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Fall 2015-2016
Thursday, September 17th, 2015
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Graduate Student Seminar | Practice Job Talk
Peacocks, testosterone and status-seeking
Gideon (Gidi) Nave, Graduate Student, Computation and Neural Systems, Caltech ,
Monday, September 21st, 2015
4:00pm
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2015
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Electoral Imbalance and its Consequences
Carlo Prato, Assistant Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University,
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Chris Parsons, UCSD
What's in a (School) Name? Racial Discrimination in Higher Education Bond Markets
Chris Parsons, Associate Professor of Finance, Rady School of Management, UCSD,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
The Problem of Motion in General Relativity
Dennis Lehmkuhl, Research Assistant Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Caltech,
Monday, October 5th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
Extrapolation and Bubbles
Lawrence Jin, Assistant Professor of Finance, Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, October 6th, 2015
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Making Corruption Harder: Asymmetric Information, Collusion, and Crime
Juan Ortner, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Boston University ,
Wednesday, October 7th, 2015
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Mergers, Innovation, and Entry-Exit Dynamics: The Consolidation of the Hard Disk Drive Industry
Kosuke Uetake, Assistant Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management,
Friday, October 9th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Brendan Lucier
Near-Optimal Outcomes in Markets Large and Small
Brendan Lucier,
Researcher,
Microsoft Research, New England,
Monday, October 12th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Social Sciences Brown Bag Seminar
The speed of social learning
Omer Tamuz,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, October 16th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Ehud Kalai
Learning and Stability in Big Uncertain Games
Ehud Kalai,
The James J. O'Connor Professor of Decision and Game Sciences,
Kellogg School of Management,
Northwestern University,
Monday, October 19th, 2015
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
The Empirical Relevance of Cumulative Prospect Theory
Charles Sprenger, Associate Professor, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego,
Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
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CANCELLED || Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
The Impression of Influence
Justin Grimmer, Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University,
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Sequential bidding in multi-stage all-pay auctions
Ella Segev, Senior Lecturer, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University,
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Against Brute Fundamentalism: Gesturing Toward an Explanation of the Fundamental in Physics
Kerry McKenzie, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, UC San Diego,
Friday, October 23rd, 2015
12:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Sergio Montero
Coalition Formation, Campaign Spending, and Election Outcomes: Evidence from Mexico
Sergio Montero,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
4:00pm
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CANCELLED || Finance Seminar: David Hirshleifer, University of California, Irvine
Visibility Bias in the Transmission of Consumption Norms and Undersaving
David Hirshleifer,
Merage Chair in Business Growth, Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics,
University of California, Irvine,
Friday, October 30th, 2015
10:00am
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10/31
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The Seventh Annual Southern California Symposium on Network Economics and Game Theory
Off Campus
The Seventh Annual SoCal NEGT
4:00pm
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Seminar on History and Philosophy of Science
Young Einstein's Scientific Environment in Pavia and Milan
Christian Bracco, Associate Professor, SYRTE, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Sorbonne Universités, Paris,
7:30pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, November 6th, 2015
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Shachar Kariv
Distinguishing nonstationarity from inconsistency in intertemporal choice
Shachar Kariv,
Department Chair and Benjamin N. Ward Professor of Economics,
Department of Economics,
University of California, Berkeley,
Tuesday, November 10th, 2015
4:00pm
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Political Science Job Candidate Seminar
Political Information Cycles: When Do Voters Sanction Incumbent Parties for High Homicide Rates
John Marshall,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Government Department,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Paul Tetlock, Columbia University
Retail Short Selling and Stock Prices
Paul Tetlock, Professor of Business, Finance and Economics Division, Columbia University,
Thursday, November 12th, 2015
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Emotion inside out: From cartoon neuroscience to the predictive brain
Lisa Feldman Barrett,
