Seminars of Interest at Columbia

Monday April 8th

2:30 pm to 3:45 pm - IAB 1101
Economic Theory Workshop -Vasiliki Skreta (University of Texas, Austin)
Mechanism Design with Limited Commitment (with Laura Doval)

Tuesday April 9th

12:30 pm to 1:45 pm - Uris 327
Macroeconomics Lunch Group (Faculty Only) - Amit Khandelwal
Title Not Available
 
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm - Uris 332
Management Seminar - Tarun Khanna (HBS)
Long Run Memories of Involuntary Migratory Displacement: A Statistical Case Study of the 1947 Partition of British India

2:15 pm to 3:45 pm - IAB 1101
Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar - Thomas Wollman
Title Not Available

Wednesday April 10th

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Uris 326
Finance Free Lunch Seminar (Faculty Only) - Oliver Darmouni
Title Not Available

4:05 pm - 5:35 pm - IAB 1101
Applied Microeconomics Seminar - Amanda Kowalski (University of Michigan)
Title Not Available

Thursday April 11th 

12:30 pm to 1:45 pm - Uris 303
Finance Seminar - Miao Ben Zhang (University of Southern California)
Title Not Available

12:30 pm to 1:30 pm - Uris 333
Marketing Seminar - Jake Hofman (Microsoft)
How Predictable is the Spread of Information?

Seminars of Interest at NYU

Tuesday April 9th

12:30 pm to 2:00 pm - 6 Washington Place, Meyer 551
Social Psychology Brown Bag - Mao Mogami and Michael Berkebile
Title Not Available

2:40 pm to 4:00 pm - NYU Dept. of Economics, 19 W. 4th St, Room 517
Neuroeconomics Colloquium - David Redish (University of Minnesota)
Title Not Available

Thursday April 11th

12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - Psychology Room 121
Cognition and Perception Colloquia - Niko Kriegeskorte (Columbia University)
Title Not Available

Article of the Week
According to Research, Poor Office Air Can Impair Decision Making
How can poor ventilation in a conference room impact the cognitive function of decision makers in the room? While there is important mainstream focus on outdoor air quality, studies from Berkeley National Laboratory and Harvard University observe how poor indoor air quality can affect decision-making processes. In the studies, participant's decision-making skills were tested in rooms of varying carbon dioxide concentrations, finding a decrease in cognitive function at higher carbon dioxide concentrations.