5th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences > Programme

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Tuesday, 19 August 2014

12:00 - 20:00 Opening Ceremony Registration
18:30 - 22:00 Break Dinner

Wednesday, 20 August 2014

08:30 - 09:00 Lecture Lars Peter Hansen
Uncertainty and Valuation
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Alvin E. Roth
Repugnant Markets and Prohibited Transactions
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Edmund S. Phelps
Bringing Dynamism, Homegrown Innovation and Human Flourishing into Economics
10:00 - 10:30 Break Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:00 Lecture Christopher A. Sims
Inflation, Fear of Inflation, and Public Debt
11:00 - 11:30 Lecture Vernon L. Smith
Rethinking Market Experiments in the Shadow of Recessions: The Good and the Sometimes Ugly; Propositions on Recessions
11:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00 Lecture Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony of the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences.
15:00 - 15:30 Break Break
16:00 - 17:30 Discussion Discussions
Discussions with Laureates Hansen, Phelps, Roth, Sims, Smith
17:00 - 20:00 Break Break
20:00 - 23:00 Opening Ceremony International Get-Together

Thursday, 21 August 2014

07:00 - 09:00 Discussion Science Breakfast
Paths to Innovation: Restoring Grassroots Dynamism to Address Global Challenges; Hosted by Mars, Incorporated - Upon invitation only
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Joseph E. Stiglitz
Inequality, Wealth, and Growth: Why Capitalism is Failing
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Eric S. Maskin
Why Haven’t Global Markets Reduced Inequality in Developing Economies?
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Finn E. Kydland
Economic Policy and the Growth of Nations
10:30 - 11:30 Break Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Robert J. Aumann
Collectives as Individuals
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Reinhard Selten
From Learning Direction Theory to Generalized Impulse Balance
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture William F. Sharpe
Economic Analysis of Retirement Income Strategies
13:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Panel Discussion
The Future of Econometrics: Structural Restrictions, Parametric Methods and Big Data; Panelists Hansen, McFadden, Sims
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Master Classes
Master Classes with Myerson and Hansen
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Discussions
Discussions with Laureates Aumann, Kydland, Maskin, Selten, Sharpe, Stiglitz
18:30 - 19:00 Break Break
19:00 - 20:00 Lecture Mario Vargas Llosa
Confessions of a Latin American Liberal
20:00 - 23:00 Break Dinner and Free Evening

Friday, 22 August 2014

07:00 - 09:00 Discussion Science Breakfast
Innovation from the Edge - How could we possibly solve the “Innovator’s Dilemma” through the Power of Diversity?; Hosted by SAP SE - Upon invitation only
07:00 - 09:00 Discussion Science Breakfast
Banking and Banking Regulation after the Financial Crisis; Hosted by UBS AG - Upon invitation only
09:00 - 09:30 Lecture Robert C. Merton
Measuring the Connectedness of the Financial System: Implications for Systemic Risk Measurement and Management
09:30 - 10:00 Lecture Daniel L. McFadden
The New Science of Pleasure
10:00 - 10:30 Lecture Sir James A. Mirrlees
Some Interesting Taxes and Subsidies
10:30 - 11:30 Break Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Lecture Roger B. Myerson
Moral-Hazard Credit Cycles with Risk-Averse Agents
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture Edward C. Prescott
The Revolution in Aggregate Economics
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture Peter A. Diamond
Unemployment
13:00 - 15:00 Break Lunch Break
15:00 - 16:30 Discussion Strategic Behavior, Incentives, and Mechanism Design
Eric S. Maskin, James A. Mirrlees, Roger B. Myerson
16:30 - 17:00 Break Break
17:00 - 18:30 Discussion Discussions
Discussions with Laureates Diamond, McFadden, Merton, Mirrlees, Myerson, Prescott
18:30 - 20:00 Break Break
20:00 - 23:00 Break Bavarian Evening supported by the Free State of Bavaria

Saturday, 23 August 2014

07:15 - 10:20 Boat Trip Boat Trip to Mainau Island supported by SAP SE
11:00 - 13:00 Discussion Panel Discussion
How Useful is Economics - How is Economics Useful? Panelists Diamond, Merton, Roth
13:00 - 15:15 Lunch Break Lunch Break
15:15 - 15:45 Farewell Farewell Ceremony
16:15 - 18:30 Boat Trip Boat Trip to Lindau supported by SAP SE