April 24, 2009: The seminar series is now over for the year. Please contact the presenters directly if you would like a copy of the paper.

Thanks to Carolyn Yoon, Katherine Burson and Linda Gorlitz for helping with the organization of the seminar series.

(*) denote job talks.

Apr 24, 2009: PhD Student Research Camp

April 17, 2009: Mario Macis, University of Michigan Ross

Increasing Donations or Stealing Altruism? Incentives and Substitution effects in Pro-soical Behavior

April 10, 2009: Eric Anderson, Northwestern Kellogg

How Does Consumers’ Knowledge of Prices Affect the Demand Response to Price Changes and Price Cues?

April 3, 2009: Amna Kirmani, University of Maryland Smith

Signaling Identitiy through Brands: The Role of Perceived Identity

Mar 27, 2009: Jaideep Sengupta, HKUST

Sex in Advertising: Gender Differences and the Role of Relationship Commitment

Mar 20, 2009: Peter Ubel, University of Michigan Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine

Beyond Knowledge: Figuring Out How to Help People Make “Good” Decisions

Feb 20, 2009: Rajeev Batra, Peter Lenk, University of Michigan Ross

                       Katherine Burson, University of Michigan Ross

Brand Extension Strategy Planning (Batra/Lenk)

Six of One, Half Dozen of the Other (Burson)

Feb 13, 2009: Andres Musalem, Duke Fuqua

Structural Estimation on the Effect of Out-of-Stocks

Feb 6, 2009: Brett Gordon, Columbia GSB

Competition and Innovation in the Microprocessor Industry: Does AMD spur Intel to innovate more?

Jan 30, 2009: Justin Kruger, NYU Stern

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: Focalism in evaluation of decisions

Jan 23, 2009: No Seminar (Ivey Camp)

Jan 16, 2009: Olivier Toubia, Columbia GSB

Early Diffusion Forecasts using Data on the Number of Social Interactions

Nov 21, 2008: Minjun (Min) Koo, University of Chicago GSB (*)

The Dynamics of Self-Regulation: How (Un)accomplished Goal Actions Affect Motivation

Nov 18, 2008: Scott Rick, The Wharton School (*)

The Pain of Paying: Implications for the Brain, Behavior and Marriage

Nov 14, 2008: Kanishka Misra, Northwestern University (*)

Understanding Retail Assortments in Competitive Markets

Nov 7, 2008: Joshua Ackerman, Yale University (*)

You Wear Me Out: The Vicarious Depletion of Self-Control

Oct 31, 2008: Yakov Bart, UC Berkeley Haas (*)

Multiproduct Competition with Demand Complementarity

Oct 24, 2008: No Seminar (ACR Conference)

Oct 17, 2008: Cassie Mogilner, Stanford GSB (*)

The “Time vs. Money Effect”: Shifting Product Attitudes through Personal Connection

Oct 10, 2008: No Seminar (QME Conference)

Oct 3, 2008: Leonardo Nicolao, University of Texas at Austin (*)

Happiness for Sale: Do Experiential or Material Purchases Lead to Greater Happiness

Sep 26, 2008: Michael Braun, MIT Sloan

Dyadic Consumption

Sep 19, 2008: Lisa Cavanaugh, Duke University (*)

Feeling Good and Doing Better: How Specific Positive Emotions Influence Consumer Behavior and Well-Being

Sep 12, 2008: Thales Teixeira, University of Michigan Ross

Moment-To-Moment Optimal Branding in TV-Commercials: Preventing Avoidance by Pulsing

Sep 5, 2008: Elea Feit, University of Michigan Ross

Reality Check: Combining Survey and Market Data to Estimate Choice Models