Spring 2007 Presentations

- Weds. April 18^th: Loran Chollete, Norwegian School of Econ. & Business, at Fordham University, at 4:00pm (joint with Fordham Economics Dept). Title: Economic Implications of Extreme and Rare Events April 18, Wednesday , 4:00-5:15pm. Economics Conference Room, Dealy Hall E-530, Fordham University, Bronx, NY

- Wed. April 25^th: Troy Tassier, Fordham University, Joint with CUNY Queens. (Address and talk title to be posted soon.)

- Tues, March 13^th: Chris Georges, Hamilton College, joint with the New School Economics Department. "Staggered Updating in an Artificial Financial Market." Time and Location: 4:15-5:45pm in Room 529 at 80 Fifth Avenue (at 13^th st.)

- February 24, 2007: sessions on agent-based economics Eastern Economics Association Meetings in NYC:

9:00am: Labor Markets and Industrial Organization

Troy Tassier, “Referral Hiring and Gender Segregation in the Workplace”

Stephen Kinsella, “Tuning for Endogenous Inequality: An Agent-Based Approach to Transformational Growth”

Myong-Hun Chang, “Non-Equilibrium Industry Dynamics with Knowledge-Based Competition: An Agent-Based Computational Model”

11:00am: Macroeconomics

Mauro Gallegati, “Business Fluctuations in an Evolving Economy”

Olena Kostyshyna, “Learning Benevolent Leadership in a Heterogeneous Agents Economy”

Gilberto Tadeu Lima , “Debt Financing and Emergent Dynamics of a Financial Fitness Landscape”

2:00pm: Social Networks

Alan Isaac, “Social Consequences of Commitment”

Simone Giansante, “Social Networks and Medium of Exchange”

Jason Barr, “Segregation and Social Interaction”

4:00pm: Finance

Germán Creamer, “Automated Trading with Boosting and Expert Weighting”

Vahidin Jeleskovic, “An Objective Function for Simulation Based Inference on Exchange Rate Data”

Leanne Ussher, “Allocative Efficiency of a Speculative Futures Market with Zero-Patience”

Fall 2006 Presentations

Time: 10:00am

Location: New School Graduate Faculty Building, 65 Fifth Ave, the SE Corner of 14^th St. and 5^th Ave.

Room: See Table

Day	Date	Room	Presenter	Title of Talk
Tuesday	Sept. 26	Wolff Conf. Room, 2^nd Fl.	Leanne Ussher, CUNY Queens	“Allocative Efficiency of a Speculative Futures Market with Zero-Patience”
Thursday	Oct. 12	312, 3^rd Fl.	Erick Rengifo, Fordham	“Investors Facing Risk: How They Split Their Money Between Risky and Risk-Free Assets”
Tuesday	Oct. 31	Wolff Conf. Room, 2^nd Fl.	Jason Barr, Rutgers	“Segregation and Neighborhood Interaction.”
Thursday	Nov. 9	Wolff Conf. Room, 2^nd Fl.	Gaoquan Liu, CUNY Queens	"Organizational Design with Endogenous Information"
Thursday	Nov. 16	312, 3^rd Fl.	Bob Diallo, New School	“Public Policy for Economic Growth: Theory and Empirics”
Tuesday	Nov. 28	Wolff Conf Room, 2^nd Fl.	Dunia Lopez-Pintado, Columbia	"Optimal Diffusion Strategies: Mass Media versus Word of Mouth"
Tuesday	Dec. 5	G802, 8th floor of 80 Fifth Ave.	David Goldbaum, Rutgers	"Dissemination in an Endogenous Random Network"
Postponed until the spring			Loran Chollete, Norwegian School of Econ. & Business	“Financial Distress and Idiosyncratic Volatility: An Empirical Investigation”

Spring 2006 Presentations
Time: 10:00am
Room Location: New School, CEPA, 80 Fifth Avenue, See Table for Room.

Day	Date	Room	Presenter	Title of Talk
Thurs.	Feb. 16	CEPA 8^th Fl.	Leanne Ussher, CUNY Queens	"Trading Amazonian Sinks"
Thurs.	Feb. 23	CEPA 8^th Fl.	Paul McNelis, Graduate School of Business Admin., Fordham U.	“Inflation Targeting, Learning and Q Volatility in Small Open Economies”
Thurs.	Mar. 9	CEPA 8^th Fl.	Matthew Salganik, Dept. of Sociology, Columbia U.	`"`Experimental Study of Inequality and Unpredictability in an Artificial Cultural Market`"` and introductory article on sociology and using the web as a research tool.
Thurs.	Mar. 16	CEPA 8th Fl.	Mishael Milakovic,University of Kiel	"Agent Interaction on a Stylized Financial Market: Does Network Structure Matter?"
Mon	Mar. 27	CEPA 5^th Fl.	Troy Tassier, Fordham University	"Equilibrium Selection and Stability for the Groves Ledyard Mechanism"
Mon.	April 10	CEPA 5^th Fl.	Dunia Lopez-Pintado, Columbia University	"Incentives and Hierarchy: an Experimental Approach"
Thurs.	April 27	CEPA 8^th Fl.	David Goldbaum, Rutgers University, Newark	“Follow the Leader”
Thurs.	May 4	CEPA 8^th Fl.	Jason Barr, Rutgers University, Newark	“Firm Organization in Complex and Uncertain Environments”
Thurs.	May 11	CEPA 8^th Fl.	Peter Woehrmann, University of Zurich	“Survival of Noise Traders and the Implications for Asset Prices”

Fall 2005 Presentations

Presenter	Date	Title of Talk
Dunia Lopez-Pintado, Columbia U.	Sept. 16	"Contagion and Coordination in Random Networks"
Troy Tassier, Fordham U.	Sept. 30	“Social Network Structure, Equality, and Segregation in a Labor Market with Referral Hiring”
Leanne Ussher, CUNY Queens	Oct. 7	"Margin and Transaction Taxes in an Intraday Continuous Double Auction Futures Market"
David Goldbaum, Rutgers U., Newark	Oct. 21	"The Possibility of Informationally Efficient Markets and Other Anomalies"
Jason Barr, Rutgers U., Newark	Nov. 4	"Firm Structure, Search and Environmental Complexity"
Markus Schneider, New School University	Nov. 11	"Homeownership, Spillover Effects and Neighborhood Formation: An Agent-Based Approach."
Lorán Chollete, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration	Dec. 2	"Frequent Turbulence? A Dynamic Copula Approach"

Past Presentations

August 23, 2005: Stephen Kinsella, New School Univerity, "Search and Selection in the Goodwin Growth Model."
July 14, 2005. Troy Tasier, Fordham University, "An Ecological Model of Chains" by Scott Page and Troy Tassier
June 16, 2005: Leanne Ussher, CUNY Queens, "The Nature of Competition in a Speculative Futures Market."
May 24, 2005: Markus Schneider, New School University, "Homeownership, Spillover Effects and Neighborhood Formation: An Agent-Based Approach."
May 13, 2005: Nobuyuki Hanaki, Columbia University, “Rent Control and Segregation” by Nobi Hanaki and Jayant Ray.

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