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Bogota Experimental
January 15 and 16, 2026 - Bogotá, Colombia
The School of Economics and Business of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana and the Javeriana Behavioral and Experimental Lab (JaBElab) will host the new edition of the Bogotá Experimental Economics Conference on January 15 and 16, 2026.
This conference aims to strengthen ties within the Latin American Experimental Economics community and the rest of the world. This will be the 11th edition of the conference, continuing a tradition that began with five first editions in Antigua Guatemala before moving to Bogotá, where it has been hosted by the Universidad del Rosario.
We are excited to host this edition and look forward to seeing you in Bogotá!
Important Dates & Conference Fees
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Submission Deadline: October 7 October 13
Notification of acceptance: October 14-16
Early registration deadline: November 10 November 15
Late Registration Deadline: November 30
Conference: January 15-16
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Registration fees early / late
Full price (Faculty):
190 USD / 250 USDReduced price
(Students, as well as Faculty affiliated with institutions located in Latin America ):
160 USD / 250 USDReduced price without dinners
(Students, as well as Faculty affiliated with institutions located in Latin America):
100 USD / 140 USD
Plenary Speakers
Uri Gneezy
Uri Gneezy
Uri Gneezy is the Epstein/Atkinson Chair in Behavioral Economics and a Professor of Economics and Strategy at the Rady School of Management at UC San Diego. He conducts research in behavioral economics, focusing on how incentives influence behavior in both intended and unintended ways. His work covers topics such as lying and dishonesty, pay-what-you-want pricing, prosocial behavior, discrimination, and the design of effective incentives.
His research has been published in leading journals including Econometrica, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, the American Economic Review, and Science. He is the co-author of The Why Axis and the author of Mixed Signals: How Incentives Really Work.
Kirby Nielsen
Kirby Nielsen
Kirby Nielsen is the William H. Hurt Scholar and Professor of Economics at the Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech. She conducts research in experimental and behavioral economics, focusing on how people make decisions under risk and uncertainty, how they value information and its timing, and how procedural complexity shapes choice. Her work also explores confidence gaps, randomization in decision-making, and the consistency of revealed preferences.
Her research has been published in leading journals including the American Economic Review, The Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Theory, Games and Economic Behavior, and the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. She is the recipient of the 2023 Exeter Prize for outstanding work in experimental economics, decision theory, and behavioral economics.
Sevgi Yuksel
Sevgi Yuksel
Sevgi Yuksel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at New York University. She conducts research in experimental and behavioral economics and applied theory, focusing on how people learn from imperfect information, how beliefs are shaped in strategic and social settings, and how procedural fairness and mental models influence decision-making. Her work also explores motivated beliefs, political polarization, and the role of information in shaping social and economic outcomes.
Her research has been published in leading journals including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and the Journal of the European Economic Association.
Contact
For further information, contact us at jabelab@javeriana.edu.co or danielfparra@javeriana.edu.co
BEEC Organizing Committee:
Daniel Parra, Alex Gotthard, César Mantilla (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana), Yuliet Verbel (University of Michigan).
(Steering) Mariana Blanco (University of Turin), Diego Aycinena (University of Pennsylvania).
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