Bergen-Berlin Behavioural Economics Workshop

Bergen-Berlin Behavioural Economics Workshop

Hosted by FAIR, Norwegian School of Economics and Humboldt University of Berlin.

The Bergen-Berlin Behavioural Economics (BBBE) Workshop is an annual event, hosted alternately at FAIR, NHH and Humboldt University every other year.

The workshops are organized by Alexander W. Cappelen (FAIR NHH), Dirk Engelmann (Humboldt), Bertil Tungodden (FAIR NHH), and Georg Weizsäcker (Humboldt).

  • BBBE Workshop 2025

    BBBE Workshop 2025

    BBBE Workshop 2025

    Date: 2 April

    Place: Humboldt University, Berlin

    Questions about this year's workshop? Send an email to bertil.tungodden@nhh.no

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  • BBBE Workshop 2024

    BBBE Workshop 2024

    BBBE Workshop 2024

    Date: 18 March

    Place: FAIR, Norwegian School of Economics | Bergen, Norway

    Presenters: 10

    • Akshay A. MoorthyPaternalistic Preferences Across the World
    • Ciril Bosch-RosaSocial, Demographic, and Psychological Correlates of Lying Aversion
    • Daniel CarvajalWill Artificial Intelligence Get in the Way of Achieving Gender Equality?
    • Hedda NielsenBiased Belief Updating and Memory: The Role of Confidence
    • Mikko SillimanThe Extent and Consequences of Anti-Immigrant Teacher Biases
    • Muhammed BulutayIrrational Inattention
    • Müge SüerPredictive Power of Biological Sex and Gender Identity on Economic Behavior: A Validated Instrument for Measuring Gender Identity
    • Ranveig FalchPeer Perceptions and Students’ Investments in Schoolwork
    • Samuel D. HirshmanDoes Increasing the Riskiness of Choices Widen Gender Gaps?
    • Vasilisa PetrishchevaDestructive Communication

     

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  • BBBE Workshop 2023

    BBBE Workshop 2023

    BBBE Workshop 2023

    Date: 28 March

    Place: University of Potsdam, Germany

    Presenters: 12

    • Catalina Franco (NHH)Correct answer location affects performance in a high-stakes academic test
    • Daniel Carvajal (NHH)The role of social context on prosocial behavior
    • Hande Erkut (WZB)Why Do People Overwork: Image Concerns or Prosocial Motives?
    • Joanna Bryson (Hertie)Uses and consequences of costly punishment across populations
    • Kjetil Bjorvatn (NHH)Promises to promote honesty: Evidence from Norway and the United States
    • Mathias Ekström (NHH)The impact of premiums and default deductibles on selection and moral hazard in the car insurance market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
    • Mira Fischer (WZB)Does the Support for Behavioral Policies Depend on Why They Work? Representative Evidence on the Relevance of Psychological Mechanisms
    • Muhammed Bulutay (TU)Rebuilding Trust: Correcting Misperceptions of Central Bank Projection Accuracy
    • Pallavi Prabhakar (NHH)Can voters’ beliefs about state performance be changed? An RCT in India
    • Piotr Evdokimov (HU)Cognitive Ability and Perceived Disagreement in Learning
    • Weijia Wang (NHH)Let Them Race: The role of beliefs and fairness views on incentivizing others
    • Yiming Liu (WZB/HU)Gender Gap in Merit-Based College Admissions

     

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  • BBBE Workshop 2022

    BBBE Workshop 2022

    BBBE Workshop 2022

    Date: 28 March

    Place: Online Workshop

    Presenters: 8

    • Hande Erkut: Repugnant transactions: The role of agency and extreme consequence
    • Ranveig Falch: Is it morally acceptable to be selfish?
    • Lea Heursen: Gender Identity and Economic Decision Making
    • Sam Hirshman: Tests of Rank Dependent Probability Weighting
    • Yiming Liu: TBA
    • Sebastian Scheighofer-Kodritsch: Explicit and implicit belief-based gender discrimination: A hiring experiment
    • Heidi Thysen: What makes a narrative compelling? Testing narrative choice and equilibria
    • Justin Valasek: A dynamic argument for positive discrimination in professions with under-represented identities

     

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  • BBBE Workshop 2021

    BBBE Workshop 2021

    BBBE Workshop 2021

    Date: 9 March

    Place: Online Workshop

    Presenters: 8

    • Christian Basteck (WZB): Electing Moderates
    • Ciril Bosch-Rosa (TU): The Effects of Overconfidence on the Political and Financial Behavior of a Representative Sample
    • Nils Handler (DIW): No frame - no gain. Catalyzing green investments
    • Henning Hermes (NHH): Free to fail? Paternalistic preferences in the US
    • Siri Isakson (NHH): It takes two: gender differences in group work
    • Yiming Liu (HU/WZB): Merit in a society with unequal opportunities
    • Friederike Reichel (LMU): Co-Audience Neglect
    • Oda Sund (NHH): Unleveling the playing field? Parents’ willingness to give their child an advantage

     

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