UMD Behavioral Reading Group
Spring 2023:
Discussions of research in behavioral economics: theory, experimental evidence, and applications to public and macroeconomics
Yusufcan Masatlioglu, Daniel Reck, Luminita Stevens
March 8 |
Salience: Bordalo, Pedro, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Salience and consumer choice." Journal of Political Economy 121.5 (2013): 803-843. |
March 15 |
Memory: Bordalo, Pedro, Nicola Gennaioli, and Andrei Shleifer. "Memory, attention, and choice." The Quarterly journal of economics 135.3 (2020): 1399-1442. |
March 29 |
Welfare: Bernheim, B. Douglas, and Antonio Rangel. "Beyond revealed preference: choice-theoretic foundations for behavioral welfare economics." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 124.1 (2009): 51-104. |
April 19 |
Attention: Bronchetti, Erin T., Judd B. Kessler, Ellen B. Magenheim, Dmitry Taubinsky, and Eric Zwick. "Is Attention Produced Optimally? Theory and Evidence from Take-Up of Bandwidth Enhancements." (2022). |
May 3 |
Nudges: Allcott, Hunt, Daniel Cohen, William Morrison, and Dmitry Taubinsky. When do" Nudges" Increase Welfare?. No. w30740. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2022. |