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    Jennifer Campbell

    Jennifer Campbell

    Program Coordinator

    Jennifer joined the Center in October 2008. She is a graduate of the University of Washington where she studied English and Comparative Literature, with a focus on 19th century British literature.... Read more about Jennifer Campbell

    Michael Jones - Cultural Cognition and Campaign Finance: Mapping Process and Reform Preferences

    The November 16th Lab Seminar was led by Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow Michael Jones, whose research is conducted in conjunction with Professor Dan Kahan of Yale Law School and the Cultural Cognition Project. Their project examines the ways that cultural cognition impacts how people process information about campaign finance reform. Based on their research thus far, they have found that while people are not generally informed about campaign finance and how it connects to issues they care about, they are generally oriented toward reform. Given that understanding, the next stage of their...

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    Jennifer Shkabatur - Transparency with(out) Accountability: The Effects of the Internet on the Administrative State

    Jennifer Shkabatur, Edmond J. Safra Lab Fellow, presented her research at the Edmond J. Safra Lab Seminar on November 2. Shkabatur’s presentation, “Transparency with(out) Accountability: The Effects of the Internet on the Administrative State,” examined the difficulties of enforcing transparency as a regulatory tool for federal agencies in the age of the Internet.

    Shkabatur noted that the common problems of offline transparency (agencies’ resistance to releasing information, barriers to public participation) have not been entirely eliminated in the...

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    Mahzarin Banaji - The Psychology of Institutional Corruption: Ideas for Experiments

    The September 28th Lab Seminar was led by Mahzarin Banaji, Richard Clark Cabot Professor of Social Ethics and Edmond J. Safra Research Associate. Banaji’s presentation included a hypothetical scenario involving a prospective graduate student and potential conflict of interest, as well as a discussion of some recent research her lab has conducted on psychological responses to money.

    The scenario featured a prospective PhD applicant (“H”) to a psychology lab who is also the co-founder of a commercial startup called “Staffingscience.com.” If admitted to...

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    Luigi Zingales - Economists' Capture

    The October 19 Lab seminar was led by Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Zingales’ presentation focused on the prevention of academic economists’ capture, arguing that academics may be just as prone to capture as regulators, though few will admit it. Seminar participants offered their insights on his outline of the forces that lead to capture, as well as some proposed remedies.

    Zingales opened the seminar by noting that in general, both academic...

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