IFREE/ESI Lecture Series Presents: Stefan Szymanski, Ph.D. - "Contests on a Line"
Feb. 17th, Stefan Szymanski, Ph.D. – Contests on a Line – Watch Lecture Abstract: This paper examines the idea of a Tullock contest between competitors on a line (in the manner of Hotelling). The problem is modeled as a two stage game in which competitors choose location and then choose how much to invest in
IFREE/ESI Lecture Series Presents: Brian Roberson, Ph.D. - "Dynamic Special Interest Politics with Relational Contracts"
Feb. 10th, Brian Roberson, Ph.D. – Dynamic Special Interest Politics with Relational Contracts – Watch lecture Abstract: This paper explores a model of special interest politics that allows for agreements among long-lived interest groups, political parties, and bureaucrats to be supported by informal relational contracts. Special interests and political parties may form agreements involving the
A Director's Reflection
The Schmid Center for International Business hosted the January, 2012 MBA International Travel class to Brazil. Students visited an array of foreign and local invested corporations to gain an in-depth appreciation of global operations and an appreciation of Brazilian business culture. In Sao Paulo, a mega city with more than 20 million residents, students’
IFREE/ESI Lecture Series Presents Alexandra Rosati - Evolutionary economics: Mapping decision-making traits in chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans
Feb. 3rd, Alexandra Rosati – Evolutionary economics: Mapping decision-making traits in chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans – Readings for the lecture: The Evolutionary Origins of Human Patience: Temporal Preferences in Chimpanzees, Bonobos, and Human Adults, A fruit in the hand or two in the bush? Divergent risk preferences in chimpanzees and bonobos, and Chimpanzees and bonobos
The Final Day
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for the final travel day, January, 1/28 comes from Kevin Tunstill. This isn’t the end of our blog – we will periodically keep posting news and updates about the Brazil Travel program at Chapman University. The next
The Dona Marta Favela Trip
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Wednesday, 1/25 comes from Ondrej Skorpil. It was impossible to skip a trip to a favela after seeing the City of Men film. Doug Tuggle, Tamara Stone, Kim Bowman, Petr
Media and Religion in Brazil
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Tuesday, 1/24 comes from Petr Vostry and Vaclav Mares. Tuesday January 24 was the last day of corporate visits. We visited TV Globo in the morning and the Cristo Redentor afterwards. TV Globo
Monday's take from Yuan-Che
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our second entry for Monday, 1/23 comes from Yuan-Che Cheng. It was no surprise that traffic was awful in downtown Rio on Monday morning. Thanks to the traffic, I had more time to explore and record the
MBA team ring NYSE bell as innovation finalists in national competition
A team of MBA students from Chapman University’s Argyros School of Business and Economics has won second place and a $3,000 cash prize in the MBA Global Innovation Challenge, the world’s largest and most established business innovation competition. As part of their award the students will also rang the closing bell on the New York
#WDWS12 Back to the OC
As the travel portion of the 2012 Walk Down Wall Street travel course has reached its conclusion, a word from its instructor, Professor Ayca Altintig. The WDWS 2012 Class is back from New York City! It was a very exciting week overall! We visited many great financial companies and institutions. Students went on the
Viva Rio
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our entry for Monday, 1/23 comes from Nick Gaudiot. Our day started with a trip to PetroBras , a Brazilian oil company. It was very interesting to see how much of the oil business PetroBras controlled
A View From Above
Each day our students will blog about some of their experiences on the Brazil Travel Course. Our third entry for Sunday, 1/22 comes from Jess MacMillan. Sunday here in Rio turned out to be a sunny and clear day with unlimited possibilities to take in the beauty of the city. One way