New Frontiers in Normative Economics: Towards Behaviorally Informed Policy Making

Workshop 15.-17. December 2011, Freiburg

Preliminary Program ( download here)

Thursday, December 15

19:30 Welcome Reception, Hotel Mercure Panorama, Freiburg
20:00 Dinner

Friday, December 16
   
(Chair: N.N.)
9:15-10:45 Robert Sugden: “ The Behavioral Economist and the Social Planner: To Whom Should Behavioral Welfare Economics Be Addressed?”
Discussant: Gerhard Wegner
11:00-12:30 Daniel Hausman:  “Why Satisfy Preferences?”
Discussant: Max Albert

12:30-13:30 Lunch

(Chair: N.N.)

13:30-15:00 Michael Wohlgemuth: “ Is there a paradox of a Hayekian Paternalist?”
Discussant: N.N.
15:00-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-16:45 Nathan Berg: “Inconsistency Pays: Beyond 'As-If' Behavioral Economics and its Commitment to Narrow Neoclassical Norms”
Discussant: Christian Schubert
16:45-17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-19:00 Open Floor Discussion on “ Soft Paternalism” Primings by Wolfgang Kerber and Jan Schnellenbach

19.30 Dinner

Saturday, December 17 (Chair: N.N.)

9:15-10:45 Ulrich Witt: “ The Evolution of Consumer Behavior and the Problem of Reaching Sustainability”
Discussant: Karolina Safrazynska

10:45-11:00 Coffee Break

11:00-12:30 Dan Haybron: “ Normative Foundations for Well-being Policy” Discussant: Johannes Hirata

12.30-13.30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Walking Tour Black Forest (optional) / Visit to Down Town Christmas Market (optional)
15:30-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-17:15 Martin Binder: “ Altruism, Happiness, and Public Policy”
Discussant: Christopher Boyce

17:15-17:30 Coffee Break

17:30-19:00 Viktor Vanberg: ” Darwinian Paradigm, Cultural Evolution, and Human Purposes”
Discussant: Heike Walterscheid

19.30 Dinner

Sunday, December 18
Breakfast, Departure

 Timing:          Speakers: 20 min

                        (all papers distributed and read beforehand)

                        Discussants: 10 min

                        Primings: 15 min

                        (ample time for open discussions)

                        Papers due: November 15, 2011 at the latest

Please note: We can fully refund travel expenses only for those participants staying for the entire workshop.