Events
The Institute for Behavioral Economics is pleased to support, host, or participate in the following events:
2009
| Date, Time, and Location | Topic | Presenter |
| Monday September 28 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Human Prosociality: Convergent Neuroeconomics Evidence | IBE Lecture by Paul Zak, Claremont Graduate University. Jointly organized by IBE and the Freedom Center. |
| Tuesday June 2 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Behavioral Optimal Taxation | Lecture by Olof Johansson-Stenman (University of Gothenburg). |
| Wednesday March 4 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Decisions under Risk: Theory and Experiment | ESL/IBE special lectures with Jim Cox (Georgia State University). Participants should read a selected paper in advance. |
| Tuesday March 3 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Trust, Reciprocity, and Altruism: Theory and Experiment | ESL/IBE special lectures with Jim Cox (Georgia State University). Participants should read a selected paper in advance. |
2008
| Date, Time, and Location | Topic | Presenter |
| Wednesday December 3 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Noisy Response | Reading group with David Butler (University of Western Australia). Participants should read a selected paper in advance. |
| Wednesday November 12 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Anticipated and Anticipatory Feelings | Reading group with Pierpaolo Battigalli (Bocconi University, IGIER). Participants should read a selected set of papers in advance; contact an IBE staff member. |
| Wednesday November 5 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
The Behavioral Effects of Sleep on Decision-Making | Self-contained presentation (no paper) by David Dickinson (Appalachian State University) |
| Thursday October 16 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Behavioral Mechanism Design: Part II | |
| Wednesday October 15 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Behavioral Mechanism Design: Part I | Mini-course with Paul J. Healy (Ohio State University). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
Friday |
Skill in Games | Workshop: Speakers include David Butler (University of Western Australia), Oscar Volij (Ben Gurion University), and our own Martin Dufwenberg, David Reiley, Matt Van Essen, and John Wooders |
| Wednesday September 17 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Randomization & Justice: Part II | |
| Tuesday September 16 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Randomization & Justice: Part I | Invited lecture by Uzi Segal (Boston College). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| Thursday September 11 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Language & Strategy: Part III | |
| Monday September 8 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Language & Strategy: Part II | |
| Wednesday September 3 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Language & Strategy: Part I | Mini-course with Andreas Blume (University of Pittsburgh). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| March 12 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Topic TBD | |
| March 11 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Learning: Part II | |
| March 10 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Learning: Part I | Invited lecturer by Rajiv Sarin (Texas A&M University). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| January 31 3:30 - 6:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Imprecise Preferences | Invited lecturer by David Butler (University of Western Australia). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
2007
| Date, Time, and Location | Topic | Presenter |
| November 14 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
A Nobel to Mechanism Design | Invited lecture by Mark Walker (The University of Arizona Department of Economics). |
| November 13 5:15 - 7:00 p.m. McClelland 432 |
The Economics of Blame & Shame | Reading group with Pierpaolo Battigalli (Bocconi University, IGIER). Participants should read a selected set of papers in advance; contact an IBE staff member. |
| November 8 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Price Dispersion, Branding & Search: Part II | John Morgan (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley) continues his two-part lecture series. |
| November 7 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Price Dispersion, Branding & Search: Part I | Invited lecture by John Morgan (Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley), who will visit Eller College the entire week. |
| October 12 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Westward Look Resort |
Designing Experiments to Bridge the Gap Between Economic Theory and Psychological Data | Invited lecture by Andrew Caplin (NYU). The IBE sponsors this plenary lecture of the ESA conference; Eller folks are invited. |
| October 19 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Westward Look Resort |
Modeling Behavior in Novel Strategic Situations via Level-k Thinking | Invited lecture by Vince Crawford (UC San Diego). The IBE sponsors this plenary lecture of the ESA conference; Eller folks are invited. |
| October 10 3:300 - 5:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Reference-Depdendent Consumption Plans | Invited lecture by Botond Koszegi (UC Berkeley). Botond will visit Eller College the entire week. We'll organize a reading group on Thursday (10/11) and an IBE-hike on Friday (10/12). Contact an IBE staff member for more info. |
| April 24 12:45 - 3:15 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Unawareness: Part II | Burkhard Schipper continues his two-part lecture series. |
| April 23 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Unawareness: Part I | Invited lecture by Burkhard C. Schipper (UC-Davis). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| March 27 12:45 - 3:15 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Time Inconsistency & Self-Control: Part II | Geir Asheim continues his two-part lecture series. |
| March 26 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Time Inconsistency & Self-Control: Part I | Invited lecture by Geir B. Asheim (University of Oslo). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| March 6 12:45 - 3:15 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Agent-Based Modeling | Invited lecture by Robert Lusch (The University of Arizona Department of Marketing). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. UA student Peter Gross will start the event by presenting his Honors Thesis on an ABM topic. |
| February 27 12:45 - 3:15 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Cursed Equilibrium | Invited lecture by Erik Eyster (LSE). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
| February 26 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. McClelland 401KK |
Field Experiments | Invited lecture by David Reiley (The University of Arizona Department of Economics). Contact an IBE staff member to get suggested readings. |
2006
| Date, Time, and Location | Topic | Presenter |
| November 9 2:30 p.m. McClelland 405F |
On Regret: Methods & Insights |
Featuring economist & game theorist Pierpaolo Battigalli (Bocconi University, IGIER) and organizational psychologist Terry Connolly (The University of Arizona, Management & Organization Department). Each speaker will get 30 minutes to present his take on the topic, and then we’ll have 30 minutes for open discussion. Finally, refreshments and snacks will be served. |
For more information, view upcoming Department of Economics seminars, or please contact us.

