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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,
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,
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,
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,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Identification of auctions with incomplete bid data in the presence of unobserved heterogeneity
Eric Mbakop, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Calgary,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Matching and equilibrium over an infinite horizon
Sophie Bade, Professor of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The permissible and the forbidden
Ariel Rubinstein, Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University and New York University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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This seminar has been canceled.
Elena Manresa, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Two Approaches to Iterated Reasoning in Games
Amanda Friedenberg, Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Arizona,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The Wisdom of the Crowd and Higher-Order Beliefs
Mallesh Pai, Assistant Professor of Economics, Rice University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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This seminar has been canceled.
Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Search Frictions and Product Design in the Municipal Bond Market
Karam Kang, Associate Professor of Economics, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The Law of Large Numbers for Large Stable Matchings
Jacob Schwartz, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Haifa,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Monitoring Teams
Marina Halac, Professor of Economics and Director of Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Regulatory Costs of Being Public: Evidence from Bunching Estimation
Michael Ewens, Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Rational Anabolic Persuasion
Ran Spiegler, Professor of Economics, Tel Aviv University & University College London,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Unpaired Kidney Exchange: Overcoming Double Coincidence of Wants without Money (with Julien Combe, Yinghua He, Victor Hiller, Robert Shimerk and Olivier Tercieux)
Mohammad Akbarpour, Associate Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Are Police Racially Biased in the Decision to Shoot?
Tom Clark, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Political Science, Emory University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Approximating Choice Data by Discrete Choice Models (with Yusuke Narita)
Kota Saito, Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Stochastic Price Adaptation, Waiting Lists, and Stochastic Gradient Descent
Itai Ashlagi, Associate Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Efficiency with Political Power Dynamics and Costly Policy Change
Hülya Eraslan, Ralph O'Connor Professor of Economics, Rice University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Predictable Effects of Visual Salience in Experimental Decisions and Games
Xiaomin Li, Postdoctoral Scholar in Behavioral Economics and Neuroeconomics, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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From Nash to Dominant: The Natural Index of Strategic Stability
Adam Tauman Kalai, Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research,
Ehud Kalai, James J. O'Connor Distinguished Professor of Decision and Game Sciences, Northwestern University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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► CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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This seminar has been canceled.
Anastasia Buyalskaya, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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A Network Solution to Robust Implementation: the case of Identical but Unknown Distributions
Antonio Penta, ICREA Research Professor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Affiliated Professor, Barcelona GSE,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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You Can Lead a Horse to Water: Spatial Learning and Path Dependence in Consumer Search
Charles Hodgson, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Yale University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Optimal Auctions: Non-Expected Utility and Constant Risk Aversion
Benny Moldovanu, Professor, Department of Economics, Universität Bonn,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The Impact of Privacy Measures on Online Advertising Markets
Shunto Kobayashi, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Mixed Logit and Pure Characteristics Models
Jay Lu, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UCLA,
Kota Saito, Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Robust Minimal Instability of the Top Trading Cycles Mechanism
Lars Ehlers, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Economics, Université de Montréal,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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How to Prevent Traffic Accidents? Moral Hazard, Inattention, and Behavioral Data
Yizhou Jin, Gilbert Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Economics Department and Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Random versus Directed Search for Scarce Resources
Teddy Mekonnen, Orlando Bravo Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Brown University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Merger, Product Variety and Firm Entry: the Retail Craft Beer Market in California
Ying Fan, Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Economics, University of Michigan,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The power of referential advice
Nicolas Lambert, Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, MIT,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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A Test of the Selection on Observables Assumption Using a Discontinuously Distributed Covariate
Nese Yildiz, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Rochester,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Background Risk and Small-Stakes Risk Aversion
Luciano Pomatto, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Anticipation and Consumption
Neil Thakral, Nancy Donohue and Diane Elam Assistant Professor of International and Public Affairs and Economics, Brown University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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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,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Information Sequencing with Naive Social Learning
Pëllumb Reshidi, PhD Candidate, Princeton University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Sequential Sampling and Equilibrium
Duarte Gonçalves, PhD Candidate, Columbia University,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Market-Based Mechanisms
Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey, PhD Candidate, Northwestern University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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This seminar has been rescheduled to Wednesday, February 10.
