Papers we have discussed on the reading group

2019

05/02/2019 Belief updating and the demand for information by Sandro Ambuehl and Shengwu Li

2018

22/11/2018 Correlation Neglect in Belief Formation by Benjamin Enke and Florian Zimmermann

28/06/2018 Channeled Attention and Stable Errors by Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein

31/05/2018 The Dynamics of Motivated Beliefs by Florian Zimmermann

17/05/2018 Randomizing Endowments: An Experimental Study of Rational Expectations and Refer... by Lorenz Goette, Annette Harms, Charles Sprenger

16/04/2018 Myopia and Discounting by Xavier Gabaix and David Laibson

22/03/2018 The Robustness and Pervasiveness of Sub-Additivity in Intertemporal Choice by Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde

08/03/2018 Managing Self-Confidence by Möbius, Markus M.; Niederle, Muriel; Niehaus, Paul; Rosenblat, Tanya S.

17/02/2018 Investment strategy and selection bias: An equilibrium perspective on overoptimism by Philippe Jehiel

2017

07/12/2017 Learning with Misattribution of Reference Dependence by Benjamin Bushong and Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch

09/11/2017 Contracting with Diversely Naive Agents by Kfir Eliaz and Ran Spiegler

26/10/2017 Optimal Expectations by Markus K. Brunnermeier and Jonathan A. Parker

28/09/2017 Incentives and Prosocial Behavior by Roland Bénabou and Jean Tirole

18/05/2017 Procrastination in the Field: Evidence from Tax Filing by Seung-Keun Martinez, Stephan Meier, Charles Sprenger

27/04/2017 Unrealistic Expectations and Misguided Learning by Paul Heidhues, Botond Kőszegi and Philipp Strack

06/04/2017 Attribution Bias in Consumer Choice by Kareem Haggag, Devin G. Pope, Kinsey B. Bryant-Lees and Maarten W. Bos

16/03/2017 Fooling Consumers: Retail Competition with Local Thinkers by Arno Apffelstaedt and Lydia Mechtenberg

23/02/2017 Updating Beliefs when Evidence is Open to Interpretation: Implications for Bias and Polarization by Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Philipp Harms, and Matthew O. Jackson

12/01/2017 On the interaction of memory and procrastination: Implications for reminders, deadlines, and empirical estimation by Keith M Marzilli Ericson

2016

08/12/2016 Naive Social Learning, Mislearning, and Unlearning by Tristan Gagnon-Bartsch and Matthew Rabin

28/10/2016 Narratives, Imperatives and Moral Reasoning by Roland Benabou, Armin Falk and Jean Tirole

15/06/2016 Curiosity, Information Gaps, and the Utility of Knowledge by Russell Golman and George Loewenstein

09/06/2016 Motivated self-deception, Identity, and Unethical Behavior by Uri Gneezy, Silvia Saccardo, Marta Serra-Garcia and Roel van Veldhuizen

02/06/2016 Knowing Me, Imagining You: Projection and Overbidding in Auctions by Yves Breitmoser

26/05/2016 A Model of Relative Thinking by Benjamin Bushong , Matthew Rabin, Joshua Schwartzstein

20/05/2016 Finding Excuses to Decline the Ask by Christine L. Exley and Ragan Petrie

12/05/2016 Optimal Financial Literacy and Saving for Retirement by Annamaria Lusardi, Pierre-Carl Michaud, and Olivia S. Mitchell

29/04/2016 Prospect Theory, Life Insurance, and Annuities by Daniel Gottlieb