Spring 2021 BCFG Virtual Events
Virtual Seminar Series
How to Talk Gooder: The Science (and Serendipity) of Conversation
May 3, 2021 – Alison Wood Brooks, Associate Professor of Negotiation, Organizations, and Markets, Hellman Faculty Fellow, Harvard University
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Thriving Under Pressure: The Effects of Stress-Related Wise Interventions on Affect, Sleep, and Exam Performance for College Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
April 26, 2021 – Modupe Akinola, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics, Columbia University
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Consumption Responses to Mortgage Payments: Evidence and Implications
April 19, 2021 – John Beshears, Terrie F. and Bradley M. Bloom Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard University
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The Effects of Task Complexity on Group Synergy
April 12, 2021 – Duncan Watts, Stevens University Professor, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, University of Pennsylvania
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The Role of Competitiveness in Education and Labor Market Outcomes (based on joint work with Thomas Buser and Hessel Oosterbeek)
April 5, 2021 – Muriel Niederle, Professor of Economics, Stanford University
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Leveraging Flexibility to Increase Goal Persistence
March 29, 2021 – Marissa Sharif, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Pennsylvania
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Nudge Today, Almost Gone Tomorrow: Evidence from Savings Messaging Experiments with 1.2 Million People in 6 Countries
March 22, 2021 – Dean Karlan, Professor of Economics and Finance, Founder of Innovations for Poverty Action, Northwestern University
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New Perspectives on Habit Formation from Machine Learning and Neuroscience
March 15, 2021 – Colin Camerer, Robert Kirby Professor of Behavioral Finance and Economics, MacArthur Genius Award Winner, California Institute of Technology
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Designing and Analyzing Behavioral Experiments with Machine Learning
March 8, 2021 – Susan Athey, The Economics of Technology Professor, Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University
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Piqued Curiosity
March 1, 2021 – Francesca Gino, Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets, Harvard University
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Prejudice Reduction: Progress and Challenges
February 22, 2021 – Betsy Levy Paluck, Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton University
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Numerical Cognition and Federal Budgetary Expenditures
February 8, 2021 – Gretchen Chapman, Professor of Psychology, Social and Decision Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
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Self-Talk: How You Do It Matters
February 1, 2021 – Ethan Kross, Professor of Psychology and Management/Organizations, University of Michigan
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The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion
January 25, 2021 – Judd Kessler, Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Pennsylvania
Fall 2020 BCFG Virtual Events
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)
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Hayekian Behavioral Economics
December 3, 2020 – Cass Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University
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
Virtual Seminar Series
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
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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
Virtual Seminar Series
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
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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