Subject: CDS Weekly newsletter

 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

 

Monday, October 4

 

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

 William Hirst (New School)

“Reshaping Memories through Social Interactions”

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

Jonathan Levav  (Columbia University)
“Seeking Variety to Overcome Social Exclusion”

Abstract

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2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic Theory Workshop)

Richard Holden  (University of Chicago)

“Integration and Information: Firms’Governance in Rational Expectations Equilibrium” (with Robert Gibbons and Michael Powell)

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Tuesday, October 5

 

12.30-1.45, Uris 307 (Marketing Division Seminar)

Scott Shriver (Stanford University)

“Network Effects in Alternative Fuel Adoption: Empirical Analysis of the Market for Ethanol”

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12.30-2.00, Uris 331 (Management Division Seminar: Note that location is changed)

Arno Riedl (Maastrich University)
“Indecisiveness in Decision Making under Uncertainty: Are Preferences Incomplete?”

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

Robert Gibbons (MIT - Sloan School)
“Relational Contracts and the Origins of Organizational Capabilities” (with Rebecca Henderson)
Paper

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Wednesday, October 6

 

4:15-5:45, IAB 1101 (Applied Microeconomics Seminar)

Solomon Hsiang (Columbia University)
Title TBA

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Thursday, October 7

 

2:00-4:00, IAB 801 (Wealth and Inequality Seminar)

Katherine Donato (Vanderbilt University)

Title TBA

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Thursday, October 7

 

12:30-2:00, Room 517, 19 West 4th Street, (C.E.S.S. Experimental Seminar)

Arno Riedl (Maastricht University)
"Choosing Interaction Partners Induces Maximum Effort in the Minimum Effort Game" (Joint with Ingrid Rohde and Martin Strobel)

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Weblink of the week

 

Behavioral Economist and "Nudge" co-author Richard Thaler advises the British government:

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/09/cameron-nudge-unit-economic-behaviour

 

 

Working paper of the week