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Thursday, March 7th, 2013

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Ordering Ambiguous Acts

Sujoy Mukerji, Department of Economics, Oxford University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Partial Ambiguity

Chew Soo Hong, Department of Economics, National University of Singapore,

4:00pm – 5:15pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

A Model of Persuasion with Boundedly Rational Agents

Ariel Rubinstein, Department of Economics, University of Tel Aviv / New York University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Robust Incentive Contracting

Gabriel Carroll, Graduate Student, MIT,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Confidence and Overconfidence and Political Economy (joint with Pietro Ortoleva)

Erik Snowberg, Professor of Economics and Political Science, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Limited Willpower

Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Elicitation (and Evaluation) of Statistical Forecasts

Nicolas S. Lambert, Assistant Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Agency Models with Frequent Actions

Tomasz Sadzik, Assistant Professor, UCLA,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Equilibrium Tax Rates and Income Redistribution: A Laboratory Study (joint with Thomas Palfrey)

Marina Agranov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Bayesian inference and Non-Bayesian Prediction and Choice: Foundations and An Application to Entry Games with Multiple Equilibria

Larry G. Epstein, Department of Economics, Boston University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Information Aggregation in the Field: an Application to Sales Forecasting

Benjamin J. Gillen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Folk Theorem in Repeated Games with Private Monitoring

Takuo Sugaya, Assistant Professor, Princeton University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED

Yeon-Koo Che, Kelvin J. Lancaster Professor of Economic Theory, Columbia University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

How Better Information Can Garble Experts' Advice (joint with Ben Golub and Andrei Kirilenko)

Matthew Elliott, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

A Canonical Model of Choice with Initial Endowments (joint with Yusufcan Masatlioglu)

Ahmet Efe Ok, Department of Economics, New York University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Reputational Bargaining and Asymmetric Information

David Pearce, Professor of Economics, New York University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Flexible Renegotiation and Persistent Private Information

Bruno Strulovici, Assistant Professor of Economics, Northwestern University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Incentive Compatibility, Efficiency and Network Centrality in Public Good Games

Matthew Elliott, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Matching Information

Hector Chade, Professor of Economics, Arizona State University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Homophily in Peer Groups

Mariagiovanna Baccara, Assistant Professor of Economics, Washington University, St. Louis,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

The Power of Revealed Preference Tests: Ex-Post Evaluation of Experimental Design

Benjamin Gillen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Many-to-Many Matching Design

Alessandro Pavan, Professor of Economics, Northwestern University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices

Dan Silverman, Associate Professor, University of Michigan,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

A Large-Market Rational Expectations Equibrium Model

Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics and Finance, IESE,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

The Effect of Negotiations on Bargaining in Legislatures

Marina Agranov, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Subjective Learning

David Dillenberger, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Strategic Social Pressure: Theory and Experiment (with Margaret Neale and Hugaveera Rao)

David Baron, Visiting Professor in Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

The Evolution of Theory of Mind

Arthur Robson, Professor of Economics, Simon Fraser University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Risky-Taking" Behavior in Dynamic Tournaments with Interim Performance Information

Joseph Wang, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Voter Behavior, Term Limits and Seniority Advantage in Pork Barrel Politics

Cortney Rodet, Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

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Racial Gerrymandering in Texas: Why We Still Need the Voting Rights Act

J. Morgan Kousser, Professor of History and Social Science, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Vignettes - A Computer Scientist Exploring the Interface With The Social Sciences

Katrina Ligett, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

An Empirical Equilibrium Model of a Decentralized Asset Market

Alessandro Gavazza, assistant professor of economics, Stern School of Business, New York University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Social Image: Virtuous, Shame, and Temptation

Kota Saito, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

An Estimable Demand System for a Large Auction Platform Market

Gregory Lewis, Assistant Professor of Economics, Harvard University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Contagion and Uninvadability in Social Networks with Bilingual Option (joint with Daisuke Oyama)

Satoru Takahashi, Assistant Professor of Economics, Princeton University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Effective Affirmative Action in School Choice

Isa E. Hafalir, Assistant Professor of Economics, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Information Aggregation and Optimal Structure of the Executive

Francesco Squintani, Department of Economics, University of Essex,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Costly Self Control and Random Self Indulgence

Bart Lipman, professor of economics, Boston University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Rational and Naive Herding

Matthew Rabin, professor of economics, UC Berkeley,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Is it all connected? Understanding the Relationship Between Behavioral Phenomena

