Thursday, October 2019
The Strategic Brain under Risk in Games and Lotteries with FMRI
The Cognition and Decision Seminar Series presents The Strategic Brain under Risk in Games and Lotteries with FMRI Rosemarie Nagel Universitat Pompeu Fabra While the neuroeconomics of individual decision making has been extensively studied, the neuroeconomics of strategic interaction remains relatively unexplored. I will begin by introducing three classic strategic situations, the Beauty Contest, Stag Hunt, and Entry games, to illustrate the general structure of simple strategic interaction situations, and some basic principles of game theory. The predictions of…
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Leveraging Big Data to Manage Extreme Weather Risks?
Leveraging Big Data to Manage Extreme Weather Risks? is part of the ongoing CFM-PER Data Initiative. Find more information about the CFM-PER Columbia Data Initiative here. Extreme weather episodes such as Hurricane Sandy of 2012 and California Wildfires of 2018 led to significant human displacement and billions of dollars of economic damage spread across utility, real estate and other commercial sectors. Scientists predict that climate change will lead to more frequent and extreme weather risks. This evening panel is the first in…
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Columbia Economic Review: A Faculty Panel and Discussion on Urban Economy and Affordable Housing
Venue & Dates: Columbia Economic Review: A Faculty Panel and Discussion on Urban Economy and Affordable Housing will be held in 330 Uris Hall (get directions) on Wednesday, December 4th from 7:30-8:30PM. Student Organizers: Columbia Economic Review Moderated by: Lena Edlund (Economics, Columbia University) Donald Davis (Economics, Columbia University) Wouter Vergote (Economics, Columbia University) Please direct all questions to econreview@columbia.edu.
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