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Newsletter 102: Apr 28, 2014

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The Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School

Welcome to the Center for Decision Sciences' Weekly Newsletter. Below you can find a list of events of interest. 

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

Monday, April 28

12.00-1.30, 200B Schermerhorn (Psychology Neuroscience Seminar)
         Don Hood (Columbia)
         “Relating Human Retinal Anatomy to Human Vision: 
         An example of translational research”
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For more information on the Psychology Neuroscience Seminar:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/news/areatalks/mondayseminar.html
 
12.30-1.30, Uris 327 (Ph.D. Student Seminar)
         Andrea Kiguel (Columbia)
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For more information on the Ph.D. Student Seminar:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/phd
 
2.30-4.00, 1101 IAB (Economic Theory Workshop)
         Daniel Barron (Northwestern)
         “The Allocation of Future Business: Dynamic Relational Contracts with
         Multiple Agents”
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For more information on the Economic Theory Workshop:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/economictheory
 
Tuesday, April 29
 
2.15-3.45, 1101 IAB (Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar)
         Isabelle Perrigne (Rice University)
         “A General Framework for Nonlinear Pricing Data”
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For more information on the Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/industorg
 
4.15-5.45, 1101 IAB (Money Macro Workshop)
         Helene Ray
         “Financial Integration and Growth in a Risky World”
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For more information on the Money Macro Workshop:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/money
 
Wednesday, April 30
 
2.00-4.00, 1101 IAB (International Economics Workshop)
         Steve Redding
         “External Integration and Internal Development: Evidence from Argentina
         1870-1914”      
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For more information on the International Economics Workshop:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/interecon
 
4.15-5.45, 1101 SIPA (Applied Microeconomic: Environment, Health, Labor and Public Finance Seminar)
         Thomas Fujiwara
         “Estimating Habit Formation in Voting”
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For more information on the Applied Microeconomic: Environment, Health, Labor and Public Finance Seminar:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/appliedmicro
 
Thursday, May 1
 
12.30-1.30, Uris 331 (Finance Free Lunch Seminar - Faculty Only)
         Marco Di Maggio (Columbia)
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For more information on the Finance Free Lunch Seminar:
https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/freelunch

12.30-1.30, Uris 332 (Management Seminar)
         Mickey Inzlicht (University of Toronto)
         “What is Ego Depletion? Why Self-Control Seems (but may not be)
          Limited”
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For more information on the Management Seminar:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/management/events/seminars

2.15-3.45, Uris 330 (Finance Seminar)
         Jose Luis Peydro
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For more information on the Finance Seminar:
http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/programs-admissions/academics/divisions/finance-economics/seminars/finance
 
4.00-5.00, Faculty House (Language and Cognition Seminar)
          Julie A. Van Dyke (Haskins Laboratories)
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For more information on the Language and Cognition Seminar:
http://universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminars/language-and-cognition/
 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU
 
Thursday, May 1
 
12.30-1.30, Psychology Room 551 (NYU Cognition and Perception Colloquia)
         Jay Martin and Zach Westrick (NYU Doctoral Students)
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For more information on the NYU Cognition and Perception Colloquia:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html#cp
 
 
Web Link of the Week:
 
“Brain Control in a Flash of Light”
Dr. Karl Deisseroth helped create the field of optogenetics, spawning a suite of techniques to turn brain cells on and off with a combination of genetic manipulation and pulses of light. Now optogenetics is transforming neuroscience, allowing scientists to go beyond observation and make testable predictions.
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