Monthly Archives: August 2011

Attached to this post is a presentation given by Olga Kozlova and Kira Stearns to the Theory for Non-theorists seminar.  The presentation discusses “Public Information and Election Bias” by  Curtis R. Taylor and Huseyin Yildrim. Click here to view the presentation.

Attached to this post is a presentation given by Traviss Cassidy and Salama Freed discussing Edward Glaeser’s 2005 paper, “The Political Economy of Hatred.”  The paper discusses how politicians may spread hatred when their policies may harm a particular group in an effort to create the desire to exclude or deprive that particular group in [...]

In the attached notes, Kristin Johnson presents some of her own research on the role of subjective health expectations in HIV treatment related decision making.  She also examines additional literature, by Ahmed Khwaja, Frank Sloan, and Sukyung Chung, exploring the determinants of smoking. Click here to read more.

Attached to this post is a presentation given by Eric Banister and Matt Panhans to the Theory for Non-theorists seminar.   The presentation covers the Coase Theorem as well as Coase’s journey to getting the 1991 Nobel Prize in Economics. Click here to view the presentation.