Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Workshop
Co-sponsored by the ÈâÂþÎÝ Department of Economics, School of Law, Stern School of Business, and Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Workshop brings together scholars from across units at ÈâÂþÎÝ who are interested in applying insights from behavioral economics and psychology to inform law and policy. Each workshop will feature a presentation and discussion of recent scholarly work in the area. If you would like to be added to the workshop e-mail list, please e-mail lara.maraziti@nyu.edu.
SPRING 2019
February 28, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Matthew Notowidigdo, Northwestern University Department of Economics
Title: “Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAPâ€
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
Tuesday, March 12, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
[Joint session with Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium]
Tatiana Homonoff, ÈâÂþÎÝ Wagner School
Title: "Program Recertification Costs: Evidence from SNAP"
Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
March 14, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Title: "Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages?"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room 4-90, 44 West 4th Street
March 28, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Camelia Kuhnen, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Title: "Expectations Uncertainty and Household Economic Behavior"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room 4-90, 44 West 4th Street
FALL 2018
September 27, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Andrew Caplin, New York University Department of Economics
Title:
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
October 4, 12:30-2:00 P.M. (*Lunch provided at noon)
Justin Sydnor, Wisconsin School of Business
Title:
Location: ÈâÂþÎÝ Wagner, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor Rudin Conference Room
October 25, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Stephan Meier, Columbia Business School
Title: Intentions for Doing Good Matter for Doing Well: The Negative Effects of Prosocial Incentives
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
SPRING 2018
February 22, 4:00–5:30 P.M.
David Laibson, Harvard University Department of Economics
Title: “Private Paternalism, the Commitment Puzzle, and Model-Free Equilibriumâ€
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M2-60, 44 West 4th Street
March 29, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Douglas Bernheim, Stanford University Department of Economics
Title: "A Theory of Endogenous Preference"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M2-60, 44 West 4th Street
April 12, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Ryan Bubb, ÈâÂþÎÝ
Title:
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M3-120, 44 West 4th Street
FALL 2017
SEPTEMBER 21, 4:00–5:30 P.M.
Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Uniform Pricing in U.S. Retail Chains
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
OCTOBER 5, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Tatiana Homonoff, New York University
Title: "Do FICO Scores Influence Financial Behavior? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Student Loan Borrowers"
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
NOVEMBER 9, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Jesse Shapiro, Brown University
Title:
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
NOVEMBER 16, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Hunt Allcott, New York University
Title: "A Theory of Regressive Sin Taxes, with an Application to the Optimal Soda Tax"
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
DECEMBER 7, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
John Campbell, Harvard University
Title: "Restoring Rational Choice: The Challenge of Consumer Financial Regulation"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M3-120, 44 West 4th Street
Spring 2016
WEDNESDAY, February 24, 12:40–2:00 P.M.
Jacob Goldin, Stanford University
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Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
Wednesday, March 23, 12:40–2:00 P.M.
Ben Handel, UC Berkeley
Decision-Making in Insurance Markets: Consumer Choice Frictions and Market Design, based on the following papers:
- Benjamin R. Handel and Jonathan T. Kolstad,
- Benjamin R. Handel, .
- Benjamin R. Handel, Jonathan T. Kolstad, and Johannes Spinnewijn,
- Benjamin R. Handel and Jonathan T. Kolstad,
Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
WEDNESDAY, April 20, 12:40–2:00 P.M.
Frank Schilbach, MIT
Location:Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
Fall 2015
September 11, 12:35–1:55 p.m.
Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School
Location: Room 405, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
September 23, 12:40–2:00 p.m.
Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University
Human and Machine Intelligence, talk based in part on .
Location: Room 202, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South
December 2, 12:40–2:00 p.m.
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University
Location: Room 216, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South