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@poleconukinar.bsky.social returns with a series of great seminars, some of which are theory-focused πŸ‘‡

05.03.2026 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After the winter break, the POLECONUK Webinar resumes on Monday, 16 March at 3 pm UK time. We have a great line-up confirmed, so please mark your calendars ‼️

05.03.2026 19:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MSET - 2026 MSET Details Date: Monday, 23 March, 12 noon - Tuesday 24 March 2026, 12:30pm. Location: University of Bristol, Wills Memorial Building Register here by February 3. Speakers Ben Brooks (Chicago) Andrew E...

We have a great line-up:
⭐ Ben Brooks (Chicago)
⭐ Andrew Ellis (LSE)
⭐ Nenad Kos (Bocconi)
⭐ Paula Onuchic (LSE)
⭐ Anne-Katrin Roesler (Toronto)
⭐ Johannes Schneider (Linz)
⭐ Ludvig Sinander (Oxford)
⭐ Alex Smolin (Toulouse)
Find more information about MSET2026 at: sites.google.com/view/mset-wo...

20.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We are pleased to announce that the Makris Symposium in Economic Theory will take place in Bristol on Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 March 2026. MSET2026 is an in-person event organised by the same team as VSET.

20.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We are done for this term, but our friends at POLECONUK Webinars have one more gem for you πŸ‘‡. Join to listen to BΓ₯rd Harstad from Stanford talking about political commitment bonds: mailchi.mp/51c83923847a...

15.12.2025 11:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Join us in a few moments πŸ‘‡

11.12.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our last talk this calendar year is on Monday, 15 December 2025. We host BΓ₯rd Harstad (Stanford), who will present new research titled "Political Commitment Bonds" @bardharstad.bsky.social. See abstract in the thread below πŸ‘‡

08.12.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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Our last talk this calendar year is on Thursday, 11 Dec 2025. Niko Matouschek (Northwestern Kellogg) will present "Paying with Purpose," with Luis Rayo. Our panellist is Luis Garicano. Everyone is welcome!!! @lugaricano.bsky.social

05.12.2025 15:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Holiday reminder! While everyone else decorates trees, we get to decorate our priors: Alex Frankel, 4 Dec, β€œCorrelation Games”

03.12.2025 10:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great seminar this week by our colleague Kemal Ozbek on β€œOptimal Auction Design under Flexible Learning.” A very insightful talk with plenty of thought-provoking ideas! #Research #AcademicTalks #Economics #econtwitter

03.12.2025 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. We don't have a seminar today, but next week we will learn about correlation games.

27.11.2025 15:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re taking a break for Thanksgiving, but we’ll meet again on Thursday, 4 December, when we host Alex Frankel (Chicago Booth), presenting β€œCorrelation Games”, joint with Emir Kamenica. The panel will include Alex Bloedel and Tommaso Denti @franktron.bsky.social

25.11.2025 14:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Don't miss this talk today!

20.11.2025 13:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Two great theory presentations next week. On Thursday, we have Marina Halac presenting "Agreeing to Implement", and on Monday, @poleconukinar.bsky.social hosts Catherine Hafer πŸ‘‡

14.11.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Please join us on 20/Nov to hear Marina Halac (Yale) present "Agreeing to Implement", a joint work with Elliot Lipnowski and Doron Ravid. Panellists: Matteo Camboni and Sam Kapon.
@elliotlip.bsky.social @doronravid.bsky.social @samkapon.bsky.social

14.11.2025 10:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Tomorrow, we will learn about points πŸ‘‡. Join us at 4 pm UK time.

12.11.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next talk on 13 Nov 2025 is by Giacomo Lanzani (Berkeley), who will present "Nonlinear Fixed Points and Stationarity: Economic Applications". Panellists: Agathe Pernoud, Sanjeev Goyal.

07.11.2025 10:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Join us today πŸ‘‡ at 4 pm UK time. Check your time zone: dateful.com/convert/uk?t...

06.11.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next seminar is on 6 Nov 2025. Moritz Meyer-ter-Vehn (UCLA) will present "Simple Contagion Dynamics in Tree-like Networks", with Simon Board. Panellists: Sanjeev Goyal and Evan Sadler #EconSky

31.10.2025 13:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Join us on Thursday, 30 Oct, for a talk by
πŸ’₯HΓΌlya EraslanπŸ’₯ (Rice) on "Reputation and disagreement in bargaining with imperfect commitment" with Kirill Evdokimov and Mingzi Niu. Panellists: Deepal Basak and Jack Fanning.

NOTE: The US and UK are on different daylight savings schedules this week!

29.10.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us on Thursday, 30 Oct, for a talk by
πŸ’₯HΓΌlya EraslanπŸ’₯ (Rice) on "Reputation and disagreement in bargaining with imperfect commitment" with Kirill Evdokimov and Mingzi Niu. Panellists: Deepal Basak and Jack Fanning.

NOTE: The US and UK are on different daylight savings schedules this week!

29.10.2025 19:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

VSET joined LinkedIn πŸ‘‰ www.linkedin.com/company/virt...

25.10.2025 12:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We start in a few minutes πŸ‘‡

23.10.2025 14:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow's seminar is on "Collusion with Optimal Information Disclosure"

22.10.2025 14:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next event, on 23 Oct 2025, is a presentation by
➑️Takuo Sugaya⬅️ (Stanford)
on "Collusion with Optimal Information Disclosure", joint work with Alexander Wolitzky. Panellist: Jeanine Miklos-Thal

17.10.2025 08:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ€” How does a firm actually know the demand for its product?

Join us today for this talk by Suraj Malladi πŸ‘‡

16.10.2025 09:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re back next week! Join us to hear about new research on the timely topic of protests: πŸΈπŸ¦–πŸͺ§

13.10.2025 21:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next talk is on Thursday, 16 Oct 2025.
πŸ‘‰Suraj MalladiπŸ‘ˆ from Northwestern/Kellogg will present "Guarantees in Price Experimentation". The session will feature panellists In-Koo Cho and Karl Schlag.

09.10.2025 20:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Today πŸ‘‡

09.10.2025 13:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After a great start to the term, join us for our second talk! On 9 Oct 2025, πŸ’₯Alessandro BonattiπŸ’₯ (MIT Sloan) presents "The Economics of Large Language Models: Token Allocation, Fine-Tuning, and Optimal Pricing" (with Dirk Bergemann and Alex Smolin). Panellists: Ron Siegel and Frank Yang.

04.10.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1