Advances in economics and econometrics . Vol. 1 Theory and applications : Eighth World Congress / / edited by Mathias Dewatripont, Lars Peter Hansen, Stephen J. Turnovsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812022603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, U.K. ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1-316-08582-1; 0-511-06143-9; 1-280-16298-8; 0-511-12102-4; 1-139-14869-9; 0-511-05510-2; 0-511-29759-9; 0-511-61024-6; 0-511-06989-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 380 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Econometric Society monographs ; ; no. 35
• Altri autori (Persone): DewatripontM (Mathias); HansenLars Peter; TurnovskyStephen J
• Disciplina: 330
• Soggetti: Econometrics; Economics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Auctions and Efficiency; CHAPTER 2 Why Every Economist Should Learn Some Auction Theory; CHAPTER 3 Global Games: Theory and Applications; CHAPTER 4 Testing Contract Theory: A Survey of Some Recent Work; CHAPTER 5 The Economics of Multidimensional Screening; A Discussion of the Papers by Pierre-Andre Chiappori and Bernard Salanié and by Jean Charles Rochet and Lars A. Stole; CHAPTER 6 Theories of Fairness and Reciprocity: Evidence and Economic Applications; CHAPTER 7 Hyberbolic Discounting and ConsumptionA Discussion of ; the Papers by Ernst Fehr and Klaus M. Schmidt and by Christopher Harris and David Laibson; CHAPTER 8 Agglomeration and Market Interaction; CHAPTER 9 Nonmarket Interactions; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first of three volumes containing edited versions of papers and commentaries presented in invited symposium sessions of the Eighth World Congress of the Econometric Society. The papers summarize and interpret recent key developments and discuss future directions in a wide range of topics in economics and econometrics. The papers cover both theory and applications. Written by leading specialists in their fields these volumes provide a unique survey of progress in the discipline.