News and Workshops / Rational Choice

Rational Choice

Autumn 2008

This workshop meets every other Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in Ro 329.
Papers can also be accessed directly from http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Egbecker/
For questions please contact Shirley Ogrodowski
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September 30
No meeting.

October 7
To be announced.  

October 14
To be announced

October 21
Keith Chen (Yale University)
"Rationalization and Cognitive Dissonance: Do Choices Affect or Reflect Preferences?"
http://www.som.yale.edu/faculty/keith.chen/papers/CogDisPaper.pdf

October 28
No meeting.


November 4
Tyler Cowen (George Mason University)
"The Economics of Autistics" Presentation only, no actual paper.

November 11
No meeting.


November 18
Peter Leeson (George Mason University)
"Pirational Choice: The Economics of Infamous Pirate Practices"
http://www.peterleeson.com/Pirational_Choice.pdf

November 25
No meeting.

December 2
To be announced

Devemer 9
To be announced



Economics Workshops and Seminars:
500 Economic Theory
512 Econometrics
516 Applied Dynamic Economics
530 Money & Banking
590 Applications of Economics
Rational Choice
592 Economics Policy and Public Finance