Behavioral Public Economics Bootcamp
Organized by Hunt Allcott, B. Douglas Bernheim, and Dmitry Taubinsky
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
May 5-7, 2022
Cambridge, MA
Thursday, May 5
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Welcome and Overview (Allcott, Bernheim, Taubinsky)
Fundamentals
9:30 am
Speed Meetings
10:00 am
Behavioral Welfare Economics
B. Douglas Bernheim, Stanford University and NBER
Video
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am
Sin Taxes and Bans
Hunt Allcott, Microsoft Research and NBER
Video
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Non-Standard Policy Instruments
Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Video
2:00 pm
Speed Meetings
2:30 pm
Break
Non-Standard Policy Instruments
Hunt Allcott, Microsoft Research and NBER
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Non-Standard Policy Instruments Part 2
B. Douglas Bernheim, Stanford University and NBER
Video
5:00 pm
Break
6:30 pm
Reception - Parkview Room
7:00 pm
Dinner - Parkview Room
Talk: A Sociological Perspective on the Economics of Discrimination
Mario L. Small, Harvard University
Video
Friday, May 6
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Applications and Networking
9:00 am
Tax Misperceptions
Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Video
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Perceptions of Public Policy
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER
Video
11:15 am
Break
11:30 am
Insurance
Johannes Spinnewijn, London School of Economics
Video
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm
Inequality
Raj Chetty, Harvard University and NBER
Video
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Household Finance
David Laibson, Harvard University and NBER
Video
3:30 pm
Student-Faculty Meetings
6:30 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Reception - Parkview Room
7:00 pm
Dinner - Parkview Room
Talk: Behavioral Economics in Public Organizations
Elizabeth Linos, University of California at Berkeley
Saturday, May 7
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
Applications and Networking
9:00 am
Behavioral Economics of Poverty and Development
Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics
Video
10:00 am
Break
10:15 am
Behavioral Industrial Organization
Michael Grubb, Boston College
Video
11:15 am
Lunch, Research Idea Discussions, Networking
2:00 pm
Adjourn