Economics 3011: The Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop

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Economics 3011. The Behavioral and Experimental Economics Workshop

Harvard College/GSAS: 0109
Spring 2014-2015
Location: Littauer Center M-16
Meeting Time: Tu., 2:30-4:00 PM
For students with an interest in economic theory. Faculty presentations by Harvard and MIT economists and invited guests.
 

Spring 2015 Schedule

All meetings take place in Littauer M-16 (unless otherwise noted)
DATE NAME UNIVERSITY TITLE
February 10, 2015  Cancelled due to University snow closure     

WEDNESDAY

February 11, 2015*
4:00-5:30 PM

 Emily Oster  Brown University  Diabetes and Diet: Behavioral Response and the Value of Health
February 17, 2015  NO SEMINAR    
February 24, 2015  George Loewenstein  Carnegie Mellon University  Sense-making: The Missing Drive
March 3, 2015  Charlie Sprenger  Stanford University   Randomizing Endowments: An Experimental Study of Rational Expectations and Reference-Dependent Preferences (joint with Annette Harms and Lorenz Goette)
March 10, 2015  Ralph Koijen  London Business School Survey Expectations of Returns and Asset Pricing Puzzles
March 17, 2015  NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK    
March 24, 2015 Andrei Shleifer
Harvard University Memory, Attention, and Choice (with Pedro Bordalo and Nicola Gennaioli)
 
March 31, 2015 Lucas Coffman  Ohio State University (visiting Stanford)  Pathways of Persuasion (joint with Paul Niehaus, UCSD)
April 7, 2015  Erik Eyster  London School of Economics and Political Science  Preferences for Fair Prices, Cursed Inferences, and the Nonneutrality of Money (joint with Kristof Madarasz and Pascal Michaillat)

MONDAY

April 13, 2015**
4:00-5:30 PM

 Ben Handel

 University of California, Berkeley  What Does a Deductible Do? The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Health Care Prices, Quantities, and Spending Dynamics
April 21, 2015  Boris Vallee  Harvard Business School  The Motives for Financial Complexity: An Empirical Investigation (with Claire Celerier)

MONDAY

April 27, 2015**
4:00-5:30 PM

 David Laibson  Harvard University  Optimal Illiquidity
 April 28, 2015  Gautam Rao  Harvard University

 Self Control and Chronic Illness: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment

ABSTRACT

* Joint with Ec 3450hf: The Public Economics and Fiscal Policy Seminar and Ec 3810chfr: The Labor Economics Workshop: Littauer Center 3rd Floor, Hansen-Mason Room, 4:00-5:30 PM

** Joint with Ec 3450hf: The Public Economics and Fiscal Policy Seminar: Littauer Center 3rd Floor, Hansen-Mason Room, 4:00-5:30 PM

Course Summary:

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