Fourth Workshop
Behavioral Public Economics
October 11 and 12, 2008
Conference location: Studiestræde 6, room 02-010 (second floor, on the left)
Program (pdf)
We acknowledge financial support from the
Austrian Science Fund (under project no. P17029)
Saturday, October 11
13:00-13:30
Get together, Coffee
13:30 – 13:40
Opening address
Jean-Robert Tyran
13:40 – 14:30
Title: The Own and Social Effects of an Unexpected Income Shock: Evidence from
the Dutch Postcode Lottery (paper)
Presenter: Adriaan Soetevent
14:30 – 15:20
Title: Engeneering Trust - Reciprocity and Strategic Timing in the Production of
Reputation Formation (paper)
Presenter: Gary Bolton
Coffee break 15:20-15:50
15:50 – 16:40
Title: Heterogeneous Social Preferences and the Dynamics of Free
Riding in Public Goods Games (abstract)
Presenter: Simon Gächter
16:40 – 17:30
Title: Social Norms, Information, and Trust among Strangers (abstract)
Presenter: John Duffy
Coffee break: 17:30-17:45
17:45 – 18:40
Title: Trust, Fairness, and Cooperation – Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment
(abstract)
Presenter: Jean-Robert Tyran
Apéritif
Dinner 19:30 (at Le Pavé, Gråbrødretorv 14)
Sunday, October 12
09:30 – 10:20
Title: Wasteful Elections (abstract)
Presenter: Jacob Goeree
10:20 – 11:10
Title: Turned Off or Turned Out? Campaign Advertising, Information, and Voting (paper)
Presenter: Rebecca Morton
Coffee break 11:10-11:30
11:30 – 12:20
Title: Why Votes have a Value (paper)
Presenter: Dorothea Kübler
Lunch 12:20-14:00
14:00 – 14:50
Title:
Legal Threat, Moral Appeal and Social Information - Testing Enforcement
Strategies in the Field (abstract)
Presenter: Rupert Sausgruber
14:50 – 15:40
Title: Semper aliquid haeret? Black Activities, Deterrence and Social Norms in
Germany (abstract)
Presenter: Lars Feld
Coffee break 15:40-16:00
16:00 – 16:50
Title: Mental Accounting Effects of Income Tax Shifting (paper)
Presenter: Naomi Feldman
Coffee break 16:50-17:00
17:00 – 17:30
Plenary discussion and concluding remarks.
Chair: Jean-Robert Tyran