HSI2024 – the 10th Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Microeconomic Theory was held

On July 13 – 14, 2024, our annual research conference, HSI2024 – 10th Hitotsubashi Summer Institute: Microeconomic Theory, was held. It was organized by Prof. Norio Takeoka (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University), Prof. Yuichi Yamamoto (Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University), Prof. Nozomu Muto (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University), and Associate Prof. Daisuke Hirata (Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University) as a part of the research project “Norms, Institutions, and Mechanism Design: Theoretical and Empirical Studies for Comprehensive Social Sciences” which Prof. Takeoka takes a lead.

The conference was held in person, under the theme of “Microeconomic Theory” at the Mercury Tower. The conference consisted of sessions on decision theory, game theory, and mechanism design, which are major topics in microeconomics. A total of 9 researchers presented their research and 70 participants engaged in discussions in research presentation sessions over 2 days.

Assistant Professor Chen Zhao (University of Hong Kong), Associate Professor Hiroki Nishimura (University of California Riverside), Professor Jimmy Chan (National Taiwan University), Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) Evan Piermont (Royal Holloway, University of London) and Associate Professor Anup Pramanik (Shiv Nadar University) were invited from abroad and presented “Logic-Based Updating”, “Best Complete Approximations of Preference Relations”, “Decentralized Learning in Multi-Issue Two Party Elections with Limited Attention Voters”, “Iterated Revelation: How to Incentive Experts to Complete Incomplete Contracts”, and “Domains where Local Strategy-Proofness Implies Dictatorship” respectively. Moreover, Associate Professor Michael Zierhut (Kobe University) was invited to present “Solving the Roommate Problem with Rock-Paper-Scissors”.
From Hitotsubashi University, Professor Norio Takeoka (Graduate School of Economics), Specially Appointed Professor Takashi Ui (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS)) and Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Hiroki Shinozaki (Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS)) presented “Optimal Ambiguity Perception”, ““Rational Inattention and Endogenous Volatility: A Large Deviation Approach” and “Efficiency, Fairness, and Strategy-Proofness in Constrained Object Allocation Problems with Money” respectively.

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