ECONOMICS 218

Psychology and Economics Seminar
Spring 2007
Professor Botond Koszegi
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Professor Matthew Rabin
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608-7 Evans Hall
Tuesday, 2-3:30 p.m.
February 13 Raj Chetty, U.C. Berkeley
"Salience and Taxation: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment"
February 22 CHANGE OF DAY -- THURSDAY 2-4 PM (Joint with Labour)
Alan Krueger
, Princeton University
"National Time Accounting: The Currency of Life"
February 27 Nava Ashraf, Harvard University
"Can Higher Prices Stimulate Product Use? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Zambia"
March 6
Vince Crawford, U.C. San Diego
"Studying Cognition via Information Search In Two-Person Guessing Game Experiments" - Slides viewable now -
March 13 Lorenz Goette, Boston Federal Reserve
"Reference-Dependent Preferences and Effort: Evidence from a Field Experiment"
March 20
Stefano DellaVigna, U.C. Berkeley
"From Lab to Field: Violent Movies and Violent Crime"
March 27 ***SPRING BREAK***

April 3
Tanjim Hossain, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
"Shrouded Attributes and Information Suppression: Evidence from Field Experiments"
[Please Note: April 4, Departmental Seminar, by Antonio Rangel]
April 10 Ulrike Malmendier, U.C. Berkeley
"Corporate Financial Policies with Overconfident Managers"
***CANCELED*** April 17 Paul J. Gertler, Haas School of Business and School of Public Health & UC Berkeley
"Does Money Burn a Hole in Your Pocket?"
April 23 CHANGE OF DAY -- MONDAY 2-4 PM (Joint with Public Sector)
Brigitte Madrian,
Harvard University
1. "Reducing the Complexity Costs of 401(k) Participation Through Quick Enrollment"
2. "Simplification and Saving"
May 1 Colin Camerer, Cal Tech
"Neurally Revealed 'Preferences'"
***CANCELED*** May 8
You are invited to attend the upcoming Public Finance seminar which is Psychology and Economics related:

ECON 231: Monday May 7, 2-4 p.m., 608-7 Evans Doug Bernheim, Stanford University
"Beyond Revealed Preference: Choice-Theoretic Foundations for Behavioral Welfare Analysis"

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