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<title>Erskine Seminars in Economics Online Course, year, University of Canterbury</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seminars presented by visiting Erskine fellows to the Economics. Erskine Seminars in Economics Online Course, year, University of Canterbury. Subscribed to the feed and get updated]]></description>
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<title>Gerard Debreu: Lecture 1 of 4  on Econ Theory (1987)</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/1</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is the first of four lectures in Economic Theory given by Professor Gerard Debreu, who was visiting the University of Canterbury as a an Erskine Fellow in 1987. Thanks to Bert Brownlie these lectures were video taped and I only just recently digitized them. The topic of the first lecture is "preference and utility". It must be said to you of the power point generation that Professor Debreu makes chalk and blackboard technology look pretty darn good! here!. The original mp4 version is available for download at http://uctv.canterbury.ac.nz/post/2/75]]></description>
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<title>Gerard Debreu: Lecture 2 on Economic Theory (1987)</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/2</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is the second of four lectures in Economic Theory given by Professor Gerard Debreu, who was visiting the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand as a an Erskine Fellow in 1987. Original mp4s can be downloaded at http://uctv.canterbury.ac.nz/modules/journal/journalview.php?space_key=2&module_key=19&tag_key=41&journal_user_key=8]]></description>
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<title>Gerard Debreu: Lecture 3 on Economic Theory (1987)</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/3</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is the third of four lectures in Economic Theory given by Professor Gerard Debreu, who was visiting the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand as a an Erskine Fellow in 1987. Original mp4s can be downloaded at http://uctv.canterbury.ac.nz/modules/journal/journalview.php?space_key=2&module_key=19&tag_key=41&journal_user_key=8]]></description>
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<title>Gerard Debreu: Lecture 4 on Economic Theory (1987)</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/4</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth and final lecture of  of four  in Economic Theory given by Professor Gerard Debreu, who was visiting the University of Canterbury in Christchurch New Zealand as a an Erskine Fellow in 1987. Original mp4s can be downloaded at http://uctv.canterbury.ac.nz/modules/journal/journalview.php?space_key=2&module_key=19&tag_key=41&journal_user_key=8]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 5: Ted Bergstromintroduces Evolutionary Game Theory - 3</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/5</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[I wanted to get to the topic on Evolutionary Game theory into my intro game theory course,but didn't quite get there within the 12 weeks of lecture time. But if I HAD given a lecture on evolutionary game theory I couldn't have done any better than the one delivered by Ted Bergstrom here in 1995. (so I snuck Ted's talk in as lecture 23) Fine red wine is known by it's bottling date. You're in for a real treat here . This is an introduction to the
evolutionary game theorist's way of thinking with the added flavour of Ted's razor sharp wit. 
Original mp4's of this video and other resources related to the lectures from my introductory game theory course at the University of Canterbury ,  Econ 223, can be obtained at http://uctv.canterbury.ac.nz/modules/journal/journalview.php?space_key=4&module_key=135&link_key=139&group_key=0
 You'll also find the 2008 lectures - better in some respect - but only 16 out of 22 are edited.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 6: Is there a plausible theory of decision making under risk?</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/6</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Jim Cox from Georgia State,  a visiting Erskine Fellow in the Economics Department this year ...and Maros' PhD supervisor!!... presented a stimulating seminar on theories of decision making under risk.  The basic question Jim asks (and answers) is whether new and old theories of decision making under uncertain are plausible? Contemporary theories of decision making under risk, from Expected Utility theory to Prospect Theory, basically transform money payoffs or probabilities, or both, in some non linear way. When calibrated to rationalize patterns of observed choices on realistic but relatively small stakes gambles ALL of these theories are shown to have implausible implications for risk taking on larger domains of wealth. How is "implausibility" operationalized? Well..check out Jim's seminar for details !! A sneak preview: consider a 50/50 coin toss paying paying nothing or 1 million dollars . Where credibility isn't an issue...eg forget your average experimenter's budget and go to  a roulette wheel at a commercial casino with a sufficient stock of  of available wealth and reputation...so you do expect they will pay out ...would you really prefer $100 for sure to that 50/50 gamble? With a clever use of compound 50/50 gambles and restrictions implied by concavity and additively separable functionals Jim and his co-aithours show that plausible styles of risk aversion in small stakes gamble imply precisely this kind of implausible behaviour for large stakes.
