What: Women in Theory Conference
When: April 19-20, 2024 
Where: New York University School of Business
44 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012
Group Hotel Booking Link (Last Day To Book: Friday, March 29, 2024)
Childcare Resources
The first Women in Theory Conference will take place on April 19-20, 2024 in New York City at NYU. The conference seeks to offer a platform to present and discuss innovative research in microeconomic theory and to create a research community for future collaboration, mentorship, and professional support.
Over the course of the two days, you can expect research talks with discussants, a panel discussion including Mariagiovanna Baccara (Washington University St. Louis), Marina Halac (Yale University), Margaret (Meg) Meyer(University of Oxford), and Marzena Rostek(University of Wisconsin-Madison) about thriving and succeeding in the profession, a plenary talk by Leeat Yariv (Princeton University).
Program (Downloadable Version)
April 18, 2024 |
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| 6:00pm-8:00pm |
Informal Welcome/ Cocktails Location : Odd Sister, 45 Mercer St, New York, NY 10013 |
April 19, 2024 |
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Location |
KMC- M2-65 (Chemical Bank Classroom) |
| 8:15 am | Breakfast in Tisch Hall, Room L-101 (Kassin Center) |
| 8:55 am | Welcome |
| 9:00 am-10:00 am | Title: “Over- and Underreaction to Information”
Presenter: Cuimin Ba (University of Pittsburgh) Discussant: Annie Liang (Northwestern University) |
| 10:00 am-10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:30 am-11:30 am |
Title: “Strategic Evidence Disclosure in Networks and Equilibrium Discrimination” Presenter: Leonie Baumann (McGill University) Discussant: Aislinn Bohren (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm |
Title: “Competition and Herding in Breaking News” Presenter: Sara Shahanaghi (Toulouse School of Economics) Discussant: Caroline Thomas (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 12:30 pm-2:30 pm | Lunch in Tisch L-101 (Kassin Center) |
| 2:30 pm-3:30 pm |
Title: “A Mechanism-Design Approach to Property Rights” Presenter: Ellen Muir (Harvard University) Discussant: Sarah Auster (University of Bonn) |
| 3:30 pm-4:00 pm | Coffee break |
| 4:00 pm-5:00 pm |
Plenary Talk: Strategic Decentralized Matching Presenter: Leeat Yariv (Princeton University) |
| 6:00 pm | Conference Dinner (Location: Cathedrale, 112 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003) |
April 20, 2024 |
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Location |
KMC- M1-70 (Gitlow Amphitheater) |
| 8:15 am | Breakfast in Tisch Hall Room L-101 (Kassin Center) |
| 9:00 am-10:00 am |
Title: “Rational Inattention via Ignorance Equivalence” Presenter: Michèle Müller-Itten (University of St. Gallen) Discussant: Ina Taneva (University of Edinburgh) |
| 10:00 am-10:30 am | Coffee break |
| 10:30 am-11:30 am |
Title: “Strategic Information Transmission in the Employment Relationship” Presenter: Inga Deimen (University of Arizona) Discussant: Vasiliki Skreta (The University of Texas at Austin) |
| 11:30 am-12:30 pm | Panel Discussion: “Thriving and Succeeding As an Economist” Panelists: Mariagiovanna Baccara (Washington University St. Louis) Marina Halac (Yale University) Margaret (Meg) Meyer (University of Oxford) Marzena Rostek (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| 12:30 pm-2:15 pm | Lunch in Tisch L-101 (Kassin Center) |
| 2:15 pm-3:15 pm |
Title: “The Core of Bayesian Persuasion” Presenter: Laura Doval (Columbia University) Discussant: Amanda Friedenberg (University of Michigan) |
| 4:15 pm Sharp | Classic Harbor Line Cruises: Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 – Yacht Manhattan – Cruise on the Hudson River/Lower Manhattan with small bites and drinks |
For any questions, please contact womenintheoryconference@gmail.com
Thanks and best wishes,
Organizing Committee:
- Arjada Bardhi (New York University)
- Joyee Deb (New York University)
- Aniko Öry (Carnegie Mellon University)
- Anne-Katrin Roesler (University of Toronto)
Support for this event has been generously provided by:
C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics
NYU Arts and Science Department of Economics
NYU Stern School of Business Center for Global Economy and Business