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Wednesday, January 23rd, 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,
Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Words and Weapons: Analyzing Reactions to Gun Violence with a Social Media Panel
Nicholas Adams-Cohen, Graduate Student, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

When Fair Isn't Fair: Understanding Choice Anomalies Involving Social Preferences
Jeffrey Naecker, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Wesleyan University,
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

The Imperfect Beliefs Voting Model
Benjamin Ogden, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University,
Tuesday, June 5th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

The Political Economy of Debt and Entitlements
Alessandro Lizzeri, Professor of Economics, New York University; Moore Distinguished Scholar, Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Caltech,
Wednesday, May 30th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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 16th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, May 8th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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 2nd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, May 1st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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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,
Tuesday, April 24th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Diplomatic Relations and Conflict Management: A Dynamic Analysis
Brenton Kenkel, Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt University,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Costly Concessions: An Empirical Framework for Matching with Imperfectly Transferable Utility
Alfred Galichon, Professor of Economics and Mathematics, New York University, FAS and Courant Institute,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Ruling the Ruling Coalition: Information Control and Autocratic Governance
Arturas Rozenas, Assistant Professor of Politics, New York University,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Updating
Martin Cripps, Professor of Economics, University College London,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Voter Turnout and Preference Aggregation
Kei Kawai, Assistant Professor, UC Berkeley,
Wednesday, March 21st, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Additive-Belief-Based Preferences
David Dillenberger, Associate Professor of Economics (with tenure), University of Pennsylvania,
Wednesday, March 7th, 2018
4:00pm 5:00pm
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Ulric B. and Evelyn L. Bray Social Sciences Seminar

Shared Knowledge and Competition for Attention in Information Markets
Simone Galperti, Assistant Professor of Economics, UCSD; Visiting Assistant Professor, Yale University,