Economics » DR@W

22/10 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Georgios Gerasimou (Glasgow)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:35:34 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 22 Oct '26

Where: WBS 1.003

We ask if humans behave more consistently with theories of rational choice when they face the same decision problems repeatedly, without receiving any feedback. We designed an experiment where 15 menus of various sizes, drawn from a set of 7 lotteries with 3 monetary outcomes each, were presented 5 times in a structured semi-random order. We conducted this experiment in laboratories in the UK and in Germany. Significantly more subjects behaved like utility and expected-utility maximisers in the last 15 than in the first 15 identical decision problems. Taking the utility-maximising preferences revealed in those subjects' last 15 choices as their “true preferences”, we find that the probability of choosing their preferred lottery at a menu earlier in the experiment is significantly increasing in their prior exposure to that lottery. We discuss implications that such introspective learning and its “more exposure” driver have for preference elicitation.

29/10 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Nicolas Ajzenman (McGill)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:23:35 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 29 Oct '26

Where: WBS 1.003

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05/11 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Stefano Fiorin (Bocconi)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 07:23:54 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 05 Nov '26

Where: WBS 1.003

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12/11 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Moritz Janas (Gothenburg)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 07:55:54 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 12 Nov '26

Where: WBS 1.003

People’s willingness to act often depends on how many others act, but the structure of such interdependence is hard to disentangle with observational data. We introduce an incentivized method to study interdependence, grounded in threshold models. We apply it to a stratified U.S. sample of 5,000+ Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White adults to examine support for affirmative action. We document substantial heterogeneity in thresholds consistent with preregistered hypotheses from a model. Following changes in federal support for affirmative action, thresholds shift even as perceived benefits and beliefs remain unchanged, indicating that thresholds provide insights not captured by standard behavioral measures.

04/02 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Dorothea Kuebler (WZB Berlin)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:19:07 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 04 Feb '27

Where: TBC

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18/02 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Canishk Naik (IIES)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:19:58 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 18 Feb '27

Where: TBC

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11/03 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Katie Coffman (Harvard Business School)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:34:55 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 11 Mar '27

Where: TBC

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18/03 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Chiara Farronato (Harvard Business School)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:35:23 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 18 Mar '27

Where: TBC

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29/04 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W / EBER Seminar: Florian Zimmermann (CEPR, Bonn)

Andrew Taylor — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:23:37 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 29 Apr '27

Where: TBC

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