Seminars: Economic Theory

 

Seminar in Economic Theory
Term: Fall 2026

Location at Harvard: Littauer Center 301, Hansen-Mason Room

Location at MIT: E51-151

Meeting Time: Thursdays, 4:00 PM - 5:20 PM
Description:  For those with an interest in economic theory.  Faculty presentations by Harvard and MIT economists and invited guest speakers. 
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DATESPEAKERTITLELECTURE LOCATION
September 10
David Ahn (Washington University)
"Mechanism Design Beyond Expected Utility" (with Mengxi Zhang and Mu Zhang)
MIT, E51-151
September 17
Bruno Strulovici (Northwestern)
"Public Insurance Design Under Electoral Competition" (with Maren Vairo)
Littauer 301, Hansen Mason Room
September 24
Pepe Montiel (Cornell)
"Decision Theory for the Archetype Discovery Problem" (with Amilcar Velez, Zhuoheng Zu, Haomin Yu, and Shunqi Zhang) 
MIT E51-395
October 1
Marzena Rostek (UW - Madison)
TBA
Littauer 301, Hansen Mason Room
October 8
Ran Spiegler (Tel Aviv University and UCL)
Littauer 301, Hansen Mason Room
October 15
Alessadro Bonatti (MIT Sloan)
“Optimal Project Management” (with Doruk Cetemen and Juuso Toikka)
Littauer 301, Hansen Mason Room
October 22
Nicolas Wu (Stanford)
MIT, E51-151
November 5
Ran Shorrer (Penn State)
TBA
Littauer 301, Hansen Mason Room
November 12
Yves Zenou (Monash University)
"SET" (with Junjie Zhou)
MIT, E51-151
December 3
Eric Maskin (Harvard)
TBA
MIT, E51-151