Behavioral Macroeconomics Workshop 2026

Singapore, February 20 - 21, 2026

Hosted by the Division of Economics and Economic Growth Centre, Nanyang Technological University

Organizers: Te Bao (Nanyang Technological University)

                            Yeow Hwee Chua (Nanyang Technological University)

                            Zu Yao Hong (University of Nottingham Ningbo China)

                            Pei Kuang (University of Macau)

Call for Papers

Keynote Speakers:

• Christopher Roth (University of Cologne)

• Stephen Terry (University of Michigan)

We welcome submissions of complete manuscripts in the field of behavioral macroeconomics. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• Memory, narratives and motivated reasoning in shaping beliefs

• Attention, salience, and information frictions in economic decision-making 

• Behavioral drivers of inflation expectations, asset prices, or business cycles 

• Policy design under behavioral biases or bounded rationality 

• Expectation formation and learning in macroeconomic settings

• News consumption, production and information inequality

Program Details (As of Feb 19):