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Newsletter 31: Nov 15, 2010

Subject: CDS Weekly newsletter

 

Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia

 

Monday, Nevember 15

 

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

 Todd Gureckis (New York University)

What would you like to learn about?  Exploring the impact of active information sampling on category learning

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

Shoham Choshen-Hillel  (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

“Between Inequality Aversion and Pro-social Behavior”

Abstract

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2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic Theory Workshop)

Christopher Harris

           Games with Exhaustible Resources ” (with Sam Howison and Ronnie Sircar)

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Tuesday, Nevember 16

 

12.30-2.00, Uris 332 (Management Division Seminar)

Claude Steele (Columbia University)

Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do

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

John Graham (Duke - Fuqua School)

Capital Allocation and Delegation of Decision-Making Authority Within Firms (with Cam Harvey and Manju Puri).

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Wednesday, Nevember 17

 

12.00-1.30, Knox Hall 509 (New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series)

Eszter Hargittai, (Northwestern University)
“The Digital Reproduction of Inequality”

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

Glenn Loury (Brown University)
Title TBA

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Thursday, Nevember 18

 

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

Jan Eberly (Northwestern University)
Reallocating and pricing illiquid capital: Two productive trees (with Neng Wang)

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5.45-7.15, Uris Hall 301 (Center for Decision Sciences)

Robert H. Frank (Cornell University)
The Libertarian Welfare State

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU

 

Monday, Nevember 15

 

12.00-1.30, 44 West 4th Street, Room 3-120 (Quantitative Finance & Econometrics Seminar)

Farhang Farazmand (NYU Stern School of Business)

In Search of Tail Risk”

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Tuesday, Nevember 16

 

4.15-5.40  Room 624, 19 W. 4th Street (Decision Theory Workshop)

          Kfir Eliaz (Brown University)

Reason Based Choice: A Bargaining Rationale for the Attraction and Compromise Effects

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Weblink of the week

 

Psychologist Daryl Bem is about to publish a paper in JPSP which presents evidence that the future can influence the past.  Specifically, he demonstrates that some classic psychological effects can be observed even when the hypothesized “cause” of the phenomena occurs after the “effect.”

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19712-evidence-that-we-can-see-the-future-to-be-published.html

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