Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences
Social Sciences Seminars
Seminars for October 2009
Oct 5, 2009 12:00 PM
Kim C. Border, professor of economics, Caltech
A computational experiment on a non-economic model of the discovery and diffusion of knowledge via learning-by-doing with network-mediated matching with an application to a problem in economic history
Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
25 Baxter
Oct 7, 2009 4:00 PM
Markus Mobius, associate professor economics, Harvard University
Measuring Trust in Peruvian Shantytowns
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Oct 8, 2009 4:00 PM
Kenway Louie, postdoctoral fellow, New York University
Divisive Normalization and Value Representation in Parietal Decision Circuits
Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar Series
25 Baxter
Oct 13, 2009 4:00 PM
Matthew Gentzkow, Professor of Economics and Neubauer Family Faculty Fellow, University of Chicago
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Oct 14, 2009 4:00 PM
Yaron Azrieli, assistant professor of economics, Ohio State University
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Oct 15, 2009 4:00 PM
Tor Wager, assistant professor of psychology, Columbia University
'Value-System' Mediators of Expectancy Effects on Pain
Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar Series
25 Baxter
Oct 16, 2009 1:00 PM
Srinivas G Shakkottai, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University
From Conversations to Content: P2P Content Distribution on the Internet
SISL Postdoc/GRA Seminar
237 Baxter
Oct 22, 2009 4:00 PM
Christian C. Ruff, research fellow, University College London
Using Concurrent TMS-fMRI to Study Causal Functional Interactions in the Human Brain
Brain, Mind, and Society Seminar Series
25 Baxter
Oct 23, 2009 12:00 PM
Julian Romero, Graduate Student, Caltech
Bounded Rationality in Repeated Games
SISL Postdoc/GRA Seminar
237 Baxter
Oct 26, 2009 12:00 PM
Philip T. Hoffman, Rea A. and Lela G. Axline Professor of Business Economics and Professor of History, Caltech
Why was it that Europeans Conquered the World? The Politics and Economics of World Conquest
Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
25 Baxter
Oct 27, 2009 4:00 PM
John Zaller, Professor of Political Science, UCLA
Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
25 Baxter
Oct 28, 2009 4:00 PM
Joyee Deb, assistant professor economics, Stern School of Business, New York University
Cooperation and Community Responsibility: A Folk Theorem for Repeated
Bray Theory Workshop
25 Baxter
Oct 30, 2009 12:00 PM
Pietro Ortoleva, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech
Modeling the Change of Paradigm: Non-Bayesian Reactions to Unexpected News
SISL Postdoc/GRA Seminar
237 Baxter
