Advances in Economics and Econometrics: Volume 1
Eleventh World Congress

This first volume includes papers presented at the Eleventh World Congress of the Econometric Society, addressing topics such as dynamic mechanism design, agency problems, and networks.

Bo Honoré (Edited by), Ariel Pakes (Edited by), Monika Piazzesi (Edited by), Larry Samuelson (Edited by)

9781316510520, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 November 2017

346 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 2.9 cm, 0.6 kg

'This manuscript collects the invited talks from the 2015 World Congress of the Econometric Society. The authors are leaders in their respective fields, and their talks provide a valuable overview of recent research. The collected papers emphasize the connection between theory and empirical practice.' Robert Porter, William R. Kenan, Jr Professor of Economics, Northwestern University, Illinois

This is the first of two volumes containing papers and commentaries presented at the Eleventh World Congress of the Econometric Society, held in Montreal, Canada in August 2015. These papers provide state-of-the-art guides to the most important recent research in economics. The book includes surveys and interpretations of key developments in economics and econometrics, and discussion of future directions for a wide variety of topics, covering both theory and application. These volumes provide a unique, accessible survey of progress on the discipline, written by leading specialists in their fields. The first volume includes theoretical and applied papers addressing topics such as dynamic mechanism design, agency problems, and networks.

1. Dynamic mechanism design: robustness and endogenous types Alessandro Pavan
2. Learning, experimentation and information design Johannes Hörner and Andrzej Skrzypacz
3. Dynamic selection and reclassification risk: theory and empirics Igal Hendel
4. Discussion of 'agency problems' Bernard Salanie
5. Recent developments in matching theory and their practical applications Fuhito Kojima
6. What really matters in designing school choice mechanisms Parag A. Pathak
7. Networks and markets Sanjeev Goyal
8. Econometrics of network models Áureo de Paula
9. Networks in economics: remarks Rachel E. Kranton.

Subject Areas: Probability & statistics [PBT], Economic statistics [KCHS], Econometrics [KCH], Economics [KC], Economics, finance, business & management [K]