Monthly Archives: February 2010

Charles Smith, ‘Coping with Contingencies in Auction Markets and Elsewhere: Revisiting and Rethinking the ‘Rationality’ of Pricing’

February 23rd, 12pm: Charles Smith, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, Department of Sociology; Coping with Contingencies in Auction Markets and Elsewhere: Revisiting and Rethinking the ‘Rationality’ of Pricing Drawing upon ethnographic and participant observation research of equity option markets,

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Charles Smith, ‘Coping with Contingencies in Auction Markets and Elsewhere: Revisiting and Rethinking the ‘Rationality’ of Pricing’

February 23rd, 12pm: Charles Smith, Professor Emeritus, City University of New York, Department of Sociology; Coping with Contingencies in Auction Markets and Elsewhere: Revisiting and Rethinking the ‘Rationality’ of Pricing Drawing upon ethnographic and participant observation research of equity option markets,

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Brian Cody, ‘Party Identity and Budgetary Techniques: The Emergence of Block Grants in the U.S. Federal Budget’

February 16th, 12pm: Brian Cody, Graduate Student, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology; Party Identity and Budgetary Techniques: The Emergence of Block Grants in the U.S. Federal Budget Political parties in the U.S. have long favored different procedural and legislative tools,

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Brian Cody, ‘Party Identity and Budgetary Techniques: The Emergence of Block Grants in the U.S. Federal Budget’

February 16th, 12pm: Brian Cody, Graduate Student, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology; Party Identity and Budgetary Techniques: The Emergence of Block Grants in the U.S. Federal Budget Political parties in the U.S. have long favored different procedural and legislative tools,

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Greg Liegel, ‘Technological Change, Expertise, and Jurisdictional Control’

February 9th, 12pm: Greg Liegel, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology; Technological Change, Expertise, and Jurisdictional Control Technological innovations often upset the organizational status quo and create new opportunities for claims making. We argue that the ability of a

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Greg Liegel, ‘Technological Change, Expertise, and Jurisdictional Control’

February 9th, 12pm: Greg Liegel, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago, Department of Sociology; Technological Change, Expertise, and Jurisdictional Control Technological innovations often upset the organizational status quo and create new opportunities for claims making. We argue that the ability of a

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Cynthia Swamareh and Karen Hunt Ahmed; ‘Islamic Law, Finance, and Debt in Dubai: Theories and Realities’

February 2nd, 12pm: Cynthia Shawamreh, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School and Karen Hunt Ahmed, Professor of Business and Finance, DePaul University; Islamic Law, Finance, and Debt in Dubai: Theories and Realities

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Cynthia Swamareh and Karen Hunt Ahmed; ‘Islamic Law, Finance, and Debt in Dubai: Theories and Realities’

February 2nd, 12pm: Cynthia Shawamreh, Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School and Karen Hunt Ahmed, Professor of Business and Finance, DePaul University; Islamic Law, Finance, and Debt in Dubai: Theories and Realities

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