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May
25
Thu
1:30 pm
Colloquium: Sabine Neuhofer – Un...
@ CESS Seminar Room
Colloquium: Sabine Neuhofer – Un...
@ CESS Seminar Room
May 25 @ 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Title Need-based Justice in Social Exchange Networks Abstract We examine experimentally whether heterogeneous needs affect the distribution of outcomes in small and negatively connected exchange networks. We operationalize an individual need as a threshold of points an actor has to obtain in a negotiation in order to earn additional income in a subsequent real effort task. In contrast to previous[...]
May
26
Fri
1:00 pm
Seminar: David Gill – Purdue Uni...
@ Nuffield College, Butler Room
Seminar: David Gill – Purdue Uni...
@ Nuffield College, Butler Room
May 26 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Title: Using Goals to Motivate College Students: Theory and Evidence from Field Experiments Abstract: Will college students who set goals for themselves work harder and perform better? In theory, setting goals can help time-inconsistent students to mitigate their self-control problem. In practice, there is little credible evidence on the causal effects of goal setting for college students. We report the[...]
May
31
Wed
4:00 pm
Seminar: Bart Wilson – Chapman U...
@ Nuffield College, Butler Room
Seminar: Bart Wilson – Chapman U...
@ Nuffield College, Butler Room
May 31 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Title The Meaning of Property in Things (link to the paper) Abstract What is property, and why does our species happen to have it? In this paper I explore how Homo sapiens acquires and cognizes the custom of property and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the 21st century. I first support the claim that[...]
Jun
12
Mon
12:00 pm
Colloquium: Jasmine Bhatia
@ CESS Meeting Room
Colloquium: Jasmine Bhatia
@ CESS Meeting Room
Jun 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Title Strongmen or Technocrats? A Conjoint Experiment Testing Leadership Preferences in Afghanistan Abstract New democracies beset by political violence often opt for political settlements that draw informal power brokers and former combatants into formal leadership positions. However, there is little empirical evidence about how these political settlements are viewed by the public, and to what extent they may impact the[...]
