Reconciling Normative and Behavioural Economics

A Conference to be held at University of East Anglia, UK

April 3-5 2008

Conference Programme

(The Conference Programme is now almost finalised - there may be some minor changes before the start of the conference)

Thursday 3rd April

Friday 4th April

Saturday 5th April

0900-0930	Arrivals and Registration - Tea and Coffee
0930-0940	Introduction - Bob Sugden
0940-1030	Peter Ubel - Combating the obesity epidemic: policy in the presence of unconscious decisions and impulsive behaviours
1030-1100	Peter Ubel - Discussion
1100-1120	Morning Break - Tea and Coffee
1120-1150	Ben McQuillin - Normative assumptions and the Reconciliation Problem
1150-1200	Ben McQuillin - Discussion
1200-1230	Till Gruene-Yanoff - Old Wine In New Casks: ‘Soft’ Paternalism Still Violates Liberal Principles
1230-1240	Till Gruene-Yanoff - Discussion
Lunch
1400-1450	Peter Wakker - When normative and descriptive departed: how to abridge the difference
1450-1520	Peter Wakker - Discussion
1520-1550	Jose Luis Pinto Prades - Another explanation of the disparity between individual and social utilities ...
1550-1600	Jose Luis Pinto Prades - Discussion
1600-1620	Afternoon Break - Tea and Coffee
1620-1710	Chris Starmer - Reconciling normative and behavioural Economics - some lessons from experimental markets
1710-1740	Chris Starmer - Discussion
1740-1810	Greg Davies - Pure risk measures for portfolio optimisation
1810-1820	Greg Davies - Discussion

0900-0950	Ed Diener - Measures of well-being for policy use
0950-1020	Ed Diener - Discussion
1020-1040	Morning Break - Tea and Coffee
1040-1130	Paul Dolan - Making SWB more relevant to policy: some issues in the context of older people
1130-1200	Paul Dolan - Discussion
1200-1230	Robert Metcalfe - Valuing non-market goods: A comparison of preference-based and experienced-based approaches
1230-1240	Robert Metcalfe - Discussion
Lunch
1400-1430	Hanneke Luth - Extending the scope of the Unfair Terms discipline in consumer contracts – an economic and behavioural perspective
1430-1440	Hanneke Luth - Discussion
1440-1530	Eric Rasmusen - Internalities and paternalism: applying surplus maximisation to the various selves across time
1530-1600	Eric Rasmusen - Discussion
1600-1620	Afternoon Break - Tea and Coffee
1620-1650	Graham Loomes - Intervening in markets when consumer rationality is bounded
1650-1700	Graham Loomes - Discussion
1700-1750	Eric van Damme - Competition, consumer protection law and behavioural economics
1750-1820	Eric van Damme - Discussion

0900-0930	Sayantan Ghosal - Decisions with endogenous frames
0930-0940	Sayantan Ghosal - Discussion
0940-1030	Bruno Frey - Should national happiness be maximized?
1030-1100	Bruno Frey - Discussion
1100-1120	Morning Break - Tea and Coffee
1120-1210	Robert Sugden - Market simulation and the provision of public goods: coherent procedures for satisfying incoherent preferences
1210-1240	Robert Sugden - Discussion
1240-1430	Lunch (Buffet) and Open Discussion