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09:00 | Special Event
2015 Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC) will be held on 10-11 December, 2015 at CERGE-EI, Politických vězňů 7, Prague 1.
The aim of the conference is to bring together the community of scholars who employ laboratory experimental economics methods for research in developing countries. Keynote speakers are Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School) and Armin Falk (University of Bonn). The conference will consist of plenary and parallel sessions.
More information to be found at the conference website.
We are glad to announce that both keynote speeches are open to public. The capacity of the lecture room is limited, so please register by filling a short forms below.
Thursday, 2:00pm – 3:00pm
Armin Falk (University of Bonn): The Nature and Predictive Power of Preferences: Global Evidence
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Friday, 10:45am – 11:45am
Nava Ashraf (Harvard Business School): Black Box: Using Experiments to Understand Intra-Household Decision Making in Development
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The conference has been financially supported by the US Embassy in Prague.
16:30 | Micro Theory Research Seminar
Center for Theoretical Study & Department of Ecology, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague
Abstract: Biological diversity is the central topic in ecology. Many diversity patterns have been described, but their causes often remain unclear. One of the most striking patterns is the interspecific variation in life-histories, i.e. in the fitness-related traits directly linked to survival and reproduction: even species living in similar environment may differ by orders of magnitude in their longevity or number of descendants. Current theory of life-history evolution is based on the idea of optimization within particular trade-offs given by various evolutionary constraints. I will show how the fundamental building blocks of this theory combine to explain incredible variation in animal and plant life-histories and how is this variation related to the properties of different habitats. Then I will discuss possible applications of the life-history theory for human societies.
