Behavioral Approaches to Financial Decision Making Schedule
| Location: David Rubenstein Forum located at 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637. Presentations are in room 601. | |
Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
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| Time (Central Time) |
Title |
| 1:30 p.m.—2:00 p.m. | CHECK-IN / Opening Remarks |
| 2:00 p.m.—2:55 p.m. | Emotions, Trauma and Financial Decision Making Presenter: Nava Ashraf, London School of Economics and Political Science Discussant: Jennifer Lerner, Harvard University |
| 2:55 p.m.—3:50 p.m. |
From Number to Words: Breaking Down Institutional Beliefs Presenter: Federico Bastianello, London School of Economics Discussant: Marianne Andries, University of Southern California |
| 3:50 p.m.—4:05 p.m. | BREAK |
| 4:05 p.m.—5:00 p.m. | Should Firms Offer Multilingual Deicion Aids? Evidence from a Mortgage Lending Field Experiment Presenter: Simon Blanchard, Georgetown University Discussant: James Choi, Yale School of Management |
| 6:00—9:00 pm |
DinnerTBD Note: Dinner is for faculty and presenters only. |
Friday September 18, 2026 |
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| Time (Central Time) | Title |
| 8:30 a.m.—9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m.—9:55 a.m. | Memory and Probabilistic Reasoning Presenter: Jessica Wachter, Wharton, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Jennifer Trueblood, Indiana University |
| 9:55 a.m.—10:50 a.m. | Inflow Neglect: Forecasting Failures After Stocks Run Out Presenter: Suzanne Shu, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business Discussant: Anthony Cookson, Smeal College of Business, Penn State |
| 10:50 a.m.—11:05 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:05 a.m.—12:00 p.m. | Data Visualization and Rational Inattention Presenter: Mark Dean, Columbia University Discussant: Stephanie Smith, University of Chicago Booth School of Business |
| 12:00 p.m.—1:30 p.m. |
LUNCH (Room 701) |
| 1:30 p.m.—2:25 p.m. | Sharing Models to Interpret Data Presenter: Adi Sunderam, Harvard Business School Discussant: John Conlon, Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2:25 p.m.—2:40 p.m. | BREAK |
| 2:40 p.m.—3:35 p.m. | Beliefs About the Desire for Help Presenter: Ania Jaroszewicz, UC San Diego, Rady School of Management Discussant: Luca Henkel, Erasmus School of Economics |
| 3:35 p.m.—4:30 p.m. |
Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility Presenter: Bnaya Dreyfuss, University of Pittsburgh Discussant: Jason Dana, University of Colorado Leeds School of Business |