February 12-14, 2010
Location: Social Sciences Plaza A, room 2112
Sponsored by the Institute for Mathematical Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Irvine
(with partial financial support from the Center for the Study of Democracy)
1:00 – 1:10
Comments by Donald Saari, Director of IMBS
1:10 – 2:00
Branislav Slantchev, Political Science, UCSD
“War Finance and Coercive Bargaining”
2:00 – 2:10
Discussion
2:10 – 3:00
Robert Trager, Political Science, UCLA
3:00 – 3:10
Discussion
3:10 – 3:30
BREAK
3:30 – 4:20
Michael McBride, Economics, UCI
“Peace and War with Endogenous State Capacity”
4:20 – 4:30
Discussion
9:00 – 9:50
Sandeep Baliga, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
9:50 – 10:00
Discussion
10:00–10:50
Barry O’Neill, Political Science, UCLA
“Vagueness, Prestige and Taboos”
10:50–11:00
Discussion
11:00–11:15
BREAK
11:15–12:05
Massimo Morelli, Political Science and Economics, Columbia
12:05–12:15
Discussion
12:15–1:45
LUNCH BREAK
1:45 – 2:35
Constantinos Syropoulos, International Business, Drexel
2:35 – 2:45
Discussion
2:45 – 3:00
BREAK
3:00 – 3:50
Dan Kovenock, Economics and Political Science, University of Iowa
“The Optimal Defense of Networks of Targets”
3:50 – 4:00
DISCUSSION
9:00 - 12:00
General Discussion