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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