'Market Behavior' Conferences and Events

Berlin Behavioral Economics Seminar Series

The Berlin Behavioral Economics Seminar Series is a joint effort between the DIW, ESMT, WZB, and TU Berlin with the aim of fostering the exchange between active researchers in the areas of behavioral and experimental economics.

The 2011/2012 winter semester series will be held at the WZB on Thursdays from 16.15–17.45 in Room B004/005 unless otherwise stated.

Upcoming Speakers

2011

• Oct 20       Yinghua He (Toulouse School of Economics) Download paper
• Nov 3         Roland Bénabou (Princeton University) Cancelled
• Nov 10       Rani Spiegler (UCL) At the TU, room H3143
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• Nov 24       Carlos Alós-Ferrer (Universität Konstanz) Download paper
• Dec 8         Rosemarie Nagel (Pompeu Fabra) In Room B002/003 Download abstract

2012

• Jan 12        Marie Claire Villeval (CNRS Lyon) Download paper
• Jan 19        Roberto Weber (University of Zurich) In Room B002/003  Download paper
• Feb 2         Johann Graf Lambsdorff (University of Passau) At the TU, room H3143 Download paper
• Feb 9         Matthias Sutter (Universität Innsbruck) Download paper

Workshop

April 26–27, 2012
Formation and Elicitation of Beliefs in Experiments
Charles Bellemare (Laval University, Quebec), Sabine Kröger (Laval University, Quebec), Dorothea Kübler (WZB)

The objective is to attract researchers currently working on issues relating to the role of beliefs in experiments, including the analysis of scoring rules, belief formation, and model testing using subjective expectations. There will be around 10 presentations over the two days.

Current list of speakers:

Carlos Alos-Ferrer (University of Konstanz)
Aurelien Baillon (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Frank Heinemann (Technical University Berlin)
Kyle Hyndman (Maastricht University)
Gijs van Kuilen (Tilburg University)
li Hao (University of British Columbia)
Alexander Sebald (University of Copenhagen)
Nicolas Treich (Toulouse School of Economics)
Stephanie Wang (Carnegie Mellon University)
Joël van der Weele (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main)

November 10–11, 2011
Interpretation in the Arts and in Economics: Exploring the Anglo-German Divide
Dorothea Kübler (WZB), Michael Hutter (WZB), Steffen Huck (UCL), Sir Peter Jonas

It is difficult to imagine much sharper contrasts in interpretation than those to be found on contemporary English and German theater stages: a case of performance and narrative vs. concept and ideas. Is there a link between this divide and the fact that academic economics in England is predominantly empirical while it is theoretical in Germany? If so, where else can we trace such an Anglo-German divide, where does it come from and, crucially, is there anything we can learn from it?

In this two-day interdisciplinary workshop we will trace these differences and try to understand possible connections. We will first focus on operatic theater and economics, including economic history and policy. We will try to explore similar divides in philosophy, in law and the social sciences, in literature and the visual arts, both in history and in contemporary practice.