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

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