Econ 218, Psychology and Economics Seminar

Spring 2008

Organizer: Professor S. DellaVigna
E-mail: sdellavi@econ.berkeley.edu
Organizer:Professor Ulrike Malmendier
E-mail: ulrike@econ.berkeley.edu

Seminar Room: 608-7 Evans
Schedule: Tuesday 2-4P

Announcement: January 22, 29, & February 5 - No Meetings Recruiting Season
*Denotes Change in Day, Location and Time

February 12	- Canceled-
February 19	David Reiley, University of Arizona "What Happens in the Field Stays in the Field: Professionals Do Not Play Minimax in Laboratory Experiments" (with Steven D. Levitt and John A. List)
February 28*	THURSDAY, 2-4 PM, 639 Evans Hall Ulrike Malmendier, UC Berkeley "Depression Babies: Do Macroeconomic Experiences Affect Risk-Taking?" (with Stefan Nagel) - Joint with Macroeconomics Seminar -
March 4	Paul J. Healy, The Ohio State University "Bayesian Overconfidence"
March 11	Joel Sobel, UC San Diego "Markets Make People Appear Selfish"
March 19	Colin Camerer, California Institute of Technology "Cognitive Hierarchy Models of Bounded Rationality in Lab and Field Games" TBA - Joint with Departmental Seminar -
March 25	*NO MEETING SPRING BREAK*
April 1	Erzo Luttmer, J.F. Kennedy School of Government "Who Misvotes? The Effect of Differential Cognition Costs on Election Outcomes" (with Kelly Shue)
April 7*	MONDAY, 4-6 PM, 639 Evans Hall Guillaume Frechette, New York University "The Evolution of Cooperation in Infinitely Repeated Games: Experimental Evidence" (- please note title may be updated later) - Joint with Microeconomics Theory Seminar -
April 16*	WEDNESDAY, 4-6 PM, 608-7 Evans Hall George Akerlof, UC Berkeley "Animal Spirits" - Joint with Departmental Seminar -
April 21*	MONDAY, 4-6 PM, 639 Evans Hall Emre Ozdenoren, University of Michigan “Willpower and the Optimal Control of Visceral Urges” (with Steve Salant and Dan Silverman) - Joint with Microeconomics Theory Seminar -
April 28*	MONDAY, 2-4 PM, 608-7 Evans Hall Jeffrey Kling, The Brookings Institution "Confusion in Choosing Medicare Drug Plans" - Joint Public Finance Seminar -
May 6	Stephan Meier, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston "Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially" (with Dan Ariely and Anat Bracha)