Micro Theory Reading Group – Fall 2025

DateSpeakerPaper
Sep 2 Lin Yuting Bergemann, D., Bonatti, A., & Wu, N. (2025). How do digital advertising auctions impact product prices? The Review of Economic Studies, 92(4), 2330–2358.
Sep 10 Chunyu Zhao Azevedo, E. M., & Leshno, J. D. (2016). A supply and demand framework for two-sided matching markets. Journal of Political Economy, 124(5), 1235–1268.
Sep 16 Liu Xinghan Klockmann, V., von Schenk, A., & Villeval, M.-C. (2025). Artificial intelligence, distributional fairness, and pivotality. European Economic Review, 178, 105098.
Sep 23 Mai Feifei Charness, G., & Gneezy, U. (2009). Incentives to Exercise. Econometrica, 77(3), 909–931.
Oct 14 Wu Shuyuan Cavatorta, E., Guarino, A., & Huck, S. (2024). Social learning with partial and aggregate information: Experimental evidence. Games and Economic Behavior, 146, 292–307.
Oct 21 Yingzixuan Zhou Hagenbach, J., Jacquemet, N., & Sternal, P. (2025). The motivated memory of noise. Games and Economic Behavior, 152, 257–275.
Oct 28 Liu Fangyu; Yin Junhe Camyar, I. (2014). Political Parties, Supply-Side Strategies, and Firms: The Political Micro-Economy of Partisan Politics. The Journal of Politics, 76(3), 725–739.
Nov 11 Ji Yonghang Min, W. (2025). Bad Reputation due to Incompetent Expert. Journal of Economic Theory; conditionally accepted.
Nov 18 Guo Xu Imas, A., & Madarász, K. (2024). Superiority-Seeking and the Preference for Exclusion. The Review of Economic Studies, 91(4), 2347–2386.
Nov 25 Lin Yuting Siegel, R., & Strulovici, B. (2023). Judicial Mechanism Design. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 15(3), 243–270.
Dec 2 Liu Xinghan Ashlagi, I., Monachou, F., & Nikzad, A. (2025). Optimal Allocation via Waitlists: Simplicity Through Information Design. The Review of Economic Studies, 92(1), 40–68.

Micro Theory Reading Group – Spring 2025

DateSpeakerPaper
Feb 11 Tong Xiao Featherstone, C. R., & Niederle, M. (2016). Boston versus deferred acceptance in an interim setting: An experimental investigation. Games and Economic Behavior.
Feb 18 Lin Yuting Fishman, A., & Rob, R. (2000). Product Innovation by a Durable-Good Monopoly. RAND Journal of Economics.
Feb 25 Zhao Chunyu Hakimov, R., Kübler, D., & Pan, S. (2023). Costly information acquisition in centralized matching markets. Quantitative Economics, 14(4), 1447–1490.
Mar 4 Guo Xu Barbieri, S., & Serena, M. (2024). Winner’s effort in multi-battle team contests. Games and Economic Behavior, 145, 526–556.
Mar 11 Ji Yonghang Li, J., Matouschek, N., & Powell, M. (2017). Power dynamics in organizations. working paper.
Mar 18 Huang Minxing Diekert, F., & Eymess, T. (2024). Changing collective action: Nudges and team decisions. Games and Economic Behavior, 144, 1–23.
Mar 25 Lin Yuting Lichtig, E., & Weksler, R. (2023). Information transmission in voluntary disclosure games. Journal of Economic Theory, 210, 105653.
Apr 1 Tong Xiao Cai, X., Lu, Y., Pan, J., & Zhong, S. (2019). Gender Gap under Pressure: Evidence from China’s National College Entrance Examination. Review of Economics and Statistics, 101(2), 249–263.
Apr 8 Ji Yonghang De Clippel, G., Eliaz, K., Fershtman, D., & Rozen, K. (2021). On selecting the right agent. Theoretical Economics, 16(2), 381–402.
Apr 15 Huang Minxing Ding, S., Dziubiński, M., & Goyal, S. (2024). Clubs and networks. Games and Economic Behavior, 147, 52–73.
Apr 22 Guo Xu Kubitz, G., & Woodward, K. (2020). Sharing Cost Information in Dynamic Oligopoly. working paper.
Apr 29 Zhao Chunyu Pan, S. (2019). The instability of matching with overconfident agents. Games and Economic Behavior, 113, 396–415.
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