2022 Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics 2022 Reading List Office Hour Sign-Ups 2022 RSF BESI Schedule Open all sections Close all sections Lectures - Week 1 expand_more Thursday, July 7:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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 expand_more Monday, July 11:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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:Sort 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
