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December 2014
Monday, December 1st, 2014
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Using Prediction Markets to Estimate the Reproducibility of Science
Anna Dreber,
Associate Professor of Economics,
Stockholm School of Economics,
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014
12:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
"Giving" in to Social Pressure (co-authored with Alvaro J. Name-Correa, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Huseyin Yildirim,
Professor,
Department of Economics,
Duke University,
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014
12:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Inside Rounds and Venture Capital Returns
Michael Ewens,
Associate Professor of Finance and Entrepreneurship,
HSS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Unbalanced Random Matching Markets: The Stark Effect of Competition (Joint with Itai Ashlagi and Yash Kanoria)
Jacob Leshno,
Assistant Professor Decision, Risk, and Operations,
Columbia Business School,
Thursday, December 4th, 2014
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
The "Would" to Power: Edward Jones's The Known World
Cindy Weinstein,
Professor of English; Vice Provost,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management
Evolutionary Foundations of Economic Behavior, Bounded Rationality, and Intelligence
Andrew Lo,
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor; Professor of Finance,
MIT Sloan School of Management,
Friday, December 5th, 2014
12:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Andrew Lo, MIT Sloan School of Management
Can Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?: New Approaches to Funding Biomedical Innovation
Andrew Lo,
Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor; Professor of Finance,
MIT Sloan School of Management,
7:30pm
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7:30pm
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Monday, December 8th, 2014
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar
Fooled By Randomness? Financial Decision-Making Under Model Uncertainty
Elise Payzan-LeNestour,
Senior Lecturer in Finance,
Australia Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
4:00pm
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Graduate Student Job Market Seminar
Regulating Conflicts of Interest through Public Disclosure: Evidence from a Physician Payments Sunshine Law
Matthew C. Chao,
Graduate Student,
HSS,
Caltech,
Thursday, December 11th, 2014
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Visualizing Disease: problems and Challenges in Pathological Illustrations
Domenico Bertoloni Meli,
Professor of History and Philosophy of Science,
Indiana University,
Monday, December 15th, 2014
4:00pm
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Graduate Student Job Market Seminar
The Franchise, Taxes and Public Goods
Jonathan N. Chapman,
Graduate Student,
HSS,
Caltech,
Tuesday, December 16th, 2014
12:00pm
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Graduate Student Job Market Seminar
A Revealed Preference Measure of Stability in Social and Economic Networks
Khai Xiang Chiong,
Graduate Student,
HSS,
Caltech,
Wednesday, December 17th, 2014
4:00pm
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Graduate Student Job Market Seminar
Cognitive Dissonance and Information
Matthew L. Kovach,
Graduate Student,
HSS,
Caltech,