Preliminary Program

Wednesday, Sep 7

Pre-workshop event at

Haus der Industrie, Schwarzenbergplatz 4, 1031 Wien (Take Tram D to stop Schwarzenbergplatz)

18:30 - 20:00

John List (U Chicago): "How Field Experiments provide insight for education and early childhood development - an evidence based view"

Followed by informal reception (more info)

Thursday, Sep 8

12:00 - 12:20
Get together, Coffee

12:20 - 12:30
Opening address
Jean-Robert Tyran

(1)
12:30 - 13:30
Title: Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?
Presenter: Ingvild Almas (NHH Bergen)

(2)
13:30 - 14:30
Title: Centralized vs. Decentralized Management: An Experimental Study
Presenter: David Cooper (Florida State U)

Coffee break 14:30-15:00

(3)
15:00 - 16:00
Title: Democracy, rights and dictatorship: an experiment on inclusive governance
Presenter: Shaun Hargreaves Heap (King's College London)

Coffee break: 16:00-16:15

(4)
16:15 - 17:15
Title: Competition for Status Creates Superstars: An Experiment on Public Good Provision and Network Formation
Presenter: Theo Offerman (U Amsterdam)

18:00 - 19:00
Guided Tour Museum

Dinner 19:30
Restaurant Glacis Beisl

Friday, Sep 9

09:00 - 09:30
Get together, Coffee

(5)
09:30 - 10:30
Title: Real-time feedback for resource conservation: behavioral impact and underlying mechanisms
Presenter: Lorenz Goette (U Bonn)

Coffee break 10:30-11:00

(6)
11:00 - 12:00
Title: What you don't know... Can't hurt you? A field experiment on relative performance feedback in higher education
Presenter: Nagore Irriberri (U Basque Country)

Lunch 12:00-14:30
Restaurant Motto am Fluss

(7)
14:30 - 15:30
Title: Information and the Schooling Decision for Middle School Children in the Dominican Republic
Presenter: Lucas Coffman (Harvard University)

Coffee break 15:30-16:00

(8)
16:00 - 17:00
Title: We are all scientists now: 12 things I wish experimentalists did (more of)
Presenter: John List (U Chicago)

(9)
17:00 - 17:30
Concluding remarks & discussion
Rupert Sausgruber / Jean-Robert Tyran

Dinner 18:30
Heuriger Mayer am Pfarrplatz