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Newsletter 88: Nov 11, 2013

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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, November 11
 
12.00-1.30, Schermerhorn 200B (Psych Department Cognitive Lunch)
         Mike North (Columbia)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Psych Dept Cognitive Lunch:
https://lists.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/cognitive_lunch
 
12.00-1.00, IAB 1101 (Applied Microeconomics Colloquium)
         Yogita Shamdasani (Columbia)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Applied Microeconomics Colloquium:
http://econ.columbia.edu/seminar-schedule
 
2.30-4.00, IAB 1101 (Economic theory seminar)
         Nageeb Ali (UCSD)
         “The Power of Predictability in Legislative Bargaining” (with B. Douglas Bernheim and Xiochen Fan)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Economic Theory seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/economictheory
 
Tuesday, November 12
 
9.00-10.00, IAB 707 (Political Economy Breakfast)
         Elliott Ash (Columbia)
         “It’s the thought that counts: Gift exchange in the workplace”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Political Economy Breakfast:
http://political-economy-breakfast.wikischolars.columbia.edu/
12.15-1.45, 707 IAB (Political Economy Seminar)
         Hulya Eraslan (John Hopkins)
         “Mandatory versus Discretionary Spending: The Status Quo Effect”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Political Economy seminar:
http://jagiellonia.econ.columbia.edu/colloquia/political/
 
12.30-2.00, Uris 332 (Management Seminar)
         Francesca Gino (HBS)
         “Breaking Them In or Revealing Their Best?”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Management seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/management/seminars
 
1.00-2.00, 1101 IAB (Applied Microeconomics Colloquium)
         Harold Stolper (Columbia)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Applied Microeconomics Colloquium:
http://jagiellonia.econ.columbia.edu/colloquia/micro/
 
2.15-3.45, 1101 IAB (Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar)
         Gary Charness (UCSB)
         “Let’s Talk: How Communication Affects Contract Design”(with Jordi Brandts and Matthew Ellman)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the IO, Organization and Strategy Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/industorg
 
4.15-5.45, 1101 IAB (Money Macro Seminar)
         Philipp Kircher (PER visitor)
         “Efficient Firm Dynamics in a Frictional Labor Market” (with Leo Kaas)
          iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Money macro seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/money
 
Wednesday, November 13
 
12.00-1.00, 1102 IAB (Industrial Organization Colloquium)
         Carlos Montes (Columbia)
         “Evaluating the History of Fiscal Policy in the United States. A TVPSV-VAR approach”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Industrial Organization Colloquium:
http://jagiellonia.econ.columbia.edu/colloquia/industorg/
 
12.00-1.00, 509 Knox (Sociology Colloquium)
         Natasha Warikoo (Harvard)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Sociology Colloquium:
http://sociology.columbia.edu/colloquium-series-new-pathways-social-sciences
 
2.10-4.00, 1101 IAB (International Economics Workshop)
         Sam Kortum (Penn State)
         “Firm-to-Firm Trade: Imports, Exports, and the Labor Market” (with Jonathan Eaton and Francis Kramarz)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the International Economics Workshop:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/interecon
 
4.15-5.45, 1101 IAB (Applied Microeconomics: Environment, Health, Labor and Public Finance Seminar)
         Will Dobbie (Princeton)
         “The Medium-Term Impacts of High-Achieving Charter Schools on Non-Test Score Outcomes” (with Roland G. Fryer, Jr.)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Applied Microeconomics: Environment, Health, Labor and Public Finance Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/appliedmicro
 
Thursday, November 14
 
2.15-3.45, Uris 333 (Finance Seminar)
         Xuan Tian (Indiana)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Finance seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/finance
 
 
Upcoming seminars of potential interest at NYU
 
Monday, November 11

4.30-5.30, 19 W 4th St, Rm 517 (Applied Microeconomics Workshop)
         Roger Moon (USC)
         “Estimation of random coefficients logit demand models with interactive fixed effects”
         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
 
Tuesday, November 12
 
12.30-2.00, 6 Washington Place Room 551 (Social Psych Brown Bags)
         Amy Krosch (NYU)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Social Psychology Brown Bags:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html
 
Wednesday, November 13
 
4.00-5.00, 19 W 4th St, Rm 517 (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
         Sevgi Yuksel (NYU)
         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, November 14
 
12.30-1.30, 6 Washington Place, Rm 551 (Cognition and Perception Colloquia)
         Peter Battaglia (MIT)
         “Simulation in Physical Scene Understanding”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Cognition and Perception Colloquia:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html
 
 
Web Link of the Week:
 
Researchers Discover How Neural Circuits Zero in on the Specific Information Needed for Decisions
An interdisciplinary team of Stanford researchers examines decision making processes in the prefrontal cortex.
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