Luciano Pomatto, Assistant Professor of Economics, Caltech,
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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A Model of Justification
Sarah Ridout, PhD Candidate in Economics, Harvard University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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● POSTPONED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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This seminar has been postponed.
Konstantin Sonin, John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Algorithm is Experiment: Machine Learning, Market Design, and Policy Eligibility Rules
Yusuke Narita, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics & Cowles Foundation, Yale University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Behavioral Neural Networks
Shaowei Ke, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Tug of War: Dynamic Outbidding Between Terrorist Groups
Michael Gibilisco, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The OxyContin Reformulation Revisited: New Evidence from Improved Definitions of Markets and Substitutes
Shiyu Zhang, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Persuasion with Correlation Neglect
Inés Moreno de Barreda, Associate Professor and Official Fellow, St. Peter's College, University of Oxford,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Closed Form Estimators for a Class of Semiparametric Multinomial Choice Models
Dan Ackerberg, Addison Baker Duncan Centennial Professor of Economics, University of Texas, Austin,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Admissible Matchings in the School Choice Problem
Philip Reny, The Hugo F. Sonnenschein Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Topic to be announced
Nese Yildiz, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Rochester,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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How to Sell Hard Information
S. Nageeb Ali, Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Beyond Cabdrivers: Labor Supply Reference Dependence of Rideshare Drivers
Tony Kukavica, Undergraduate Student, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Signaling with Private Monitoring
Gonzalo Cisternas, Class of 1954 Career Development Associate Professor, Applied Economics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management.,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Strategic Party Resource Allocation in US Congressional Elections
Shunto Kobayashi, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Evolutionarily Stable (Mis)specification: Theory and Application
Jonathan Libgober, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Southern Califonia,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Loss Attitudes in the U.S. Population: Evidence from Dynamically Optimized Sequential Experimentation (DOSE)
Colin F. Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Economics; T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience Leadership Chair; Director T&C Chen Center for Social and Decision Neuroscience, Caltech,
Erik Snowberg,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Hard-to-Interpret Signals
Yoram Halevy, Professor of Economics and Director of the Toronto Experimental Economics Lab (TEEL), Department of Economics, University of Toronto,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Asian American Discrimination in Harvard Admissions
Peter Arcidiacono, Professor of Economics, Duke University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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The Politics of News Personalization
Anqi Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Washington University in St. Louis,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Multiway Cluster Robust Double/Debiased Machine Learning
Yuya Sasaki, Associate Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Constrained pseudo-market equilibrium
Federico Echenique, Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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When Choices are Mistakes
Kirby Nielsen, Assistant Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Simultaneous Search: Beyond Independent Successes
Ran Shorrer, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Penn State University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Optimal persuasion via bi-pooling
Yakov Babichenko, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Technion,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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A Strong Minimax Theorem for Informationally-Robust Auction Design
Ben Brooks, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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On the Empirical Validity of Cumulative Prospect Theory: Experimental Evidence of Rank-Independent Probability Weighting
Charlie Sprenger, Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Auctions of Homogeneous Goods: A Case for Pay-as-Bid
Marek Pycia, Professor of Organizational Economics, University of Zurich,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Incentives and Efficiency in Constrained Allocation Mechanisms
Joseph Root, Linde Postdoctoral Scholar in Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Arrow's Theorem, May's Axioms, and the Borda Count
Eric S. Maskin, Adams University Professor and Professor of Economics and Mathematics, Harvard University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Viral Social Learning
David McAdams, Professor of Business Administration (Fuqua School of Business) and Professor of Economics (Department of Economics), Duke University,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Learning Before Trading: On the Inefficiency of Ignoring Free Information
Doron Ravid, Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics, University of Chicago,
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

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Random Utility Models with Ordered Types and Domains
Jose Apesteguia, Full Professor, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra,