In this episode, we talk with Anya Samek from the University of Southern California about her paper “Dynamic Inconsistency in Food Choice: Experimental Evidence from Two Food Deserts,” which she co-authored with Sally Sadoff and Charlie Sprenger. In the context of two home grocery delivery programs, this paper provides evidence of (i) dynamic inconsistency between immediate and … Continue reading Dynamic Inconsistency in Food Choice with Anya Samek →

In this episode we talk to Noam Yuchtman about his paper Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution which which he co-authored with  Davide Cantoni. The paper examines how  medieval Europe’s Commercial Revolution is linked to the establishing of universities.

In this episode we talk to Noam Yuchtman about his paper Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution which which he co-authored with  Davide Cantoni. The paper examines how  medieval Europe’s Commercial Revolution is linked to the establishing of universities.

In this episode, we talk with Noam Yuchtman from the London School of Economics about his paper “Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution,” which he published in 2014 with Davide Cantoni. Using data from medieval Germany, this paper examines the causal link between the emergence of universities, including the legal training they provided, … Continue reading Medieval universities and market expansion with Noam Yuchtman →

In this episode, we talk with Ned Augenblick from the University of Berkeley Haas School of Business about his paper with Matthew Rabin entitled Belief Movement, Uncertainty Reduction, & Rational Updating. This paper analyzes the relationship between (i)

In this episode, we talk with Ned Augenblick from the University of Berkeley Haas School of Business about his paper with Matthew Rabin entitled Belief Movement, Uncertainty Reduction, & Rational Updating. This paper analyzes the relationship between (i)

In this episode, we talk with Ned Augenblick from the University of Berkeley Haas School of Business about his paper with Matthew Rabin entitled “Belief Movement, Uncertainty Reduction, & Rational Updating”. This paper analyzes the relationship between (i) the movement in the beliefs of a Bayesian updater when new information arrives, and (ii) the associated reduction … Continue reading Testing Bayesian Updating with Ned Augenblick →

In this episode, we talk with Roberto Weber from the University of Zurich about his paper "Identifying social norms using coordination games: why does dictator game sharing vary?", which he published in 2013 with Erin Krupka. In this paper, Roberto and Erin introduce a new procedure for eliciting social norms, which they use to understand giving behaviour in one of the most studied experimental games, the dictator game.

In this episode, we talk with Roberto Weber from the University of Zurich about his paper "Identifying social norms using coordination games: why does dictator game sharing vary?", which he published in 2013 with Erin Krupka. In this paper, Roberto and Erin introduce a new procedure for eliciting social norms, which they use to understand giving behaviour in one of the most studied experimental games, the dictator game.

In this episode, we talk with Roberto Weber from the University of Zurich about his paper “Identifying social norms using coordination games: why does dictator game sharing vary?,” which he published in 2013 with Erin Krupka. In this paper, Roberto and Erin introduce a new procedure for eliciting social norms, which they use to understand … Continue reading Identifying Social Norms with Roberto Weber →