Subject: CDS Weekly newsletter

 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

 

Monday, September 20

 

2.40-3.55, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Social Snack)

Michel Pham (Columbia University)
“Feeling the Future: The Emotional Oracle Effect”

Abstract

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2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic Theory Workshop)

Andrew Caplin (New York University)

“Markets for Indivisible Goods”

Paper #1  Paper #2

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Tuesday, September 21

 

12.30-2:00, Uris 307 (Marketing Division Seminar)

Bryan Bollinger (Stanford University)

“Green Technology Adoption: An Empirical Study of the Southern California Dry Cleaning Industry”

Abstract

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

Joshua Gans (Melbourne Business School)

“Will the Internet Kill the News Media?" (with Susan Athey and Emilio Calvano).
Abstract

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Thursday, September 23

 

2.15-3.45, Uris 332 (Finance Division Seminar)

Lauren Cohen (Harvard Business School)

“Friends in High Places” (with Christopher Malloy)

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Friday, September 24

 

12.30-2.00, Uris 303 (Management Division Seminar NOTE that this is not this seminar’s usual time and date)

Scott Page (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)

Title TBA
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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Tuesday, September 21

 

2.30-3.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Economics and Psychology/NeuroEconomics Seminar)

John Monterosso (University of Southern California)
“Internal feedback in intertermporal choice"

Abstract

» Paper

» Additional paper

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Wednesday, September 22

 

4.00-? Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)

John Geanakoplos (Yale University)
“Hyperbolic Discounting is Rational"

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Weblink of the week

 

Sharad Goel and CDS alum Dan Goldstein leverage some great data sets at Yahoo to demonstrate social influences on consumer behavior:

 

http://messymatters.com/2010/09/01/birdshop/

 

Working paper of the week