University Distinguished Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Northeastern University,
Friday, November 13th, 2015
9:00am
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11/14
4:00pm
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Monday, November 16th, 2015
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Political Science Job Candidate Seminar
The Politics of Central Bank Appointments
Caitlin Ainsley,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Political Science,
Emory University,
Tuesday, November 17th, 2015
4:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Bureaucratic Agency Problems and Legislative Oversight
Sean Gailmard, Professor, Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, November 18th, 2015
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Stochastic Sorting
Jan Eeckhout, ICREA Researcher, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona,
Thursday, November 19th, 2015
4:00pm
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Political Science Job Candidate Seminar
Sequential Deliberation in Collective Decision-Making: The Case of the FOMC
Gabriel Lopez-Moctezuma,
Ph.D. Candidate,
Department of Politics,
Princeton University,
Friday, November 20th, 2015
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Joel Watson
Contractual Equilibrium: An Application to Conservation Agreements and Computational Issues
Joel Watson,
Professor of Economics,
University of California, San Diego,
Monday, November 23rd, 2015
4:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Jackie Zhang
Vagueness in Multi-issue Proposals
Jackie Zhang,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Monday, November 30th, 2015
4:00pm
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Bray Theory Workshop
Complementarity in the Private Provision of Public Goods by Homo Pecuniarius and Homo Behavioralis
Yoram Halevy, Associate Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia,
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
4:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Gerelt Tserenjigmid
History-Dependent Risk Aversion and the Reinforcement Effect
Gerelt Tserenjigmid,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciecnes,
Caltech,
Friday, December 4th, 2015
12:00pm
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Linde Institute/SISL Seminar: Ilan Lobel
A General Framework for Dynamic Pricing with Patient Customers
Ilan Lobel,
Assistant Professor of Information,
Operations and Management Sciences, Stern School of Business,
New York University,
7:30pm
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Monday, December 7th, 2015
4:00pm
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CNS Seminar
The neural events preceding voluntary movement.
Mark Churchland,
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
Columbia University,
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Unobserved Preference Heterogeneity in Demand Using Generalized Random Coefficients
Arthur Lewbel,
Barbara A. and Patrick E. Roche Professor of Economics,
Boston College,
Tuesday, December 8th, 2015
11:00am
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12:00pm
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CNS Seminar
Signals, systems and psyche – simulations and computations of cortical circuits
Costas Anastassiou,
Allen Institute for Brain Science,
11:00am
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12:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Seminar in Political Economy
Democracy for Polarized Groups: The Tale of Blotto's Lieutenants
Alessandra Casella,
Professor of Economics,
Columbia University,
Wednesday, December 9th, 2015
4:00pm
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Finance Seminar: Yuliy Sannikov, Princeton University
Dynamic Trading: Price Inertia, Front-Running, and Relationship Banking
Yuliy Sannikov, Professor of Economics, Princeton University,
Thursday, December 10th, 2015
4:00pm
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Behavioral Social Neuroscience Seminar
Ecological approaches to social and affective neuroscience
Dean Mobbs,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Psychology,
Columbia University,
Monday, December 14th, 2015
4:00pm
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Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar
Common Agency and Coordinated Bids in Sponsored Search Auctions
Francesco Decarolis,
Assistant Professor of Economics,
Boston University,
Tuesday, December 15th, 2015
4:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Liam Clegg
White, But not Black, Incarceration Reduces Crime
Liam Clegg,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, December 16th, 2015
4:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Euncheol Shin
Social Network Formation and Strategic Interaction in Large Networks
Euncheol Shin,
Graduate Student,
Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences,
Caltech,
Thursday, December 17th, 2015
4:00pm
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Job Market Talk: Rahul Bhui
Falling Behind: Time and Expectations-Based Reference Dependence
Rahul Bhui,
Graduate Student,
Computation & Neural Systems,
Caltech,
Friday, December 18th, 2015
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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POSTPONED: Linde Institute/SISL Seminar
Krishnamurthy (Dj) Dvijotham,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Center for Mathematics and Information,
Caltech,