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This event is organised as part of induction to those new to teaching and it is run by the Learning Development Centre. The workshop offers an introduction to concepts in teaching and learning in a student-centred environment; group teaching methodology; assessment and feedback; dealing with difficult situations; and planning for learning. The taught session is interactive and participatory, modelling good teaching practices and approaches which participants will be able to translate into their own teaching contexts.

This is mainly for PhD students and GTAs who have no training in teaching at university. Registration is required.

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Lisa Hayes (HR)

Title of paper: Lords and Vassals: Power, Patronage, and the Emergence of Inequality (with Hongyi Li and Jonathon Yeo)

The abstract of the paper is as follows:

This paper uses a laboratory experiment to study competitions for power --- and the role of patronage in such competitions. We construct and analyze a new game --- the chicken-and-egg game --- in which chickens correspond to positions of power and eggs are the game's currency. We find that power tends to accumulate, through a "power begets power" dynamic, in the hands of "lords." Other subjects behave like their vassals in the sense that they take lords' handouts rather than compete against them. We observe substantial wealth inequality as well as power inequality. There are also striking gender differences in outcomes --- particularly in rates of lordship. In a second treatment, where we eliminate patronage by knocking out the ability to transfer eggs, inequality is vastly reduced and the "power begets power" dynamic disappears.

Title of paper: Identification at the Zero Lower Bound

Seminar organisers: Luis Candelaria, Kenichi Nagasawa