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Newsletter 59: Nov 19, 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, Nov. 19
 
12.10-1.30, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch)
         Brice Kuhl (NYU)
         "Reinstating the past: the functional architecture of memory reactivation"
         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)
         Mehmet Ekmekci
         Information in Tender Offers with a Large Shareholder (with Nenad Kos)
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7312953
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
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)
         Chris Crew and Travis Riddle (Columbia)
         “Heightened sensitivity to interpersonal rejection predicts learning following negative social feedback”
          http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/student-bios/CrewC/student.html   http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/student-bios/RiddleT/student.html
          iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
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, Nov. 20
 
12.30-1.45, Uris 307 (Marketing Seminar Series)
         Sridhar Narayanan (Stanford)
         "Measuring Position Effects in Search Advertising: A Regression Discontinuity Approach"
          http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7222356
          http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/narayanan/documents/cv_sridhar_narayanan.pdf
          iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Marketing Division Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/marketing/faculty/seminars
 
2:15-4:00, 330 Uris (I.O., Organizations, and Strategy)
         Jan de Loecker (Princeton)
         "Prices, Markups and Trade Reform" (with Pinelopi Goldberg, Amit Khandelwal and Nina Pavcnik).  Joint with Trade
          http://www.princeton.edu/~jdeloeck/india_dLGKP_main.pdf    
          iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
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)
         Mark Wright
         "Human Capital Risk, Contract Enforcement and Macroeconomy" (with Tom Krebs and Moritz Kuhn)
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7222378
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Money Macro Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/money
 
Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU
 
Monday, Nov. 19 
 
4.15-5.30, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Applied Microeconomics Workshop)
         Presenter: Marco Cosconati (Bank of Italy)
         "Optimal Parenting Styles: Evidence from a Dynamic Model with Multiple Equilibria"
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Applied Microeconomics Workshop:
http://econ.as.nyu.edu/object/econ.event.applied
 
Wednesday, Nov. 21
 
4.00-5.00, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
         Presenter: Hiroki Nishimura (NYU)
         "The Transitive Core: Revealing Welfare from Nontransitive Preference Relations"
         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
 
Weblink of the week
 
Neural Networking: Your Brain's Internal Connections Operate Like a Country Club
 
Changing Social Roles Can Reverse Aging
Old bees that start caring for young ones gain cognitive power
 
Your Brain by the Numbers
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