When:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: Harris Hall, Harris 107, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Student - Public
Cost: Free
Contact:
Mark P Witte
(847) 491-8481
Group: Department of Economics: General
Category: Academic
Northwestern’s Undergraduate Economics Society Presents:
Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics
Jean Tirole
Market Failure and Public Policy
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
5:00 PM
Harris Hall 107
Awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, Jean Tirole is chairman of the board of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Industrial Economics Institute (IDEI) in Toulouse. He will speak to NU students about how breakthroughs in industrial organization, game theory, and information economics led him to apply economic tools to crafting more effective systems of regulation.