ECONOMICS 218

Psychology and Economics Seminar
Fall 2004
Professor Botond Koszegi
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Seminar Location: 608-7 Evans Hall
Schedule: Tuesday, 2:00-4:00 PM
Sep 7 Luis Rayo University of Chicago
Evolutionary Efficiency and Happiness co-authored with Gary Becker
Sep 14 Xavier Gabaix, MIT
Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression in Competitive Markets
Competition and Consumer Confusion
Sep 21 Shimon Kogan, UC Berkeley
"Information aggregation, individual miscalibration and financial markets - theory and experimental results"
Sep 28 Jacob Sagi, UC Berkeley
Empathy Theory: A Moral Theory of Sentiments
Oct 5 Laura Schechter, UC Berkeley
Theft, Gift-Giving, and Trustworthiness: A Limited-Commitment Model
Oct 12 Rani Spiegler, Tel Aviv University
Contracting with Diversely Naive Agents
Oct 19 Wei Jang, Columbia Business School
Offering Vs. Choice by 401 (k) Plan Participants: Equity Exposure and Number of Funds
Oct 26 Robert MacCoun, UC Berkeley
The Potential for Unintended Behavioral Responses To Emerging Vaccines Against Addiction
Nov 2 Teck Ho, UC Berkeley
Does Format of Pricing Contract Matter?
Nov 9 Ulrike Malmendier, Stanford University
Sorting in Experiments
Nov 16 Stefano DellaVigna, UC Berkeley
"The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voter Behavior"
Nov 23 Shachar Kariv, UC Berkeley
"How Preferences for Altruism Look Like?"
Nov 30 Sendhil Mullainathan, MIT

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