8 Oct Bernt Bratsberg: Economic and Political Integration of Refugees (MUES seminar) The 2015 European migrant crisis shifted media and scholarly attention to the economic and political integration of refugees. During the MUNI lecture, Bratsberg will draw on his recent research on refugees... from 4:30 PM
11 Oct Stefano Fiorin: Reporting Peer Misbehavior: Experimental Evidence on the Effect of Monetary Incentives on Morally Controversial Behavior (MUES seminar) Reporting a peer’s wrongdoing to an authority is a morally controversial decision: re-porting will likely result in a punishment for the peer (and harming others is unethical), but the punitive action... from 1:00 PM
14 Oct Lena Adamus: Why gender matters and how to approach it in economic research (MUES seminar) The presentation introduces the issue of gender in economics. I will show why gender matters in economic research and how should it be investigated. I will discuss three working papers: one on the approaches... from 2:00 PM
17 Oct Luisa H. Pinto: Setbacks and learnings from doing experimental research: different contexts, multiple results? (MUES seminar) Over the last years, the use of experimental research has received an increasing attention from Management academics and journal editors. While experimental research is popular among social psychologists... from 1:00 PM
18 Oct Marco Schwarz: The role of diagnostic ability in markets for expert services (MUES seminar) In credence goods markets, experts have better information about the appropriate quality of treatment than their customers. Experts may exploit their informational advantage by defrauding customers. Market... from 10:00 AM
23 Oct Marie Claire Villeval: Unethical behavior: A matter of incentives and punishment? (MUES seminar) Dishonesty takes a variety of forms (tax evasion, corruption, book cooking, ...) and it has major implications for growth and trust in society. The standard "economics of crime" approach has shown its... from 4:30 PM