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May 2018
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Campanella, Galileo, and the Clash for the New Science at the Court of Pope Urban VIII
Stefano Gattei,
Dibner Research Fellow in the History of Science and Technology,
The Huntington Library,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Swing Voter's Curse in Social Networks
Lydia Mechtenberg,
Professor of Economics, University of Hamburg; Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Optimal Invariant Tests in an Instrumental Variables Regression With Heteroskedastic and Autocorrelated Errors
Marcelo Moreira,
Professor of Economics,
Fundação Getulio Vargas,
5:00pm
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Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
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Finance Seminar: Jarrad Harford, University of Washington
International Trade and the Propagation of Merger Waves
Jarrad Harford,
Professor of Finance, Chair of the Department of Finance and Business Economics, Paul Pigott-PACCAR Professor in Business Administration,
Foster School of Business,
University of Washington,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Saturday, May 5th, 2018
Monday, May 7th, 2018
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Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
11:30am
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Bayesian Pursuit of Truth: On an Influential and yet Underappreciated Solution to the Problem of the Priors
Hanti Lin,
Assistant Professor in Philosophy,
UC Davis,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Frictions in a Competitive Regulated Market: Evidence from Taxis
Alessandro Lizzeri,
Professor of Economics, New York University; Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Social Learning Equilibria
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics and Mathematics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
5:00pm
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Thursday, May 10th, 2018
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Friday, May 11th, 2018
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Shai Vardi, Caltech
Stepwise Presidential Election Reform
Shai Vardi,
Postdoctoral Scholar in Computing and Mathematical Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, May 14th, 2018
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CNS Seminar
Dr. Stephanie Palmer,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Department of Physics,
University of Chicago,
7:30pm
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
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CANCELLED | Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
This talk has been cancelled.
Azeem Shaikh,
Professor and Thornber Research Fellow,
Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics,
University of Chicago,
7:00pm
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James Michelin Distinguished Visitors Program
The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath
Leslie Jamison,
American Novelist and Essayist,
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
The Times They Are A-Changing: Dynamic Adverse Selection in the Laboratory
Stephanie Wang,
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh; Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Stanford University,
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
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Caltech-Huntington Humanities Collaborations (CHHC) Seminar: Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Was the First Crusade Really That Violent?
Jay Rubenstein,
Professor of History,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Arthur Korteweg, USC
Venture Capital Contracts
Arthur Korteweg,
Dean's Associate Professor in Business Administration & Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics,
Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California,
5:00pm
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William & Myrtle Harris Distinguished Lectureship in Science and Civilization
Science vs. Intuition: Why Scientific Ideas Elude the Human Mind
Andrew Shtulman,
Associate Professor, Cognitive Science; Psychology,
Occidental College,
7:30pm
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Friday, May 18th, 2018
12:00am
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Monday, May 21st, 2018
7:30pm
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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Estimating Signaling Games in International Relations: Problems, Solutions, and an Application to Economic Sanctions
Michael Gibilisco,
Assistant Professor of Political Science,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
12:00pm
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Humanities Brown Bag Seminar
A History of Horrendous Corruption for Our Time: Edmund Burke's Impeachment of Warren Hastings in Speech and Caricature
Noel Swerdlow,
Professor Emeritus of the History of Science, University of Chicago; Visiting Associate, Caltech,
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Network Effects in Information Acquisition
Tommaso Denti,
Assistant Professor (Salvatore Faculty Fellow),
Department of Economics,
Cornell University,
5:00pm
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Predictive coding and hallucinations
Philip R. Corlett,
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University; Associate Research Scientist, Connecticut Mental Health Center, Yale School of Medicine,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, May 25th, 2018
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2018
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Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar
Sequentially Optimal Mechanism Design
Laura Doval,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, May 31st, 2018
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Finance Seminar: Chad Kendall, USC
Herding and Contrarianism: A Matter of Preference?
Chad Kendall,
Assistant Professor, Finance and Business Economics,
Marshall School of Business,
University of Southern California,