6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Faculty Event & Networking Reception with Professor Ray Fisman
The Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Philadelphia
invites you to join alumni from Columbia Business School and other top business schools to a presentation and networking
reception with Ray Fisman, Professor of Finance and Economics at
Columbia Business School.
The Economics of Why People
(and Organizations) Do Bad Things
Date: Thursday, November
12, 2009
Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Union League of Philadelphia, McMichael Room (2nd Floor), 140 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
Cost: Advance Registration $35 (deadline 11/6/09); At the door $45
Light buffet and cash bar
Business casual dress minimum required.
Professor Fisman will offer his insights on the behavioral
economics of why people and institutions do bad things, and what can be done to
encourage more of us to do the right thing. He is the co-author of the book, Economic Gangsters:
Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nation, which is explores the dark
side of economic development. Please visit http://www.economicgangsters.com to
learn more about his book, which will be available for purchase at the event.
Registration Information
Credit Card
To register with a credit card, please visit paypal link below.
Checks can be made out to “CBS AC of P” and sent to:
Columbia Business School Alumni Club of Philadelphia
Attn: Rich Selverian
965 Pheasant Meadow Rd
Blue Bell, PA 19422Directions and Parking Information: http://www.unionleague.org/directions-parking.php
We hope to see you there!
For more information please e-mail Qie Zhang '08.
Professor Fisman works in the area of economic development, with a particular focus on the political economy of corruption. In this domain, he has studied the value of political connections in Indonesia, smuggling between Hong Kong and China, and the link between culture and corruption. He is also an active researcher in the emerging field of behavioral economics, and has done work on diverse topics ranging from racial preferences in dating to the economics of altruism. More recently, his research has turned to examine the motivations and effects of corporate social responsibility. Professor Fisman teaches the core course in Managerial Economics and an elective on the private sector and international development. He is the Director of the Social Enterprise Program and a Bernstein Faculty Leader.
