2022 Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics
2022 RSF BESI Schedule
Lectures - Week 1
Thursday, July 7:
09.30 - 10.45 | David: Welcome, Intro, & Methods in Behavioral Economics |
11.15 - 12.30 | Matthew: Normal-Science Behavioral, & Camp Organization (one PDF for all 7/7 sessions) |
14.00 - 15.15 | Matthew: Utility, Beliefs, and Choice |
15.45 - 17.00 |
Matthew: Prospect Theory & Reference-Dependent Risk Attitudes
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Friday, July 8:
09.30 - 10.45 | Stefano: Behavioral Labor Economics |
11.15 - 12.30 | Matthew: News Utility and Other Belief-Based Utility |
14.00 - 15.15 | Stefano: Transparency and Reliability of Behavioral Research |
15.30 - 18.00 | Meetings: Matthew, David, Stefano |
Saturday, July 9:
09.30 - 10.45 | George: Fragile Self-Esteem |
11.15 - 12.30 | Richard: Behavioral Economics in Broader Perspective |
14.00 - 15.15 | Matthew: Social Preferences and Self-Image |
15.45 - 17.00 | Matthew: Introduction to Limited Rationality |
17.15 - 18.15 | Group Office Hours/Q&A with Richard |
Sunday, July 10:
09.30 - 10.45 | George: Misunderstanding Our Own Preferences |
11.15 - 12.30 | Frank: Drink, Sleep, and be Happy |
14.00 - 15.15 | Matthew: Modeling Misprediction of Preferences |
15.30 - 18.00 | Meetings: George, Frank, David, Matthew |
Lectures - Week 2
Monday, July 11:
09.30 - 10.45 | David: Introduction to Intertemporal Choice |
11.15 - 12.30 | David: Dynamic Programming with Present Bias in Discrete Time |
TBA | Group Office Hours, Walk with Matthew (and maybe others) |
Tuesday, July 12:
09.30 - 10.45 | Lise: Gender in Economics |
11.15 - 12.30 | David: Dynamic Programming with Present Bias in Continuous Time |
14.00 - 15.15 | David: Measuring Time Preference |
15.45 - 17.00 | Stefanie: Social Preferences: Theory and Empirical Evidence |
17.00 - 18.30 | Meetings: Stefanie, Matthew, David, Lise |
Wednesday, July 13:
09.30 - 10.45 | Matthew: Errors in Probabilistic Thinking (for both AM sessions) |
11.15 - 12.30 | Matthew: Attention and Cognition |
TBA | Walk with Matthew (and maybe others) |
Thursday, July 14:
09.30 - 10.45 | Ulrike: Experience and Beliefs |
11.15 - 12.30 | David: Behavioral Household Finance |
14.00 - 15.15 | Frank: Behavioral Development Economics |
15.45 - 17.00 | Ulrike: Behavioral Corporate Finance |
17.00 - 18.30 | Meetings: Ulrike, David, Matthew, Frank |
Friday, July 15:
09.30 - 10.45 | David: Choice Architecture |
11.15 - 12.30 | David: Behavioral Mechanism Design and Paternalism |
14.00 - 15.15 | Raj: Reducing Inequality with Behavioral-Economic Tools |
15.45 - 17.00 | Q&A/Roundtable with Raj and David |
17.00 - 18.30 | Meetings: Ulrike, David, Matthew |
Saturday, July 16:
09.30 - 10.45 | Matthew: Social Information and Social Inference |
11.15 - 12.30 | David: Going Forth and Doing Research |
14.00 - 15.15 | Q&A with David and Matthew |