Zeuthen Workshop on Behavioral Economics
       
         
   

University of Copenhagen

May 13-14 2005

       
 

                                             PROGRAMME

   

Friday May 13

12:00-13:00       Sandwiches

13:00-14:10       Paternalism

Olof Johansson-Stenman (Göteborg University)

"Mad Cows, Terrorism and Junk Food: Should Public Policy

Reflect Subjective or Objective Risks?

 

Jes Winther Hansen (University of Copenhagen)

"Present-Biased Recipients and Paternalistic Transfers in Kind.
 

Coffee break

14:40-16:25       Public policy

Michel Maréchal (Universität St.Gallen)
"The Importance of Framing in Ballots: An Example"

Erik Lindqvist and Robert Östling (Stockholms School of Economics)
"Racial Identity and Social Class"

Naomi Feldman (Ben-Gurion University)
"Mental Accounting effects of Tax Shifting"

Evening  Workshop Dinner
 

Saturday May 14

09:00-10:40         Time and Discounting I

Steffen Andersen (CEBR & University of Copenhagen)
"Lost in State Space: Are Preferences Stable?"

Morten I. Lau (CEBR)
"Dynamic Consistency in Denmark: A Longitudinal Field Experiment"

Coffee break

11:00-12:10          Time and Discounting II

Paige Skiba (UC Berkeley)
 

Francesco Drago (University of Siena)
"Career Consequences of Hyperbolic Time Preferences"

In house lunch

13:30-14:.40        Information

Daniel Monte (Yale University):
"Reputation with a Bounded Memory Receiver"

Francesca Bartoli (University of Siena):
"Attitudes towards information and beliefs: how do biased perceptions influence
individuals’ behavior?"

Coffee break

15:00-16.10            Cooperation

Topi Miettinen (UCL):
"Agreeing on Play when Players are Prone to Guilt"

Bradley Ruffle (Ben-Gurion University):
"
It's My Turn... Please, After You: An Experimental Study of Cooperation and Social Conventions."

End of Workshop 


For information, please contact David Dreyer Lassen, David.Dreyer.Lassen@econ.ku.dk, or Jean-Robert Tyran, Jean-Robert.Tyran@econ.ku.dk