The session will meet in Newhall Conference Center located in Littlefield Center,

Graduate School of Business, Stanford University.

Here is the map to the building.

 

Thursday, August 6

8:30     Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 How Large Are Non-Budget-Constraint Effects of Prices on Demand? presented by Ori Heffetz, Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management and co-authored by Moses Shayo, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

9:45 - 10:30 Pressure, Economic Incentives and Performance presented by Anat Bracha, Tel Aviv University and co-authored with Chaim Fershtman, also Tel Aviv University.

10:30 – 11:00  Coffee

11:00 – 11:45 Bargaining and Reputation: Experimental Evidence on Bargaining in the Presence of Irrational Types presented by Guillaume Frechette, New York University and co-authored with Matthew S. Embrey, New York University and Steven F. Lehrer, Queen's University and NBER.

11:45 – 12:30 A Field Experiment on Bargaining presented by Marco Castillo, George Mason University and co-authored with Ragan Petrie, George Mason University; Maximo Torero, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC and Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh.

12:30 – 2:30 Lunchtime discussion

2:30 – 3:15 Can Relaxation of Beliefs Rationalize the Winner’s Curse?: An Experimental Study presented by Muriel Niederle, Stanford University and co-authored with Asen Ivanov, Virginia Commonwealth University and Dan Levin, Ohio State University.

3:15 – 4:00 An Experimental Study of Decentralized Matching presented by Leeat Yariv, California Institute of Technology and co-authored with Gabriel Katz and Federico Echenique, both California Institute of Technology.

4:00 – 4:30 Coffee

4:30 – 5:15 Social Identity and Preferences presented by Daniel J. Benjamin, Cornell University and co-authored with James J. Choi, Yale University and NBER, and A. Joshua Strickland, Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

6:00 Discussion of day's events during a dinner served outdoors on Stanford campus.

 

Friday, August 7

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 Wise Markets and Ignorant Crowds presented by Leif D. Nelson, Rady School of Management University of California, San Diego and co-authored with Joseph P. Simmons, Yale School of Management; Jeff Galak, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University and Shane Frederick, Massachusets Institute of Technology.

9:45 - 10:30 Do Advertisements Impact the Physiological Efficacy of Branded Drugs? presented by Emir Kamenica, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and co-authored with Anup Malani, University of Chicago Law School.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee

11:00 – 11:45 Just Ask: One- and Two-way Communication in Dictator Games presented by James Andreoni, University of California, San Diego and co-authored with Justin Rao also University of California, San Diego.

11:45 – 12:30 The Benefits of Prosocial Spending, for Both Individuals and Organizations presented by Michael I. Norton, Harvard Business School and co-authored with Elizabeth W. Dunn and Lara B. Aknin, both Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

12:30 – 2:30 Lunchtime discussion

2:30 – 3:15 Information Gatekeepers: Theory and Experimental Evidence presented by Juan D. Carrillo, University of Southern California and co-authored with Isabelle Brocas, University of Southern California and Thomas R. Palfrey, California Institute of Technology.

3:15 – 4:00 Contracts & Communication presented by Gary Charness, University of California, Santa Barbara and co-authored with Martin Dufwenberg, University of Arizona, Tucson.

4:00 – 4:30 Coffee

4:30- 5:15 White Lies presented by Uri Gneezy, Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego and co-authored with Sanjive Erat, University of California, San Diego.

 

 

Saturday, August 8

8:30 Breakfast

9:00 - 9:45 The Role of Seed Money When Public Projects Have Fixed Costs presented by Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh and co-authored with Anat Bracha, Tel Aviv University and Michael Menietti, University of Pittsburgh.

9:45 - 10:30 One Bad Apple: Uncertainty and Heterogeneity in Public Good Provision presented by Angela C. M. de Oliveira, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and co-authored with Catherine Coleman Eckel and Rachel T. A. Croson both University of Texas, Dallas.

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee

11:00 – 11:45 Handouts Without Handshakes: Patronizing Out-Group Favoritism in Humans presented by Tomomi Tanaka, Arizona State University and co-authored with Colin F. Camerer, California Institute of Technology.

11:45 – 12:30 Estimating Ambiguity Aversion in a Portfolio Choice Experiment presented by Shachar Kariv, University of California, Berkeley and co-authored with David Ahn, University of California, Berkeley; Syngjoo Choi, University College London and Douglas Gale, New York University.

12:30 – 2:30 Lunch

2:30 – 3:15 Competition for Trophies Triggers Male Generosity presented by Dan Houser, George Mason University and co-authored with Xiaofei Pan, also George Mason University.

3:15 – 4:00 No Excuses for Good Behavior presented by Sera Linardi, California Institute of Technology and co-authored with Margaret A. McConnell also California Institute of Technology.