Welcome

iSEE provides a forum for thought-provoking experimental research in Behavioral Economics. iSEE's goal is to encourage lively discussion among its participants and facilitate brainstorming for new research ideas.

The Symposium takes place on March 16th – 17th, 2023. It is organized by Ernesto Reuben, Moritz Janas, and Robert Stüber on behalf of the Center for Behavioral Institutional Design. It is hosted by the Division of Social Sciences at New York University Abu Dhabi.

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Presenters & Organizers

Ernesto Reuben

NYU Abu Dhabi

Moritz Janas

NYU Abu Dhabi

Robert Stüber

NYU Abu Dhabi

Andrzej Baranski

NYU Abu Dhabi

Ben Greiner

WU Vienna

Georgia Michailidou

NYU Abu Dhabi

Holger Herz

U. Fribourg

Kirby Nielsen

Caltech

Lina Lozano

NYU Abu Dhabi

Pia Pinger

U. Cologne

Seda Ertaç

Koc U.

Séverine Toussaert

U. Oxford

Songfa Zhong

NYU Abu Dhabi

Stefano Fiorin

Bocconi U.

Urs Fischbacher

U. Konstanz

Yan Chen

U. Michigan



Participants

Oliver Bochet, Aleksei Chernulich, Aurelie Dariel, Sanjeev Goyal, Mayada Oudah, Monika Pompeo, Manu Muñoz, Nikos Nikiforakis, Nishtha Sharma, John Wooders.

Program


You can download the PDF version of the program here.

Day 1

Time Author & Presentation Title
8:25 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 Session 1 Séverine Toussaert
Stochastic dominance and preference for randomization
Holger Herz
Measuring intrinsic preferences for autonomy
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 2 Kirby Nielsen
The gender gap in confidence: Expected but not accounted for
Robert Stüber
Productivity beliefs, competition entry, and gender quotas
Lina Lozano
Attribution of failure and success in strategic settings
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 Session 3 Urs Fischbacher
Rights, duties, and taboos: The social codex of peer punishment
Andrzej Baranski
The recency bias in the attribution of responsibility for joint work
Moritz Janas
Eliciting thresholds for collective behavior
15:30 - 16:00 Break
16:00 - 17:30 Session 4 Yan Chen
Group identity, information demand and processing: Implications for discrimination and polarization
Ben Greiner
Social and economic preferences towards the end of life
19:00 + Dinner Beirut Sur Mer

Day 2

Time Author & Presentation Title
8:25 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:00-10:30 Session 5 Seda Ertaç
Can children learn to be team players? Evidence from an intervention on cooperative interactions
Songfa Zhong
Narrowly rational
Georgia Michailidou
Concealing, anticipatory, premeditated lies
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Session 6 Pia Pinger
Belief-related origins of the education premium: Experimental evidence
Stefano Fiorin
How do borrowers respond to a debt moratorium? Experimental evidence from consumer loans in India
12:30 + Lunch Abu Dhabi Fish Market
Optional social activities for the rest of the day


General Information

The symposium will take place in Room C1-120 at the NYU Abu Dhabi Campus, which can be found here.