Servatka]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 7: The Duel of Honour</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/7</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who said economic history isn't interesting? Doug Allen blends theory and history to analyze and explain the duel of honour "a highly ritualized violent activity practiced (mostly) by aristocrats from about 1500 to 1900. The duel of honor was held in private, was attended by seconds and other members of society, was illegal, and often resulted from trivial incidents. Duels were fought according to strict codes, their lethality fell over time, and certain members of society were not allowed to duel. Doug argues that  dueling functioned as a screen for unobservable investments in social capital. Social capital was used during this period to support political transactions in an age when high civil service appointments were made through patronage. The screening hypothesis explains the puzzling features of the duel of honor, its rise and fall over time and locations, and the differences between European and American duels]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 8: The Duel of Honour</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/8</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Who said economic history isn't interesting? Doug Allen blends theory and history to analyze and explain the duel of honour "a highly ritualized violent activity practiced (mostly) by aristocrats from about 1500 to 1900. The duel of honor was held in private, was attended by seconds and other members of society, was illegal, and often resulted from trivial incidents. Duels were fought according to strict codes, their lethality fell over time, and certain members of society were not allowed to duel. Doug argues that  dueling functioned as a screen for unobservable investments in social capital. Social capital was used during this period to support political transactions in an age when high civil service appointments were made through patronage. The screening hypothesis explains the puzzling features of the duel of honor, its rise and fall over time and locations, and the differences between European and American duels]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 9: Ted Bergstrom on</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/9</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would anyone donate to the blone marrow registry when the chances of helping find a match for bone marrw are one in a million? Wel, they do, and Prof Ted Bergstrom explains why. Moroever he also estimates the benefits and costs of a larger bone marrow registry. Prof Ted Bergstrom is from  UC Santa Barbara and is a visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in the Economics and Finance dept. The smeinar was delivered to a lively audience on Friday March 6 2009.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 10: Ted Bergstrom on</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/10</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why would anyone donate to the blone marrow registry when the chances of helping find a match for bone marrw are one in a million? Wel, they do, and Prof Ted Bergstrom explains why. Moroever he also estimates the benefits and costs of a larger bone marrow registry. Prof Ted Bergstrom is from  UC Santa Barbara and is a visiting Erskine Fellow at the University of Canterbury in the Economics and Finance dept. The smeinar was delivered to a lively audience on Friday March 6 2009.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 11: Using experimental economics to assess methods for improving Taxpayer Compliance</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/11</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A seminar to the Econ and Finance Dept at the University of Canterbury by visiting erskine professor James Alm on his  research using laboratory experiments to test the effectiveness of "kinder friendlier" taxpayer service programs in enhancing tax compliance. ..... Results indicate that user friendly tax agency provided information on an individuals tax liability has little impact on the tendency of an individual to file a tax return, but that this information has a significant and positive effect on reporting for individuals who choose to file a return.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 12: Effects of Child Health on Family Resources</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/12</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Hope Corman of Rider University and the NBER gave a seminar in the Economics Dept on her research on the effect of child health on family resources. Professor Corman surveyed her earlier research in this area and then presented some new findings on the impact of children's health on husing, homelessness and crowding]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 13: Charlie Plott on Emergence of Economics as a Lab Science</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/13</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This year's Condliffe Lecture in Economics has Charles Plott of CalTech speaking about the emergence of economics as a lab science. Besides Charlie's engaging style there is an interesting and clever use of audio and video animation to convey both the dynamism and complexity of decentralised decision making processes - ordinary commodities, asset markets, prediction markets, landing right auctions. You name it - Charlie explains it.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 14: Intertemporal Utility and the Discount rate</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/14</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Professor Morten Lau , a visiting Erskine Professor in the Department, presents an interesting seminar on the theory, the econometrics, and the results of a field experiment on measuring (estimating) discount rates . After controlling for many potentially confounding factors no evidence of "hyperbolicky" discounting is found.]]></description>
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<title>Lecture 15: Direct (Anti-) Democracy</title>
<link>http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2629/Erskine-Seminars-in-Economics/15</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prof Max Stearns gives a seminar to the UC Economics Departmet asking the question:  is direct democracy anti-democratic? His answer - yes - is surprising, and his method of analysis new and distinctive. After surveying the arguments for and against direct democracy's institutions (referenda and citizen initiated plebiscites ), Prof Stearns argues for a new approach. He develops a novel methodological standard  for comparing alternative institutions (using of a social choice framework to see which one of Arrow's axioms in his famous impossibility theorem is violated) Prof Stearn compares the  institutions of representative legislatures, those of judicial decision making , and the institutions of direct democracy . On this yardstick direct democracy is much closer to the courts - ie anti democratic - than it is to representative legislature.]]></description>
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