Behavioral Approaches to Financial Decision Making Schedule
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Location: David Rubenstein Forum located at 1201 E 60th St, Chicago, IL 60637. Presentations are in room 601. Each session is 55 minutes (25 min for presentation, 15 min for discussion, and 15 minutes for Q&A) |
Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
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Check-In
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Equilibrium Neglect and Political Feasibility Discussant: Jason Dana, University of Pennsylvania
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Learning to See the World’s Opportunities: Memory, Mental Experiencing, and the Economic Lives of the Vulnerable Discussant: Jennifer Lerner, Harvard University
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Break
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From Number to Words: Breaking Down Institutional Beliefs Discussant: Marianne Andries, University of Southern California
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Multilingual Decision Aids for Consumers with Limited English Proficiency: Evidence from a Mortgage Lending Field Experiment Discussant: James Choi, Yale School of Management
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Dinner |
Friday September 18, 2026 |
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Continental Breakfast
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Memory and Probabilistic Reasoning Discussant: Jennifer Trueblood, Indiana University
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Inflow Neglect: Forecasting Failures After Stocks Run Out Discussant: Anthony Cookson, Smeal College of Business, Penn State
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Break
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Data Visualization, Representation Dependence and Rational Inattention Discussant: Stephanie Smith, University of Chicago Booth School of Business Research in economics, psychology, marketing and information design has shown that the way choices are presented affects what people choose. We propose an explanation for such representation dependence: different presentations change the cost of acquiring different pieces of information. We show how combining measures of information costs with the assumption of rational inattention allows us to predict the effect of changes in representation on choice behavior. Across three experiments, we vary different aspects of the decision making environment, including which information is prominent and how costly it is to extract. Measured costs allow us to predict the resulting change in behavior. |
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Lunch (Room 701)
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Sharing Models to Interpret Data Discussant: John Conlon, The Ohio State University
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Break
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(Beliefs About) Beliefs About the Desire for Help Discussant: Luca Henkel, Erasmus School of Economics
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