#  2022 Russell Sage Foundation Summer Institute in Behavioral Economics 

 



###  [2022 Reading List ](/file_url/403)

###  [Office Hour Sign-Ups](/file_url/405)



 

##  2022 RSF BESI Schedule 

 



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###    Lectures - Week 1  expand\_more  

 

####  **Thursday, July 7:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  David: [Welcome, Intro, & Methods in Behavioral Economics](/file_url/404) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  Matthew: [Normal-Science Behavioral, & Camp Organization](/file_url/406) (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](/file_url/408) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  Matthew: News Utility and Other Belief-Based Utility 

    **14.00 - 15.15** 

  Stefano: [Transparency and Reliability of Behavioral Research](/file_url/409) 

    **15.30 - 18.00** 

  Meetings: Matthew, David, Stefano 

 



####  **Saturday, July 9:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  George: [Fragile Self-Esteem](/file_url/410) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  Richard: Behavioral Economics in Broader Perspective 

    **14.00 - 15.15** 

  Matthew: [Social Preferences and Self-Image](/file_url/412) 

    **15.45 - 17.00** 

  Matthew: [Introduction to Limited Rationality](/file_url/414) 

    **17.15 - 18.15** 

  Group Office Hours/Q&A with Richard 

 



####  **Sunday, July 10:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  George: [Misunderstanding Our Own Preferences](/file_url/411) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  Frank: [Drink, Sleep, and be Happy](/file_url/413) 

    **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](/file_url/415) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  David: [Dynamic Programming with Present Bias in Discrete Time](/file_url/416) 

    **TBA** 

  Group Office Hours, Walk with Matthew (and maybe others) 

 



####  **Tuesday, July 12:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  Lise: [Gender in Economics](/file_url/420) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  David: [Dynamic Programming with Present Bias in Continuous Time](/file_url/417) 

    **14.00 - 15.15** 

  David: [Measuring Time Preference](/file_url/418) 

    **15.45 - 17.00** 

  Stefanie: [Social Preferences: Theory and Empirical Evidence](/file_url/419) 

    **17.00 - 18.30** 

  Meetings: Stefanie, Matthew, David, Lise 

 



####  **Wednesday, July 13:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  Matthew: [Errors in Probabilistic Thinking](/file_url/421) (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](/file_url/422) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  David: [Behavioral Household Finance](/file_url/423) 

    **14.00 - 15.15** 

  Frank: [Behavioral Development Economics](/file_url/424) 

    **15.45 - 17.00** 

  Ulrike: [Behavioral Corporate Finance](/file_url/425) 

    **17.00 - 18.30** 

  Meetings: Ulrike, David, Matthew, Frank 

 



####  **Friday, July 15:**

Sort    **09.30 - 10.45** 

  David: [Choice Architecture](/file_url/426) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  David: [Behavioral Mechanism Design and Paternalism](/file_url/427) 

    **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](/file_url/430) 

    **11.15 - 12.30** 

  David: [Going Forth and Doing Research](/file_url/429) 

    **14.00 - 15.15** 

  Q&A with David and Matthew