Economic Research on Identity, Norms, and Narratives (ERINN)
Cohen Quad, Exeter College, University of Oxford, 14-15 June 2018
PROGRAMME
Thursday 14 June
09:30 Welcome and Introductions
09:40 Julie Chitylova: “Evidence for Direct Effect of Poverty on Time Preference: An Experiment with Ultra-poor Farmers in Uganda”
10:15 Robert Akerlof: “Narratives and the Economics of the Family” (with Paul Collier and Luis Rayo)
10:50 Coffee
11:20 Karla Hoff: “Can you tell a New Story? The Impact of Theater for Development in India on Domestic Violence and Women’s Agency”
11:55 Russell Golman: “It’s So Hot in Here: Information Avoidance, Moral Wiggle Room, and High Air Conditioning Usage”
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Florian Hett: “Identification as a Choice”
14:35 Sanjeev Goyal: “Integration and Diversity”
15:10 Coffee
15:50 Jeff Butler: “The Causal Effect of Cultural Identity on Cooperation”
16:25 Michal Bauer: “Group Membership Magnifies the Dark Side of Human Social Behavior”
17:00 Close
19:00 Reception and Dinner, Exeter College
Friday 15 June
09:00 Yan Chen: “Reducing Prejudice against Muslim Americans: A Comparison of Identity-based De-biasing Interventions”
09:35 Nava Ashraf: “Altruistic Capital and Social Incentives”
10:10 Coffee
10:45 Tim Besley: “State Capacity and the Social Contract”
11:20 Justin Valasek: “Social Identity and Partisan Voting”
11:55 John Kay: “Radical Uncertainty”
12:30 Lunch
13:30 Jean-Paul Carvalho: “Identity and Inequality: The Representation Hypothesis” (with Bary Pradelski)
14:05 Bryony Reich: “The Diffusion of Innovations in Social Networks: Collectivist versus Individualist Societies.”
14:40 Erin Krupka: “Rhetoric Matters: A Social Norms Explanation for the Anomaly of Framing”
15:15 Coffee
15:50 George Akerlof: “Sins of Omission and the Practice of Economics”
16:25 Maitreesh Ghatak: “Guilt, Esteem, and Motivational Investments”
17:00 Close
17:30 Drinks reception