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Newsletter 29: Nov 1, 2010

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

 

Monday, November 1

 

2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic Theory Workshop)

Wouter Dessein (Columbia University)

Pandering to Persuade (with Yeon-Koo Che and Navin Kartik)

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Tuesday, November 2

 

12.30-1.45, Uris 307 (Marketing Division Seminar)

Keisha Cutright  (Duke University)

The Beauty of Boundaries: When and Why We Seek Structure in Consumption

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12.30-2.00, Uris 332 (Management Division Seminar)

Jason Beckfield  (Harvard University)

Regional Integration and the European Welfare State

Paper

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4:15-5:45, IAB 1101 (Money Macro Workshop)

Kjetil Storesletten  (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
From Wages to Welfare: Decomposing Gains and Losses From Rising Inequality(with Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante)

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Wednesday, November 3

 

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

Ed Lazear (Stanford)
Why Do Inventories Rise When Demand Falls in Housing and Other Markets?

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Thursday, November 4

 

2.15-3.45, Uris Hall 332 (Finance Division Seminar)

Jonathan Zinman (Dartmouth College)

Title TBA

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10.00-11.30, The Sergievsky Center Conference Room, 19th floor, the Presbyterian Hospital Building on CUMC (Cognitive Neuroscience Seminar)

Jennifer Manly (Columbia University Medical Center, Sergievsky Center)

Cognitive function and childhood experiences among participants in the African American AD Genetics project

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Monday, November 1

 

4.15-5.50, Room 517, 19 W. 4th St. (Applied Microeconomics Workshop)

Chris Rohlfs (Syracuse University)

A Generalized Theory of Hedonic Estimation Using Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs

Paper

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Tuesday, November 2

 

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

Mark Dean (Brown University)   
“Ti
me Budgeting, Search and Choice

Abstract  

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Wednesday, November 3

 

4.00-5:30  Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)

Glen Weyl (Harvard)

“Materialistic Genius and Market Power: Uncovering the Best Innovations

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Thursday, November 4

 

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

Yoram Halevy (UBC)

Time Consistency: Stationarity and Time Invariance
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Weblink of the week

 

MIT researchers point out the dangers of decision makers misunderstanding where they stand in a hierarchy of uncertainty:
  
http://aidwatchers.com/2010/10/physics-envy-in-development-even-worse-than-in-finance/

An “evolutionary psychologist” offers a view on the origins of political ideology:

http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/a-new-take-on-political-ideology-24683/

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