Decision Processes Colloquia: 2014-2015

Location: 245 JMHH
Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM (unless otherwise noted)

Please contact the following if you have any questions or
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Fall 2014

Date Speaker Abstract/Paper
Monday
September 1, 2014
No Colloquia – Labor Day Holiday
Monday
September 8, 2014
No Colloquia
Monday
September 15, 2014
Dean Karlan

Professor of Economics, Yale University

Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda
Monday
September 22, 2014
Katie Coffman

Assistant Professor of Economics, Ohio State University

Evidence on Self-Stereotyping and the Contribution of Ideas

Abstract

Paper

Monday
September 29, 2014
David Rand

Assistant Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Promoting Human Cooperation and Building Habits of Virtue

Abstract

Monday
October 6, 2014
Ori Heffetz

Associate Professor of Economics, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management,
Cornell University
Task Completion: Evidence from New York City Parking-Ticket Recipients

Abstract 

Monday
October 13, 2014
Craig Fox

Ho-Su Wu Term Chair in Management, Anderson School of Management, UCLA

Two Faces of Subjective Uncertainty

Abstract

Monday
October 20, 2014
John Lynch

Ted Andersen Professor of Free Enterprise, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder

Resource Slack: Perceived Supply and Demand in Goal Pursuit

Abstract 

Monday
October 27, 2014
Jonathan Levav

Associate Professor of Marketing, Stanford Graduate School of Business

Preference Expression Modalities
Monday
November 3, 2014
Don Moore

Associate Professor, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley

Motivation and Overconfidence

Abstract

Monday
November 10, 2014
Alex Rees- Jones

Assistant Professor of Operations and Information Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Loss Aversion Motivates Tax Sheltering: Evidence from U.S. Tax Returns

Abstract 

Paper

Monday
November 17, 2014
Shane Frederick

Professor of Marketing, Yale School of Management

The Limits of Attraction

Abstract

Paper

Monday
November 24, 2014
No Colloquia
Monday
December 1, 2014
Angela Duckworth

Associate Professor, Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

Matter Over Mind: Situational Strategies for Self-Control

Abstract

Monday
December 8, 2014
Nava Ashraf

Associate Professor in the Negotiations, Organizations, and Markets Unit, Harvard Business School

Do-gooders and Go-getters: Career incentives, Selection and Performance in Health Services Delivery

Abstract

Paper

Spring 2015

Date Speaker Abstract/Paper
Monday
January 19, 2015
No Colloquia – Martin Luther King Day Holiday
Monday
January 26, 2015
No Colloquia
Monday
February 2, 2015
Marc Meredith

Associate Professor of Political Science, Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania

What Can Voting Behavior Teach Us About Order-Effects

Abstract

Monday
February, 9, 2015
Linda Babcock

James M. Walton Professor of Economics, Carnegie Mellon University

Gender Differences in the Demand and Supply of Non-Promotable Tasks

Abstract

Monday
February 16, 2015

CANCELLED

Carey Morewedge

Associate Professor of Marketing, Boston University

Putting All of Your Eggs in One Basket: Costly Reluctance to Hedge Emotions

Abstract 

Monday
February 23, 2015
Max Bazerman

Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

The Morality of Joint versus Separate Decisions

Abstract

Monday
March 2, 2015
No Colloquia
Monday
March 9, 2015
No Colloquia – Spring Break
Monday
March 16, 2015
Todd Rogers

Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University

Mobilizing Social Systems to Support Student Achievement
Monday
March 23, 2015
Ellen Peters

Professor of Psychology, Ohio State University

Multiple Numeric Competencies in Judgments and Decisions

Abstract 

Monday
March 30, 2015
Daniel Feiler

Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College

Censored Feedback and Biased Perceptions of Risk, Capability, and Demand

Abstract

Monday
April 6, 2015
Oleg Urminsky

Associate Professor of Marketing, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

In Search of Optimally Effective Defaults: Lower-Bar, Scale-Back and Distraction Effects

Abstract

Paper

Monday
April 13, 2015
Betsy Paluck

Associate Professor of Psychology, Princeton University

Shifting Climates of Conflict: Social Network Experiments on Influence, Norms, and Behavior

Abstract 

Monday
April 20, 2015
Robyn LeBoeuf

Associate Professor of Marketing, Olin Business School, Washington University

Overly Specific Gift Giving: Givers Choose Personalized but Less-Versatile and Less-Preferred Gifts

Abstract

Paper

Monday
April 27, 2015* In SHDH 215
Peter Ubel- Distinguished Lecturer 

Associate Director, Health Sector Management and Madge and Dennis T. McLawhorn University Professor, The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

Empowerment Failure: How Studying Healthcare Decisions Turned Me into, Gulp, a Communications Researcher

Abstract