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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

Monday, Nov. 16

 

12.10-1.30, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch)

         Tor Wager (Columbia)

         Title TBA

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2.40-4.00, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Social Snack)

June Gruber (Yale)

Title TBA

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Tuesday, Nov. 17

 

12.30-1.45, Uris 331 (Management Division Seminar)

Melissa Schilling (NYU Stern School)

“Technology Shocks, Alliances, and Organizational Fields: Insights from the Global Technology Collaboration Network”

To read a paper by Professor Schilling, please click here.

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2:15-3:45, 306 Uris (I.O., Organizations, and Strategy)

Francisco Decarolis (University of Chicago)

"When the Highest Bidder Loses
         the Auction: Theory and Evidence from Public Procurement."

To read a paper on this topic, written by Professor Decarolis, please click here.

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Wednesday, Nov. 18

 

4:15-5:45, IAB 1027 (Applied Microeconomics Seminar)

Lisa Kahn (Yale)

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4.10-5.30, Schermerhorn 614 (Psych Dept Colloquium)

         James Blair (NIH)

         "Amygdala and Orbital Frontal Cortex in Conduct Disorder
         and Callous and Unemotional Traits"

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Thursday, Nov. 19

 

4.00-5.30 Faculty House (room will be posted in Lobby; Seminar on Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience)

Ray Jackendoff  (Tufts University and Santa Fe Institute)
“The Cognitive Structure of Value, Fairness, and Reciprocity”

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How do humans conceptualize systems of value?  The hypothesis is that value is conceptualized as an abstract (non-perceptible) property attributed to objects, persons, and actions. The value of an entity plays a role in a suite of inference rules which affect the way one reasons about the entity and acts on it.  For more information, click here.

 

 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Tuesday, Nov. 17

 

2.30-3.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (NeuroEconomics seminar)

Presenter: Todd A. Hare (CalTech)
"Self-Control In Decision Making Involves Modulation of the vmPFC Valuation System"

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Thursday, Nov. 19

12.30-1.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (CESS Experimental Economics seminar)

Erkut Ozbay (University of Maryland)

“Fear of Losing in Dynamic Auctions: An Experimental Study”

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Weblink of the week

 

What computer science can teach economics

MIT Professor Constantinos Daskalakis applies the theory of computational complexity to game theory, with consequences in a range of disciplines.