The course addresses the following questions: What are the advantages and limitations of experimental economics? How important are deviations from the assumptions of full rationality and strict self-interest in determining outcomes of economic interaction? It is argued that identifying...

CONFERENCE PROGRAM: - The Resilience of the U.S. Corporate Bond Market During Financial Crises; - Macro and Micro Skewness and Volatility Over the Business Cycle; - Do We Need Traditional Dealers in OTC Markets?; - U.S. Banks and Global Liquidity; - Expectations of Fundamentals and Stock Market...

We encourage submission of behavioral and experimental papers coming from every branch of Economics, including, but not limited to: game theory, risk and uncertainty, bounded rationality, health, management, and industrial organization.

Topics: Emergence of post-consumerist lifestyles; Impact of the decline in wage labor on consumption practices; Role of behavioral economics and related strategies on consumption routines; Social practices research related to sustainable consumption; Sustainability and the transformation of...

The aim of the conference is to discuss new modeling approaches and novel empirical evidence on heterogeneity in the behaviour of firms, households and financial intermediaries, and on policies aimed to address economic challenges arising in specific markets, regions or group of agents but...

The course addresses the following questions: What are the advantages and limitations of experimental economics? How important are deviations from the assumptions of full rationality and strict self-interest in determining outcomes of economic interaction?

This course will provide an introduction to modern Bayesian methods in econometrics. Bayesian methods can be applied to any field of economics. The examples and exercises offered during the course will be drawn from various topics, including micro- and macroeconometrics, and finance. The main...

The conference will be organized in sessions. Moreover, in the afternoon of Thursday, 25 September there will be a pre-conference workshop on “METHODOLOGICAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN NEURO-ECONOMICS” with Antonio Rangel, Chris Frith, and Josh Skewes.

Since 2005, property prices all over the world have been extremely volatile. Price increases and decreases have resulted in capital gains and losses for investors and fluctuating consumption possibilities of households. Trends in property markets affect financial stability, earnings and risks of...

Students learn how the toolbox of experimental economics can be used in research, and learn to be critical consumers of the rapidly growing behavioral and experimental economics literature. More generally, the course contributes to a deeper understanding of the basic principles of rationality...