Microeconomics starts from the premise that phenomena should be understood as a result of individual choices. These choices are determined by the incentives that individuals face, and by the psychological make up of these individuals. Furthermore, competition, coordination and learning are vital in aggregating individual choices, and thereby shaping them into the collective behaviour observed in markets and even whole economies.This theme brings together researchers working on individual and group decision making, bargaining, risk sharing, contracts, behavioural approaches to savings decisions, evolutionary economics, experimental economics and competition among firms. The application of these works has been to diverse areas such as financial markets and banking, epidemiology, trust and social norms, decision making in human organ transplantation. It is hoped that a better understanding of individual choices will allow policy makers to eliminate some of the more obvious design flaws in their policies, and that a better understanding of how these choices interact to determine collective outcomes will help to identify policies that result in more stable collective outcomes (possibly at the expense of sacrificing some features that appear desirable at the individual level).
Coordinators:
Prof. Hamid Sabourian
Professor of Economics and Game TheoryResearch Interests
Economic theory and game theory
Prof. Christopher Harris
Professor of EconomicsResearch Interests
Dynamic Games, Dynamic Contracts
Published Papers
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Visitors
Zaifu Yang
University of York
Research
Economic Theory, Game Theory, Auction/Mechanism Design, Consumer Theory, Financial Economics, Economic Growth, Tax Reform.
Visiting between:
(03 Jun 2019 - 04 Jun 2019)
Host: Hamid Sabourian
Prof Clara Ponsati
University of St Andrews
Research
Game Theory and Public Economics, with interest in negotiations, bargaining, and voting
Visiting between:
(01 Jan 2019 - 14 Jun 2019)
Host: Hamid Sabourian
Dr Yingying Li
HKUST
Research
Financial econometrics, Financial risk management high-frequency data, Volatility estimation and market microstructure, Statistical inference for stochastic processes, Asymptotic statistics
Visiting between:
(12 Sep 2018 - 13 Sep 2018)
Host: Oliver Linton
Prof Larry Blume
Cornel Iniversity
Research
Evolutionary processes in markets and games, Economic theory, Game theory
Visiting between:
(04 May 2018 - 04 May 2018)
Host: Hamid Sabourian
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Past Events
Symposium on Competition Policy
Cambridge-INET & the Bennett Institute for Public Policy are holding an event "Symposium on Competition Policy" on 17th May 2018, from 9.00am - 5.00pm, in Clare College, Cambridge.
Event Date - Friday 17th May 2019
Economic Theory Workshop
Cambridge-INET is hosting an Economic Theory Workshop on the 1st - 3rd May 2018, starting at 12.00pm (on the 1st) and finishing at 5.00pm (on the 3rd), in the Keynes Hall, King's College, Cambridge.
Event Date - Tuesday 1st May 2018 - Thursday 3rd May 2018
Keynes Fund & Cambridge-INET Research Days
The Keynes Fund & Cambridge-INET Research days will be held on the 14th and 15th June 2016, in Meade Room, Faculty of Economics.
Event Date - Friday 1st July 2016
Economic Theory Workshop
The Cambridge-INET will be hosting a Economic Theory Workshop on Wednesday 26th - Thursday 8th June 2016, in the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College
Event Date - Wednesday 8th June 2016
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News
Symposium on Competition Policy
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd organised a Symposium on Competition Policy at Clare College Cambridge, on the 17th of May 2019. The Bennett Institute have added videos of the days presentations to their website.
Published on - Thursday 18th July 2019
5 Years Cambridge-INET
Cambridge-INET is hosting a series of high profile events to mark the 5th anniversary of the Cambridge Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Published on - Tuesday 1st May 2018