Workshop on Issues in Dynamic Decision Theory
Time: July 6 – 8, 2023
Place: Bischofsvilla, University of Konstanz
Abstract: The workshop will be organized by the Reinhart-Koselleck project “Reflexive Decision and Game Theory” of Wolfgang Spohn at the University of Konstanz. Its decision-theoretic part is particularly concerned with dynamic choice. Which is hence the topic of the first workshop of this project.
Dynamic choice has indeed become an important topic within the theory of rational choice (decision theory). But it has two different facets. The topic originated in economics from the problem of (endogenous) preference change. Dynamic consistency was then considered to be a central desideratum, leading to theories of sophisticated choice satisfying this desideratum. Since McClennen’s important book in 1990, a different rich discussion has evolved in which dynamic consistency is rather used as a test criterion for various decision rules in a dynamic setting. The former motivation was no longer in the center. Hence, the aim of the workshop is to bring together these two strands of the discussion and to promote an exchange between them. A further aim is to introduce the so-called reflexive perspective which is pursued within the project.
Confirmed Participants:
Wolfgang Spohn, University of Konstanz (Main Organizer)
Mantas Radzvilas, University of Konstanz
Gerard Rothfus, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Irem Portakal, University of Munich
Arif Ahmed, University of Cambridge
Richard Bradley, London School of Economics
Till Grüne-Yanoff, University of Stockholm
Johan E. Gustafsson, University of York
Peter Hammond, University of Warwick
Conrad Heilmann, University of Rotterdam
Brian Hill, HEC Paris
Laurie A. Paul, University of Yale
Richard Pettigrew, University of Bristol
Wlodek Rabinowicz, University of Lund
Orri Stefánsson, University of Stockholm
Reuben Stern, Duke University
Johanna Thoma, London School of Economics, University of Bayreuth
Preliminary Schedule:
Thursday, July 6, 2023:
09.15 – 09.30: Opening
09.30 – 10.20: Talk 1 (= invited talk)
10.20 – 11.10: Talk 2
11.10 – 11.30: Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.00: Presentation 1 (= selected talk)
12.00 – 12.50: Talk 3
12.50 – 14.30: Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.10: Talk 4
15.10 – 16.00: Talk 5
16.00 – 16.20: Coffee Break
16.20 – 16.50: Presentation 2
16.50 – 17.40: Talk 6
19.00: Conference Dinner
Friday, July 7, 2023:
09.30 – 10.20: Talk 7
10.20 – 11.10: Talk 8
11.10 – 11.30: Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.00: Presentation 3
12.00 – 12.50: Talk 9
12.50 – 14.30: Lunch Break
14.30 – 15.10: Talk10
15.10 – 16.00: Talk 11
16.00 – 16.20: Coffee Break
16.20 – 16.50: Presentation 4
16.50 – 17.40: Talk 12
19.00: Conference Dinner
Saturday, July 8, 2023:
09.30 – 10.20: Talk 13
10.20 – 11.10: Talk 14
11.10 – 11.30: Coffee Break
11.30 – 12.00: Presentation 5
12.00 – 12.50: Talk 15
12.50 – 13.00: Closing
13.00: Farewell Lunch