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.


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