Conference in Honor ofJack Hirshleifer

March 10-11, 2006
Sponsored by the UCLA Department of Economics and Division of Social Sciences
Location: UCLA Bunche Hall 9383

Papers presented in honor of Jack Hirshleifer Friday March 10 - Saturday March 11, 2006

5:00-6:00 Friday March 10 we will be sharing memories of Jack. Anyone with memories to share is welcome to speak. If you would like to speak, we would appreciate it if you could drop us a note so that we can plan properly. Video of the memories: first part, second part, third part (note: these files are quite large around 200M)

We are also soliciting donations to a graduate student fellowship in Jack's honor. If you are interested in contributing, please contact Todd August august@econ.ucla.edu, 310-825-1333.

Out of town visitors: we have reserved a block of rooms at the UCLA Tiverton House. Please book your room directly with them using the web or by phone at (310) 794-0151. Indicate that you are with the Hirshleifer Conference, and that the reservation is in the name of Todd August. If you are planning to attend the conference, please RSVP to Chris Frank, cfrank@econ.ucla.edu, 310-825-1011 who can also help you with any questions.

In town visitors: if you need parking contact Chris Frank, cfrank@econ.ucla.edu, 310-825-1011 who will arrange parking for you.

The conference will take place in Bunche Hall on the UCLA Campus, room to be announced later.

Friday March 10		Presented by
9:30 - 10:00 am	coffee
10:00 - 10:45 am	Michele Boldrin, Jack Hirshleifer and David K. Levine "The Slippery Slope of Concession"	David K. Levine
10:45 - 11:30 am	Stergios Skaperdas "The Dark Side of Self-Interest and its Governance as Economic Activities."	Stergios Skaperdas
11:30 - 11:40 am	break
11:40 am - 12:25 pm	Paul Zak "The Neuroeconomics of Distrust and its Relationship to Conflict"	Paul Zak
12:25 - 2:30 pm	Sponsored Lunch - UCLA Faculty Club
2:30 - 3:15 pm	Juan Carlos Martinez-Coll "Caves, Temples, Palaces and Bazaars: building with Jack Hirshleifer's bricks"	Juan Carlos Martinez-Coll l
3:15 - 4:00 pm	Rafael Rob and Huangxing Yang "Long Term Relationships as Safeguards"	Rafael Rob
4:00 - 4:10 pm	break
4:10 - 4:55 pm	Alberto Bennardo "Information Gathering, Disclosure and Contracting in Competitive Markets"	Alberto Bennardo
5:00 - 7:00 pm	Remembrances of Jack
7:30 pm	Dinner
Saturday March 11
8:30 - 9:00 am	coffee
9:00 - 9:45 am	Kjell Hausken "An Equilibrium Model of Signaling, Production, and Exchange" plus an overview of Jack's research.	Kjell Hausken
9:45 - 10:30 am	Hugo Hopenhayn and Vasiliki Skreta "Competitive Equilibrium Screening"	Hugo Hopenhan
10:30 - 10:40 am	break
10:40 - 11:25 am	Harold Demsetz "Disciplinary Border Crossing"	Harold Demsetz
11:25 am - 12:10 pm	Earl Thompson "Idealogy and the Evolution of Vital Institutions: A Synopsis"	Earl Thompson
12:10 - 12:20 pm	break
12:20 - 1:05 pm	Gary Becker and Martin McGuire "Reversal of Misfortune: Parodox in Optimization Across Contingencies"	Gary Becker

Remembrance Speakers - sign up now if you want to speak

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Gary Becker
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Arnold Harberger
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David Hirshleifer
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Axel Leijonhufvud
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David Levine
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Marty McGuire
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John Riley
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Confirmed Attendees

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Bill Allen
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Ronald Batchelder
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Elizabeth Becker
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Alberto Bennardo
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Sushil Bikhchandani
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Rodolfo Campos
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Stephen Cauley
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Juan Coll
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Bryan Conley
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Leda Cosmides
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Joyce Davidson
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Malcolm Dean
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Harry DeAngelo
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Harold Demsetz
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Matthias Doepke
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Bryan Ellickson
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Mark Grady
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Bob Hall
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Greg Hildebrandt
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David Hirshleifer
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John Hirshleifer
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Phyllis Hirshleifer
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Gary Hansen
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Arnold Harberger
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Kjell Hausken
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Werner Hirsch
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Betty Hoffenberg
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David Hoffenberg
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Marvin Hoffenberg
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Peter Hoffenberg
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Hugo Hopenhayn 
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Joseph Hotz
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Michael Jensen
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Ben Klein
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Mark Kleiman
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Deepak Lal
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Elizabeth Landaw
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David Levine 
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Stan Liebowitz
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Wanchuan Lin
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Axel Leijonhufvud
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Cotton Lindsay
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Beverly Lowe
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Zacharias Maniadis
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Martin McGuire
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Ichiro Obara
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Guillermo Ordonez
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Evan Osborne
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Joseph Ostroy
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John McCall
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Paulo Melo-Filho
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Velma Montoya
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David Rapoport 
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Mrs. David Rapoport
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Rafael Rob
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Michael Rothschild
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Stergios Skaperdas
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Vasiliki Skreta
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Mariano Tappata
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Earl Thompson
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Nina Walton
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Joseph Tao-yi Wang
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Susan Woodward
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Paul Zak 
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Benjamin Zycher
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Conference in Honor ofJack Hirshleifer

Friday March 10

Saturday March 11

Remembrance Speakers - sign up now if you want to speak

Confirmed Attendees

Please RSVP to Chris Frank, cfrank@econ.ucla.edu, 310-825-1011 so we can add your name to the list