Events

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

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