Seminars of Interest at Columbia

Tuesday February 6th

12:30pm to 2:00pm - Uris 332 
Management Seminar - Joel Brockner (Columbia University) and Vanessa Burbano (Columbia University)
Self-as-Object and Self-as-Subject in the Workplace and The Effect of Corporate Activism on Employee Motivation: Field Experimental Evidence from Online Labor Market Platforms

12:30pm to 1:45pm - Uris 307
Macroeconomics Lunch Group - Suresh Naidu
Title Not Available

Wednesday February 7th

4:10pm to 5:30pm - Schermerhorn 614
Psychology Department Colloquium - Rene Hen (Columbia University)
Title Not Available

Thursday February 8th

12:30pm to 1:30pm - Uris 331 
Finance Free Lunch (Faculty Only) - Jesse Schreger 
Title Not Available

2:15pm to 3:45pm - Uris 303
Finance Seminar - Steve Kaplan
Title Not Available

Article of the Week
Localized natural disasters can hurt an entire country's economy
Researchers at the Kellogg School at Northwestern and the University of Cambridge teamed up with economists from Japan's Ministry of Finance and Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry to create a supply chain model that predicts the effects of a regional shock (such as a natural disaster) to a company's supply chain. Their model demonstrated the upstream and downstream impacts of an event like the 2011 earthquake on a company's supply chain, quantifying the losses suffered by quake-impacted firms. The researchers posit that such models will help policymakers understand the ripple effects of natural disasters, thereby helping them plan for regional financial recovery.