Program
Thursday, June 21 | ||
08:30 AM | Coffee | |
09:00 AM | Plenary | John Roemer (Yale University) |
Kantian Optimization, Social Ethos, and Pareto Efficiency | ||
Chair: Andreas Lange (University of Hamburg) | ||
10:30 AM | Coffee | |
11:00 AM | Session | Political Economy |
Andrea Vindigni (IMT, Lucca Institute for Advanced Studies) | ||
A Theory of Political Entrenchment | ||
Discussant: Stefan Voigt (University of Hamburg) | ||
Bard Harstad ( University of Oslo and Kellogg School of Management) | ||
Experimentation in Federal Systems | ||
Discussant: Daniel Sturm (London School of Economics) | ||
Chair: Lydia Mechtenberg (University of Hamburg) | ||
01:00 PM | Lunch | |
02:00 PM | Session | Nudging |
Michael Schefczyk (Leuphana University Lüneburg) | ||
Nudging and Neutralism | ||
Max Albert (University of Giessen) | ||
The Behavioral Challenge to Normative Economics | ||
Chair: Mathias Kifmann & Thomas Schramme (University of Hamburg) | ||
04:00 PM | Coffee | |
04:30 PM | Session | Methodology |
Rainer Hegselmann (University of Bayreuth) | ||
Understanding Opinion Dynamics What Can Simple Macroscopic Models Do? | ||
Discussant: Hartmut Kliemt (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management) | ||
Till Grüne-Yanoff (Stockholm Royal Institute of Technology) | ||
Appraising Non-Representational Models | ||
Discussant: Meinard Kuhlmann (University of Bremen) | ||
Chair: Ulrich Gähde (University of Hamburg) | ||
06:30 PM | End of scientific program day 1 | |
07:30 PM | Dinner | Restaurant “Au Quai” at the Hamburg harbor |
Friday, June 22 | ||
08:30 AM | Coffee | |
09:00 AM | Plenary | Salvador Barberà (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
Sharing the power to make appointments | ||
Chair: Anke Gerber (University of Hamburg) | ||
10:30 AM | Coffee | |
11:00 AM | Session | Endogenous Institutions |
Biung-Ghi Ju (Seoul National University) | ||
Voting over Tax Schemes under a Veil of Ignorance | ||
Discussant: Matthew Braham (University of Bayreuth) | ||
Werner Güth (Max Planck Institute Jena) | ||
Fair Institutional Arrangements Axiomatic Characterization and Experimental Evidence | ||
Discussant: Marlies Ahlert (University of Halle) | ||
Chair: Gerd Muehlheusser (University of Hamburg) | ||
01:00 PM | Lunch | |
02:00 PM | End of Symposium |



