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Newsletter 61: Dec 3, 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, Dec. 3
 
12.10-1.30, Schermerhorn 200C (Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch)
         Alin Coman (Princeton)
         Talk Title TBA
         http://psych.princeton.edu/psychology/research/acoman/index.php
         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)
         Christian Gollier
         “Evaluation of long-dated investments under uncertain growth trend, volatility and catastrophes”
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7313022.
         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)
         Susan Andersen (NYU)
         “Transference and Shared Reality”
          http://www.psych.nyu.edu/andersen/
          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, Dec. 4
 
12.30-1.45, Uris 307 (Marketing Seminar Series)
         TBA
         TBA
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Marketing Division Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/marketing/faculty/seminars
 
12.30-1.45, Uris 332 (Management Seminar Series)
         Steven Blader (NYU)
         "Differentiating Status and Power: Implications for Perspective Taking, Justice, and Influence"
         http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/steven-blader
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
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)
         Phillip Leslie (UCLA - Anderson School)
         "Inspection Design and Inspector Behavior" Joint with Stern School
         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)
         Vaidyanathan Venkateswaran
         “Pledgability and Liquidity: A New Monetarist Model of Macro and Financial Activity (with Randy Wright)”
          iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Money Macro Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/money
 
Wednesday, Dec. 5
 
2.10-4.00, 1101 IAB (International Economics Workshop)
         Hyun Shin (Princeton)
         Working Capital, Inventories and Optimal Offshoring
         http://www.princeton.edu/~hsshin/www/working_capital.pdf
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on International Economics Workshop:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/interecon
 
4:15-5:45, SIPA 1101 (Applied Microeconomics Seminar)
         Kjell Salvanes
         “This Is Only a Test? Long-Run Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapon Testing”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Applied Microeconomics Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/appliedmicro
 
Thursday, Dec. 6
 
12.00-1.30, Know 509 (New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series)
         Jake Rosenfeld (University of Washington)
         Talk title TBA (Buffet lunch)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on New Pathways for the Social Sciences Colloquium Series:
http://sociology.columbia.edu/colloquium-series-new-pathways-social-sciences
 
2.15-3.45, Uris 330 (Finance Seminar)
         Julian Franks
         “The Ownership of Japanese Corporations in the 20th Century” (with Colin Mayer and Hideaki Miyajima))
         http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7313030
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Finance Seminar Series:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/finance
 
Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU
 
Tuesday, Dec. 4
 
12.30-2.00, 6 Washington Place, Room 771 (Social Psych Brown Bags)
         Presenter: Shana Cole, Amy Krosch
         Talk title TBA
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Social Psych Brown Bag:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html#socialbbs
 
2.30-4.00, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Neuroeconomics Seminar)
         Presenter: Andrew Caplin (NYU)
         “Imperfect Perception, Entropy, and Rational Inattention”
         http://www.neuroeconomics.nyu.edu/papers/Caplin_Abstract.pdf
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Neuroeconomics Seminar:
http://www.neuroeconomics.nyu.edu/events_neuroeconomics_seminar.html
 
Wednesday, Dec. 5
 
4.00-5.00, Room 517, 19 West 4th St. (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
         Presenter: Jeff Ely (Northwestern University)
         "Surprise and Suspense (with Alex Frankel & Emir Kamenica)"
         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
 
Facebook Friend or Enemy?
Online social networks enhance users' self-esteem — and lower self-control.
 
Confidence Game
From the archive: Men’s honest overconfidence — not overt discrimination — may play an important role in male domination of the C-suite.
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