Upcoming Conferences
Tapan Mitra Conference
May 10-11, 2025
Statler Hotel, Ithaca, NY
Cornell's economics department is pleased to host the inaugural Tapan Mitra Conference. The conference, broadly focused on economic theory, this year honors Tapan Mitra (1948-2019), a leading economic theorist of his generation and a long-time faculty member at Cornell. The conference will take place on Saturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11, 2025, in the ballroom at the Statler Hotel.
Some hints on logistics: A campus map is here. A map of Cornell's public parking options is here; lots 4121, 4122, and 4131 are relatively convenient, are metered until 5:30 on Friday, and are free thereafter. In addition, there is free weekend parking next to Tower Road across from Plant Sciences. Hotels have shuttle service to campus during daytime, https://collegetowncab.com schedules rides in advance, and the usual rideshare companies have (if slightly thin) presence.
Schedule
Saturday, May 10, 2025
The format is: 40-45 min. presentation, 5-10 min. general discussion.
8:30am - Breakfast
9:00-10:00am - Presenter: Prajit Dutta (Columbia)
Title: “Climate Clubs, Participation and Efficiency: Can ‘Reparations’ Help?” (with Haaris Mateen)
10:00-11:00am - Presenter: Santanu Roy (Southern Methodist University)
Title: “Two-sided Information Acquisition with Correlated Valuations” (with Maarten Janssen)
11:00-11:30am Coffee Break
11:30-12:30pm - Presenter: Yaw Nyarko (NYU)
Title: “The Economic Rationality Of Your AI ADVISOR” (with Rasa Karapandza)
12:30-1:30pm - Lunch Break
1:30-2:30pm - Presenter: Marco Battaglini (Cornell)
Title: "Chaos and Unpredictability with Time Inconsistent Policy Makers"
2:30-3:30pm - Presenter: Ali Khan (JHU)
Title: "Capital Theory in the Style of Tapan Mitra: An elaboration and an Exposition”
3:30-4:00pm - Coffee Break
4:00-5:15pm - Mukul and Malabika Majumdar Keynote Address
Presenter: Debraj Ray (NYU) Title: "Nash Bargaining in Coalitional Games"
5:30-8:00pm - Reception and Dinner with recollections shared by Kaushik Basu, Larry Blume, Karl Shell, Jenny Wissink, and others
May 11, 2025
8:00am - Breakfast
8:30-9:30am - Presenter:Fabio Privileggi (University of Torino)
Title: “Stochastic Optimal Growth under State-Dependent Probabilities” (with Davide La Torre, Simone Marsiglio, and Franklin Mendivil)
9:30-10:30am - Presenter: Geir B. Asheim (University of Oslo)
Title: “Complementary climate policies for supply and demand” (with Bård Harstad)
10:30-11:00am - Coffee Break
11:00-12:00pm - Presenter: Sulagna Dasgupta (Cornell)
Title: "Screening Knowledge with Verifiable Evidence” (with Zizhe Xia)
12:00-1:00pm - Presenter: Kaushik Basu(Cornell)
Title: “A Paradox of Knowledge: Unexpected ways in which knowledge can hurt welfare” (with Jorgen Weibull)
Past Conferences
Conference in Memory of Nicholas M. Kiefer
Cornell's economics department is honored to host a conference in memory of Nick Kiefer, who passed away in 2024.
