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Monday, May 6th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Fake News, Voter Overconfidence, and the Quality of Democratic Choice
Jean-Robert Tyran, Professor of Economics, Director of the Vienna Center for Experimental Economics, and Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs, University of Vienna,
Wednesday, May 1st, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

The Subprime Mortgage Crisis and the Tea Party Movement: Evidence from Nationwide Campaign Finance and Real Estate Transactions
Zhao Li, PhD Candidate in Political Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business,
Tuesday, April 30th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the Robustness of Support for Democracy in the United States
Milan Svolik, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Yale University,
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Optimal Incentives under Moral Hazard: From Theory to Practice
George Georgiadis, Associate Professor of Strategy, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University,
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Making policies matter: Voter responses to campaign promises
Francesco Trebbi, Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia,
Wednesday, April 17th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Correlated Large Contests
Juuso Välimäki, Professor, Department of Economics, Aalto University,
Tuesday, April 16th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Searching for Approval
Ali Hortacsu, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago,
Friday, April 12th, 2019
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Strategy Choice In The Infinitely Repeated Prisoners Dilemma
Pedro Dal Bo, Professor of Economics, Brown University,
Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Persuasion Meets Delegation
Anton Kolotilin, Associate Professor, UNSW Business School,
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Informational roles of pre-election polls
Jinhee Jo, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Kyung Hee University,
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Identifying the Discount Factor in Dynamic Discrete Choice Models
Jaap Abbring, Professor of Econometrics, University of Tilburg,
Wednesday, March 13th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Strategically Simple Mechanisms
Tilman Börgers, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan,
Tuesday, March 12th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Endogenous Intractability: Why Some Persistent Problems Persist
Bob Powell, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, UC Berkeley,
Friday, March 8th, 2019
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Heterogeneity of Gain-Loss Attitudes and Expectations-Based Reference Points
Charlie Sprenger, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Rady School of Management, UC San Diego,
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Collective Hold-Up
Santiago Oliveros, Professor of Economics, University of Essex,
Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Estimation of Peer Effects in Endogenous Social Networks: Control Function Approach
Hyungsik Roger Moon, Professor in Economics, USC,
Monday, February 4th, 2019
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Social Science History Seminar

Family Background and Career Outcomes for Exam Degree Holders in the Qing (1644-1911)
Cameron Campbell, Professor and Acting Head, Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ,
Thursday, January 31st, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

How Do People Choose Between Biased Information Sources? Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Sevgi Yuksel, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara ,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Demand Analysis with Many Prices
Whitney Newey, Ford Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Monday, January 28th, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Preferences for the Resolution of Uncertainty and the Timing of Information
Kirby Nielsen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, Stanford University,
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2019
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Reshaping Global Trade: The Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Bank Failures
Chenzi Xu, PhD Candidate in Economics, Harvard University,
Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

When Are Robust Contracts Linear?
Gabriel Carroll, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Stanford University,
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Inference under Covariate-Adaptive Randomization
Azeem Shaikh, Professor, Department of Economics, University of Chicago,
Thursday, December 6th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Semiparametrically Efficient Estimation of the Average Linear Regression Function
Bryan Graham, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, December 5th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Design of Lotteries and Waitlists for Affordable Housing Allocation
Peng Shi, Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, USC,
Tuesday, December 4th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Consistency of Other-regarding Preferences
Han Seo, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 28th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

A Theory of Recursive Aggregation with Applications
Hamed Hamze Bajgiran, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, November 27th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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CANCELED: Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Experts and Financial Ties: Evidence from FDA Advisory Committees
Fanny Camara, Assistant Professor of Economics, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, USC,
Monday, November 26th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Solving the Common-Pool Resource Problem Using Markets? A Study of the Surface Water Trading and Groundwater Depletion in CA
Hao Zhao, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Estimation with Aggregate Shocks
Jinyong Hahn, Professor of Economics, UCLA,
Tuesday, November 13th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

A Road to Efficiency Through Communication and Commitment
Joao Ramos, Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, USC,
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Tampering with Information
Odilon Camara, Visiting Associate in Economics, Caltech; Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics, USC Marshall School of Business,
Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Identification and Estimation of Dynamic Structural Models with Unobserved Choices
Yi Xin, Assistant Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 31st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Stochastic Dominance under Independent Noise
Luciano Pomatto, Assistant Professor of Economics, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Efficient Coding and Risky Choice
Lawrence Jin, Assistant Professor of Finance, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Election Coverage and Slant in Television News
Gregory Martin, Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Stanford University,
Friday, October 19th, 2018
12:00pm 1:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

New Centrality Measures in Networks and their Application
Fuad Aleskerov, Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics and Institute of Control Sciences of Russian Academy of Sciences,
Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Failures in Contingent Reasoning: The Role of Uncertainty
Emanuel Vespa, Assistant Professor of Economics, UC Santa Barbara,