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Newsletter 90: Dec 2, 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, December 2
 
12.00-1.30, Schermerhorn 200B (Psych Department Cognitive Lunch)
         First Year talks (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)
         Mica Sviatschi (Columbia)
         “Too Young to Marry? Early Marriage, Gender Gap and Labor Demand”
         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)
         Clara Ponsati (Barcelona GSE)
         “Meritocracy, Egalitarianism and the Stability of Majoritarian Organizations” (with Salvador Barbera and Carmen Bevia)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on Economic Theory seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/economictheory
 
Tuesday, December 3
 
9.00-10.00, IAB 707 (Political Economy Breakfast)
         Robert Barron and Nate Nehigh (Columbia)
         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, Uris 332 (Political Economy Seminar)
         Avi Acharya (Rochester)
         “Attitudes Shaped by Violence”
         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)
         Francine LaFontaine (Ross)
         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)
         Ferran Elias (Columbia)
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Applied Microeconomics Colloquium:
http://jagiellonia.econ.columbia.edu/colloquia/micro/
 
4.00-5.30, Stern School of Business (Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar)
         Alan Sorensen (Joint with NYU Stern)
         “Dynamic Bidding and the Efficiency of Open vs. Closed Auctions”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Industrial Organization and Strategy Seminar:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/industorg
 
4.15-5.45, 1101 IAB (Money Macro Seminar)
         Andrea Eisfeldt (UCLA)
         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, December 4
 
12.00-1.00, 1102 IAB (Industrial Organization Colloquium)
         Patrick Sun (Columbia)
         “Quality Competition in Telecommunications Infrastructure: Evidence from Connecticut”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Industrial Organization Colloquium:
http://jagiellonia.econ.columbia.edu/colloquia/industorg/
 
2.10-4.00, 1101 IAB (International Economics Workshop)
         Nate Baum-Snow (Brown)
         “Urban Transport Expansions, Employment Decentralization, and the Spatial Scope of Agglomeration Economies”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the International Economics Workshop:
http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/finance/seminars/interecon


4.10-5.10, 614 Schermerhorn (Psychology Colloquium)
         Mike Shadlen (Columbia)
         “Believing and Time: A Neural Mechanism for Decision Making”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Psychology Colloquium:
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/lists/colloquia.html

4.15-5.45, 1101 IAB (Applied Microeconomics: Environment, Health, Labor and Public Finance Seminar)
         Esteban Aucejo (LSE)
         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, December 5
 
2.15-3.45, Uris 333 (Finance Seminar)
         John Campbell (HBS)
         “Monetary Policy Drivers of Bond and Equity Risks” (with Carolin Pflueger and Luis Viceira)
         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
 
Tuesday, December 3
 
12.30-2.00, 6 Washington Place Room 551 (Social Psych Brown Bags)
         Lindy Gullet and Jenny Xiao (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
 
2.30-4.00, 19 W 4th St, Rm 517 (Neuroeconomics Seminar)
         Xiao-Jing Wang (NYU)
         “Neurobiology of reward-dependent learning: beyond local circuits”
         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, December 4
 
4.00-5.00, 19 W 4th St, Rm 517 (Microeconomic Theory Workshop)
         Dirk Bergemann (Yale)
         “Information, Interdependence, and Interaction: Where Does the Volatility Come From?”
         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, December 5
 
12.30-1.30, 6 Washington Place Room 551 (Cognition and Perception Colloquium)
         Frances Champagne (Columbia)
         “Epigenetics, Development, and the Origins of Variation in Behavior”
         iCal (to add this event to your calendar)
 
For more information on the Cognition and Perception Colloquium:
http://www.psych.nyu.edu/events/colloquia.html
 
 
Web Link of the Week:
 
Climate Casino: An Overview of Global Warming
In a new book, William Nordhaus of Yale provides a lucid review of the climate-change problem from both an
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