Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Workshop

Ryan Bubb, Professor of Law
Tatiana Homonoff, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Theresa Kuchler, Assistant Professor of Finance

Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of Economics, School of Law, Stern School of Business, and Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Workshop brings together scholars from across units at NYU who are interested in applying insights from behavioral economics and psychology to inform law and policy. Each workshop will feature a presentation and discussion of recent scholarly work in the area. If you would like to be added to the workshop e-mail list, please e-mail lara.maraziti@nyu.edu.

SPRING 2019

February 28, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
Matthew Notowidigdo, Northwestern University Department of Economics
Title: “Take-up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP”
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

Tuesday, March 12, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
[Joint session with Tax Policy and Public Finance Colloquium]
Tatiana Homonoff, NYU Wagner School
Title: "Program Recertification Costs: Evidence from SNAP"
Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

March 14, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Peter Ganong, University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy
Title: "Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages?"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room 4-90, 44 West 4th Street

March 28, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Camelia Kuhnen, UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
Title: "Expectations Uncertainty and Household Economic Behavior"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room 4-90, 44 West 4th Street

FALL 2018

September 27, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Andrew Caplin, New York University Department of Economics
Title: Framing as Information Design
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

October 4, 12:30-2:00 P.M. (*Lunch provided at noon)
Justin Sydnor, Wisconsin School of Business
Title: The Structure of Health Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Location: NYU Wagner, 295 Lafayette Street, 2nd Floor Rudin Conference Room

October 25, 4:00-5:30 P.M.
Stephan Meier, Columbia Business School
Title: Intentions for Doing Good Matter for Doing Well: The Negative Effects of Prosocial Incentives
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

SPRING 2018

February 22, 4:00–5:30 P.M.

David Laibson, Harvard University Department of Economics
Title: “Private Paternalism, the Commitment Puzzle, and Model-Free Equilibrium”
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M2-60, 44 West 4th Street

March 29, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

Douglas Bernheim, Stanford University Department of Economics
Title: "A Theory of Endogenous Preference"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M2-60, 44 West 4th Street

April 12, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

Ryan Bubb, New York University School of Law
Title: "An Equilibrium Theory of Retirement Plan Design"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M3-120, 44 West 4th Street

FALL 2017

SEPTEMBER 21, 4:00–5:30 P.M.

Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley
Title: Uniform Pricing in U.S. Retail Chains
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

OCTOBER 5, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

Tatiana Homonoff, New York University
Title: "Do FICO Scores Influence Financial Behavior? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Student Loan Borrowers"
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

NOVEMBER 9, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

Jesse Shapiro, Brown University
Title: "How are SNAP Benefits Spent? Evidence from a Retail Panel"
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

NOVEMBER 16, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

Hunt Allcott, New York University
Title: "A Theory of Regressive Sin Taxes, with an Application to the Optimal Soda Tax"
Location: Room 326, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

DECEMBER 7, 4:00-5:30 P.M.

John Campbell, Harvard University
Title: "Restoring Rational Choice: The Challenge of Consumer Financial Regulation"
Location: Kaufman Management Center (KMC), Room M3-120, 44 West 4th Street

Spring 2016

WEDNESDAY, February 24, 12:40–2:00 P.M.

Jacob Goldin, Stanford University
Preference Identification Under Inconsistent Choice / Which Way to Nudge? Uncovering Preferences in a Behavioral Age
Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

Wednesday, March 23, 12:40–2:00 P.M.

Ben Handel, UC Berkeley
Decision-Making in Insurance Markets: Consumer Choice Frictions and Market Design, based on the following papers:

Benjamin R. Handel and Jonathan T. Kolstad, Health Insurance for "Humans": Information Frictions, Plan Choice, and Consumer Welfare.
Benjamin R. Handel, Adverse Selection and Inertia in Health Insurance Markets: When Nudging Hurts.
Benjamin R. Handel, Jonathan T. Kolstad, and Johannes Spinnewijn, Information Frictions and Adverse Selection: Policy Interventions in Health Insurance Markets.
Benjamin R. Handel and Jonathan T. Kolstad, Getting the Most from Marketplaces: Smart Policies on Health Insurance Choice.

Location: Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

WEDNESDAY, April 20, 12:40–2:00 P.M.

Frank Schilbach, MIT
Alcohol and Self-Control: A Field Experiement in India
Location:Room 208, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

Fall 2015

September 11, 12:35–1:55 p.m.

Cass Sunstein, Harvard Law School
“Does Active Choosing Promote Green Energy Use? Experimental Evidence”
Location: Room 405, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

September 23, 12:40–2:00 p.m.

Sendhil Mullainathan, Harvard University
Human and Machine Intelligence, talk based in part on Prediction Policy Problems.
Location: Room 202, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South

December 2, 12:40–2:00 p.m.

Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University
Stereotypes
Location: Room 216, Vanderbilt Hall, 40 Washington Square South