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Newsletter 54: Oct 8, 2012

The Center for Decision Sciences at Columbia Business School

Welcome to the Center for Decision Sciences' Weekly Newsletter. Below you can find a list of events of interest. 

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Upcoming seminars of potential interest at Columbia
 
Monday, Oct. 8
 
12.10-1.30, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch)
         Bryan Denny (Mount Sinai Medical Center)
         "What determines whether the effects of emotion regulation will last? Investigating the neural mechanisms underlying sustained effects of reappraisal practice" 
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch:http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/news/areatalks/lunch.html
 
2.30-4.00, 1101 IAB (Economic Theory Workshop)
         Andrea Attar
         "Nonexclusive Competition under Adverse Selection" (with Thomas Mariotti and Francois Salanie)
          http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7221784        
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For more information on Economic Theory Workshop:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/economictheory
 
2.40-4.00, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Social Snack)
         Tom Tyler (Yale)
         “Two Functions of Procedural Justice
          http://www.law.yale.edu/faculty/TTyler.htm        
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For more information on Psych Dept Social Snack:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/news/areatalks/snack.html?mode=interactive&screen=view&dpRaGTbLww_save=true&dpRaGTbLww_comment=
 
Tuesday, Oct. 9
 
12.30-1.45, Uris 332 (Management Division Seminar)
         Ashleigh Rosette (Duke)
         "Why do Racial Slurs Remain Prevalent in the Workplace? Integrating Theory on Intergroup Behavior"
         http://www.fuqua.duke.edu/faculty_research/faculty_directory/rosette/
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For more information on Management Division Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/management/seminars
 
 
2:15-4:00, 330 Uris (I.O., Organizations, and Strategy)
         Brian Silverman (Univ. of Toronto)
         "Managing Agency Problems in Early Sharholder Capitalism: An Exploration of Liverpool Shipping, 1744-1785." With Paul Ingram
          To read a paper on this topic, written by Professor Silverman please click here. 
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For more information on I.O., Organizations, and Strategy:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/industorg
 
4:15-5:45, 1101 IAB (Money Macro Seminar)
         Jean-Paul L'Huillier
         “Consumers' Imperfect Information and Price Rigidities”
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7221812        
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Money Macro Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/money
 
Wednesday, Oct. 10
 
12.00-1.30, Know 509 (New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series)
         Pamela Bennett (Queens College (CUNY))
         Talk title TBA (Buffet lunch)
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For more information on New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series:http://sociology.columbia.edu/colloquium-series-new-pathways-social-sciences
 
4:15-5:45, SIPA 1101 (Applied Microeconomics Seminar)
         Alex Mas
         “Do Credit Market Shocks affect the Real Economy? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Great Recession and `Normal’ Economic Times” (with Michael Greenstone)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Applied Microeconomics Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/appliedmicro
 
Thursday, Oct. 11
 
2.15-3.45, Uris 330 (Finance Seminar)
         Andrei Shleifer
         Money Doctors (with Nicola Gennaioli and Robert Vishny) 
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7221782        
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For more information on Finance Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/finance
 
Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU
 
Monday, Oct. 8 
 
4.15-5.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Applied Microeconomics Workshop) 
         Presenter: Igal Hendel (Northwestern University)
         "Equilibria in Health Exchanges: Adverse Selection vs. Reclassification Risk."
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For more information on  the Applied Microeconomics Workshop:
http://econ.as.nyu.edu/object/econ.event.applied
 
Tuesday, Oct. 9
 
12.30-2.00, Room 771, 6 Washington Place (Social Psychology Brown Bags)
         Presenter: Jessica L. Tracy (UBC)
         Talk title TBA
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For more information on the Social Psychology Brown Bags:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html#social
 
12.30-2.30, Room 736, 19 West 4th St. (Special Topics Courses)
         Presenter: Ernst Fehr, Global Distinguished Professor of Economics
         Economic Consequences of Social Preferences: Social preferences in individual decision making and markets
         http://www.neuroeconomics.nyu.edu/Fehr1.pdf        
         Email cm172@nyu.edu to attend
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For more information on  the Special Topics Courses:
http://www.neuroeconomics.nyu.edu/events_ernst_fehr_classes.html
 
Wednesday, Oct. 10
 
12.00-1.30, Room 736, 19 West 4th St. (Special Topics Courses)
         Presenter: Ernst Fehr, Global Distinguished Professor of Economics
         Fatal attraction. neural measures of impulsivity predict choice mistakes
         Email cm172@nyu.edu to attend
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For more information on  the Special Topics Courses:
http://www.neuroeconomics.nyu.edu/events_ernst_fehr_classes.html
 
12.30-1.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (CESS Experimental Economics seminar)
         Mark Zajicek (University of Economics in Prague)
         “Asset Market Bubbles with OLG”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the CESS Experimental Economics seminar:
http://cess.nyu.edu/seminars/fall-2012/
 
4.00-5.00, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
        Kemal Yildiz (NYU) (Coauthored with Semih Koray (Bilkent University))
        "Implementation Via Codes of Rights”
         https://files.nyu.edu/ky455/public/CodesofRights.pdf
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Microeconomic Theory Workshop:
http://econ.as.nyu.edu/object/econ.event.microeconomic
 
Thursday, Oct. 11
 
12.30-1.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (CESS Experimental Economics seminar)
         Ned Augenblick (HAAS School of Business, University of California, Berkeley)
         “Working Over Time: Dynamic Inconsistency in Real Effort Tasks”
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For more information on the CESS Experimental Economics seminar:
http://cess.nyu.edu/seminars/fall-2012/
 
Weblink of the week
 
Columbia University Brain Month | October 2012
Get a taste of the transformational neuroscience happening soon at Columbia with topics that offer insight into brain function and dysfunction, the logic of decision making, and even the relationship between the brain and our appreciation of art, beauty, and good food.
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