Pietro Ortoleva, assistant professor of economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Approximately Optimal Mechanism Design via Differential Privacy

Rann Smorodinsky, associate professor of economics and finance, Israel Institute of Technology,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Search and Satisficing

Mark Dean, associate professor of economics, Brown University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Collective Dynamic Choice: The Necessity of Time Inconsistency (joint with Matthew O. Jackson)

Leeat Yariv, professor of economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

History-Dependent Risk Attitude

Kareen Rozen, assistant professor of economics, Yale University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Searching a Bargain: Power of Strategic Commitment

Selcuk Ozyurt, assistant professor of economics, Sabanci University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Optimal Compensation with Earnings Manipulation: Managerial Ownership and Retention

Thomas A. Gresik, professor of economics, University of Notre Dame,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Vote Markets

Thomas R. Palfrey, Flintridge Foundation Professor of Economics and Political Science, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

On the Comparative Statics of Equilibrium Points

Rabah Amir, professor of economics, University of Arizona, and visiting professor of economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Rational and Irrational Bubbles: An Experiment

Sébastien Pouget, professor of finance, University of Toulouse,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

A Restatement of the Theory of Monopoly with Applications to Merger Analysis

Glen Weyl, junior fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

The Effect of News on Trading, Adverse Selection and Dynamic Signaling

Brendan Daley, assistant professor of economics, Duke University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Time Preference: Experiments and Foundations

Jawward Noor, assistant professor of economics, Boston Univeristy,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Improving Efficiency in Matching Markets with Regional Caps: The Case of the Japan Residency Matching Program

Fuhito Kojima, assistant professor of economics, Stanford University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Interdependent Preferences and Strategic Distinguishability

Stephen Morris, professor of economics, Princeton University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

The Shape of Temptation: Implications for the Economic Lives of the Poor

Abhijit Banerjee, professor of economics, MIT,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Observational Learning and Demand for Search Goods

Thomas Wiseman, associate professor of economics, the University of Texas at Austin,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Attributes (joint paper with Diego Klabjan and Asher Wolinsky)

Wojciech Olszewski, professor of economics, Northwestern University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Reason-Based Choice: A Bargaining Rationale for the Attraction and Compromise Effects

Kfir Eliaz, associate professor of economics, Brown University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Uncertainty Equivalents: Linear Tests of the Independence Axiom

James Andreoni, professor of economics, UC San Diego,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

The Twilight of the Setter? Local School Finance in a Time of Institutional Change (joint work with Sean Corcoran, NYU and Thomas Romer, Princeton)

Howard Rosenthal, Visiting Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Risk Preferences Are Not Time Preferences

James Andreoni, Professor of Economics, UC San Diego,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Expected Uncertain Utility and Multiple Sources

Wolfgang Pesendorfer, Economics Department, Princeton University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Dynamic Decision Models: Identification and Estimation

Matthew Shum, Professor of Economics, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

How Does Life Settlement Affect the Primary Life Insurance Market? (with Edward Kung)

Hanming Fang, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Combinatorial Voting

David Ahn, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Selective Trials: A Principal-Agent Approach to Randomized Controlled Experiments

Erik Snowberg, Assistant Professor of Economics and Political Science, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Dynamic Incentive Accounts

Tomasz Sadzik, Department of Economics, New York University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

A Computational Substrate For Goal-Directed Behavior

Matthew Botvinick, Princeton Neuroscience Institute,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

The Incentive Effects of Affirmative Action in a Real-Effort Tournament

Pedro Rey Biel, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Visiting Assistant Professor, Rady School of Management (UCSD),

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Temporal Resolution of Uncertainty and Recursive Models of Ambiguity Aversion

Tomasz Strzalecki, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard University,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Hierarchical Cheap Talk (joint with Eduardo Azevedo and Yuichiro Kamada) -- Legislative Committees as Information Intermediaries: a Unified Theory of Committee Selection and Amendment Rules (joint with Eduardo Azevedo, Yuichiro Kamada, Yuki Takag)

Attila Ambrus, Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard University,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

Mapping Intelligence in the Brain: A Large-scale Lesion Analysis of IQ

Ralph Adolphs, Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Caltech,

12:00pm – 1:00pm

Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar

Baxter B125

The Value of Information in the Court. Get it Right, Get it Tight

Matias Iaryczower, assistant professor of economics and political science, Caltech,

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Bray Theory Workshop

Baxter B125

Strategic Interaction and Networks

Rachel Kranton, Professor of Economics, Duke University,

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