,
PhD student
topi.h.hokkanen at aalto.fi
Klaus Kultti
Member,
Professor
klaus.kultti at helsinki.fi
Anustup Kundu
Member,
PhD student
anustup.kundu at helsinki.fi
Homepage
Nino Lindström
Member,
PhD student
nino.lindstrom at helsinki.fi
Matti Liski
Member,
Professor
matti.liski at aalto.fi
Eero Mäenpää
Member,
PhD student
eero.maenpaa at aalto.fi
Peter H. Matthews
Member,
Visiting professor
peter.matthews at aalto.fi
Homepage
Topi Miettinen
Member,
Professor
topi.miettinen at hanken.fi
Amin Mohazab
Member,
PhD student
amin.mohazabrahimzadeh at aalto.fi
Pauli Murto
Member,
Professor
pauli.murto at aalto.fi
Homepage
Aleksi Paavola
Member,
PhD student
aleksi.m.paavola at aalto.fi
Petteri Palonen
Member,
PhD student
petteri.palonen at helsinki.fi
Teemu Pekkarinen
Member,
PhD student
teemu.pekkarinen at helsinki.fi
Homepage
Mikko Salonen
Member,
PhD student
mikko.salonen at helsinki.fi
Jorge Soria
Member,
PhD student
jorge.soria at helsinki.fi
Homepage
Juuso Välimäki
Member,
Professor
juuso.valimaki at aalto.fi
Homepage
Yi Zheng
Member,
PhD student
yi.zheng at helsinki.fi
Andrey Zhukov
Member,
PhD student
andrey.zhukov at aalto.fi
Upcoming Seminars
11 Sep 2019
Microeconomics
Robust bidding and revenue in descending price auction
- Sarah Auster
- University of Mannheim and Bocconi University
23 Oct 2019
Microeconomics
Experts, Quacks and Fortune-Tellers: Dynamic Cheap Talk with Career Concerns
- Egor Starkov
- University of Copenhagen
22 Oct 2019
Microeconomics
Microeconomics PhD Workshop
13 Nov 2019
Microeconomics
Information Acquisition in Social Learning
- Helene Mass
- Bonn
4 Dec 2019
Microeconomics
On the Importance of Social Status for Labor Markets
- Pawel Gola
- BI
29 Nov 2019
Microeconomics
Mechanism design with farsighted agents (with Ville Korpela)
- Michele Lombardi
- Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow
11 Mar 2020
Microeconomics
Nash bargaining with endogenous outside options
- Eduard Talamàs
- IESE
22 Apr 2020
Microeconomics
CANCELLED
- Yiman Sun
- TSE
13 May 2020
Microeconomics
CANCELLED
- Jan Knoepfle
- Bonn
29 May 2020
Microeconomics
