Seminars of Interest at Columbia

Monday February 27th

2:30pm to 3:45pm - IAB 1101
Economic Theory Workshop - Siyang Xiong (University of Bristol)   
Title Not Available

Tuesday February 28th

12:30pm to 2:00pm - Uris 330
Management Seminars - Scott Shane (Case Western - Weatherhead)
Training Aspiring Entrepreneurs to Pitch Experienced Investors: Evidence from a Field Experiment in the United States

2:15pm to 3:45pm - IAB 1101
Industrial Organizational & Strategy - Nick Buchholz (Princeton)
Spatial Equilibrium, Search Frictions and Efficient Regulation in the Taxi
Industry'

4:15pm to 5:45pm - IAB 1101 
Money-Macro Workshop - Eric Zwick (University of Chicago)
Speculative Dynamics of Prices and Volume (with Anthony A. DeFusco and Charles G. Nathanson)

Wednesday March 1st

2:15pm to 3:45pm - 1101 IAB
International Economics Workshop - Klaus Desmet (SMU)
Title Not Available

Thursday March 2nd

12:30pm to 1:30pm - Uris 330
Marketing Seminar - Vineet Kumar (Yale)
Title Not Available

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

Friday March 3rd

12:30pm to 1:45pm - Uris 332
Competitive Strategy Seminar - Glen Weyl
Quadratic Voting and the Public Good: Introduction (with Eric A. Posner)

Seminars of Interest at NYU

Thursday March 2nd

12:30pm to 1:30pm - Psychology Room 551
Cognition & Perception Colloquia - David Somers (Boston University)
Title Not Available

Article of the Week
'Behavioral Economics' Can Help Docs Encourage Patients to Step Up Activity
Researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) present a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level by incorporating behavioral economics insights such as "present-time bias" and "status quo bias". The authors highlight the important role that primary care physicians play in guiding patients to adopt and maintain healthier lifestyles, on the premise that patients hold physician advice in high regard. This new approach warrants empirical testing, they note.