Spring 2013 |
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| Date |
Topic |
Speaker, Institution |
| April 9 |
"Do You Really Want to Be an eBay?" & "Multi-Sided Platforms" |
Andrei Hagiu, Harvard |
| April 23 |
"Intrinsic versus Image-Related Utility in Social Media: Why Do People Contribute
Content to Twitter?" |
Olivier Toubia, Columbia |
| April 30 |
"Construal Influences in Gift Exchange and Memory-Based Choice" For additional reading: "Why Feasibility Matters to Gift Recipients: A Construal-Level Approach to Gift Giving" |
Nathan Novemsky, Yale University |
| May 7 |
"Market Makers in Chittagong Tea Auctions: The Role of Trust and Reputation" |
Tanjim Hossain, University of Toronto |
| May 14 |
"Analyzing Moment-to-Moment Data Using a Bayesian Functional Linear Model: Application to TV Show Pilot Testing" |
Sam Hui, New York University |
| May 28 |
"What Makes it Green? The Role of Centrality of Green Attributes in Green Product Evaluation" |
Andrew Gershoff, University of Texas, Austin |
| June 4 |
"The Handmade Effect: What's Love Got to Do with It?" |
Stijn van Osselaer, visiting, University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Winter 2013 |
| Date |
Topic |
Speaker, Institution |
| January 18 |
"The Efficiency of Dynamic, Post-Auction Bargaining: Evidence from Wholesale Used-Auto Auctions" |
Brad Larsen, MIT |
| January 22 |
Targeting and Diffusion with Social Networks "The Structure of Online Diffusion Networks" Additional readings for those interested: Four papers on "Internet Marketing" by Goldstein et al |
Dan Goldstein, Microsoft Research & London Business School |
| January 25 |
"Dynamic Investment and Deterrence in the U.S. Cement Industry" |
Mark Chicu, Northwestern |
| January 29 |
"The Effect of Social Interaction on Economic Transactions: An Embarrassment of Niches?" |
Ryan McDevitt, University of Rochester, Simon Graduate School of Business |
| February 5 |
"Learning Through Noticing: Theory and Experimental Evidence in Farming" |
Josh Schartzstein, Dartmouth College |
| February 19 |
"Consumer Search and Prices in the Automobile Market" |
Matthijs Wildenbeest, Indiana University, Kelley School of Business |
| February 26 |
"The Exception Is the Rule: Underestimating and Overspending on Exceptional Expenses" |
Adam Alter, New York University |
| March 5 |
"Risk Attitudes as Self-Control" |
On Amir, University of California, San Diego |
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