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Tuesday, March 1st, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Information aggregation in social networks
Svetlana Pevnitskaya, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Associate Professor of Economics, Florida State University,
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Chaos and Unpredictability in Dynamic Public Policy Problems
Marco Battaglini, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Edward H. Meyer Professor of Economics, Cornell University,
Wednesday, February 9th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Information, Mobile Communication, and Referral Effects
Eleonora Patacchini, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Stephen and Barbara Friedman Professor of International Political Economy, Cornell University,
Wednesday, January 26th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Computationally Tractable Choice
Modibo Camara, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Northwestern University,
Monday, January 24th, 2022
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Disruptive Effects of Natural Disasters: The 1906 San Francisco Fire
Hanna Schwank, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Boston University,
Thursday, January 20th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Contracting and vertical control by a dominant platform
Ellen Muir, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Stanford University,
Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Preference Regression
Peter Caradonna, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics, Georgetown University,
Thursday, January 13th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Public Goods Under Financial Distress: Evidence from Cities in the Great Depression
Pawel Janas, PhD Candidate, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,
Tuesday, January 11th, 2022
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Online Event
Signaling and Discrimination in Collaborative Projects
Paula Onuchic, Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Economics, Nuffield College, Oxford University,
Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Matching and Prices
Ravi Jagadeesan, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Economics, Stanford University,
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Analyzing Text Data Indexed by a Hidden Characteristic: Method and Application to the Study of Media Bias in the U.S.
Yimeng Li, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Friday, December 3rd, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Persuading a Rationally Inattentive Agent
Alexander Bloedel, Linde Institute Postdoctoral Scholar Research Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, December 1st, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Policymaking in times of crisis
Federica Izzo, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC San Diego,
Tuesday, November 30th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Threshold Tests as Quality Signals: Optimal Strategies, Equilibria, and Price of Anarchy
David Kempe, Professor of Computer Science, USC,
Wednesday, November 17th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Private Private Information
Fedor Sandomirskiy, Linde Institute Postdoctoral Instructor in Economics, Caltech,
Tuesday, November 16th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Gender, Electoral Incentives, and Crisis Response: Evidence from Brazilian Mayors
Clemence Tricaud, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCLA Anderson School of Management,
Friday, November 12th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

The economics of a 100% renewable power system
Lucien Werner, Graduate Student, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 10th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Risk and Information in Dispute Resolution: An Empirical Study of Arbitration
Bernardo Silveira, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, UCLA,
Friday, November 5th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Bandits with Social Connections
Farzad Pourbabaee, Postdoctoral Instructor in Economic Theory, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Evaluating Economic Models
Drew Fudenberg, Paul A. Samuel Professor of Economics, MIT,
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

A rational inattention theory of echo chamber
Anqi Li, Visiting Research Scholar, Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Friday, October 15th, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Decentralized, Coordination-Free Algorithms for Learning while Matching
Eric Mazumdar, Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Economics, Caltech,
Friday, October 1st, 2021
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Center for Social Information Sciences (CSIS) Seminar

Control and spread of contagion in networks
Tarun Sabarwal, Professor of Economics, University of Kansas,
Wednesday, September 29th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

This seminar has been postponed.
Lindsey Gailmard, Graduate Student, Social Science, Caltech,
Tuesday, September 28th, 2021
4:00pm 5:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

This seminar has been postponed.
Yimeng Li, Graduate Student, Social Science, Caltech,