Spring 2023 EconCS Seminars

Aviad Rubinstein (Stanford) Friday, May 5, in-person SEC 1.413 Practical algorithms and experimentally validated incentives for equilibrium-based fair division (A-CEEI) Abstract: Approximate Competitive Equilibrium from Equal Incomes (A-CEEI) is an...

This Friday, 1-2pm in SEC 1.413, Hannah Li will be speaking i n person on: Marketplace Experimentation and Interference Effects Abstract: Platforms often rely on experiments (A/B tests) to aid decision-making. However, in many marketplace experiments...

Scott Kominers (Harvard Business School) A Simple Theory of Vampire Attacks Abstract: Firms often find it valuable to lock in repeat consumers, and they often do so via loyalty programs such as frequent-flyer miles or discounts for returning consumers. We...

This Friday, 1-2pm in SEC 1.413, we are very excited to have Sharad Goel (Harvard Kennedy School) speak in-person on: Included-variable bias and everything but the kitchen sink Abstract: When estimating the risk of an adverse outcome, common statistical...

This Friday, 1-2pm in SEC 1.413, we will have professor Thodoris Lykouris from MIT to speak in-person on Title: Group fairness in dynamic refugee assignment Abstract: Ensuring that refugees and asylum seekers thrive (e.g., find employment) in their host...

Elisabeth C. Paulson (Harvard Business School) Outcome-Driven Dynamic Refugee Assignment with Allocation Balancing Abstract: This work proposes two new dynamic assignment algorithms to match refugees and asylum seekers to geographic localities within a...

Negin Golrezaei, MIT Sloan March 10, 2023, SEC 1.413 (in-person) Multi-channel Autobidding with Budget and ROI Constraints Abstract: In digital online advertising, advertisers procure ad impressions simultaneously on multiple platforms, or so-called...

Tao Lin Persuading a Behavioral Agent: Approximately Best Responding and Learning Abstract: The classic Bayesian persuasion model assumes that the receiver is fully Bayesian and best responds to the sender’s signaling scheme. In this talk, I will talk...

This Friday 1-2pm fully on Zoom, we have Yoav Kolumbus (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) on: Auctions between Regret-Minimizing Agents: On Learning Dynamics and User Incentives Abstract: The usage of automated learning agents is becoming increasingly...

This Friday, 1-2pm in SEC 1.413, we are very excited to have Dominik Peters (LAMSADE) speak in-person on: The Method of Equal Shares for Participatory Budgeting Abstract: In Participatory Budgeting, cities allow their residents to influence the city’s...