Fall 2020 BCFG Virtual Events
Virtual Seminar Series
Hayekian Behavioral Economics
December 3, 2020 – Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University
CHIBE 2020 Behavioral Science & Health Symposium
BCFG Team Scientist Kevin Volpp Leads a Q&A with Richard Thaler about Behavioral Science and Health
December 4, 2020 – Richard Thaler, 2017 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics, University of Chicago, Booth
The event is brought to you by our partners at the Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE)
Virtual Seminar Series
Beliefs Count Twice: How to Harness the Human Stress Response to Promote Well-Being and Skill Development
November 30, 2020 – David Yeager, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin
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Whose Minds Matter? Sampling, Measurement, Inference, and Application Considerations as we Diversify the Behavioral Sciences
November 23, 2020 – Neil Lewis, Jr., Assistant Professor of Communication and Social Behavior, Cornell University
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Understanding and Reducing the Spread of Misinformation Online
November 16, 2020 – David Rand, Erwin H. Schell Professor and Associate Professor of Management Science and Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Sloan
Virtual Seminar Series
A Mega-Study Approach to Applied Behavioral Science
November 9, 2020 – Katy Milkman, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions, The Wharton School
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Perceptions of Imperfect Strangers
November 2, 2020 – Anuj Shah, Associate Professor of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
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Digital Addiction
October 26, 2020 – Hunt Allcott, Associate Professor of Economics and Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, New York University
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Time and Happiness During COVID
October 19, 2020 – Ashley Whillans, Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, Harvard Business School
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Pennies and Dollars: Exploring Methods to Democratize Savings
October 5, 2020 – Hal Hershfield, Associate Professor of Marketing, Behavioral Decision Making, and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles
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Joint vs. Separate Bank Accounts and Marital Quality: An Experimental Intervention
September 28, 2020 – Eli Finkel, Professor of Psychology and Management & Organizations, Northwestern University
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Exposure to Grocery Prices and Inflation Expectations
*Plus Gender Roles and the Gender Expectations Gap
September 21, 2020 – Ulrike Malmendier, Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance and Professor of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
Virtual Seminar Series
Allocating Scarce Resources Under COVID Wisely
September 14, 2020 – Max Bazerman, Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University