11th Thurgau Experimental Economics Meeting (Theem)
29. – 31.03.2023
Behavior in a Crisis
29. – 31.03.2023, Kreuzlingen (CH)
Organized by the Thurgau Institute of Economics at the University of Konstanz
Organizers: Ankush Asri, Viola Asri, Adrian Chadi, Holly Dykstra, Urs Fischbacher, Max Lobeck, Katrin Schmelz, Irenaeus Wolff
How does a crisis affect people’s behavior? One crisis follows another: financial crises, the European migrant crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, an energy crisis, and, of course, the climate crisis that has been looming for decades. Do individuals adjust their behavior to mitigate the personal and societal severity of a crisis, and if so, how? Is behavioral change only restricted to domains that relate directly to the crisis, or does it spill over to other domains? How can institutions foster citizens’ cooperation to overcome the crisis? What are the group dynamics emerging from a crisis, and how do they affect the crisis? To answer such questions, we invite contributions from economics, psychology, sociology, and political science.
Keynote speakers at the workshop:
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| Farzana Afridi is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute in New Delhi and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore. Her widely published research in development and labor economics focuses on gender, social identity, human capital, and governance. Her most recent work examines the gendered impacts of crises and how public policies could mitigate negative shocks. Among other appointments, Farzana is the Lead Academic of the International Growth Centre’s India program and currently heads the Digital Labor and Women Economic Empowerment program, supported by the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation. |
| Michael Callen | Michael Callen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics. His widely published research addresses open questions in political economy and development economics using experimental methods. His most recent work utilizes experiments to identify ways to address accountability and service delivery failures in the public sector. Among other appointments, he is an Affiliate of Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD), the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), the Jameel-Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL), the Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA), the Center for Economic Research Pakistan (CERP), Empirical Studies of Conflict (ESOC), and a Principal Investigator on the Building Capacity for the Use of Research Evidence (BCURE): Data and evidence for smart policy design project. |
The conference fee is EUR 200 (including coffee breaks and the conference dinner).
| March 26, 2023 | Registration deadline for presenters |
| 29th March, 2023, 12:00 am: | Theem starts |
| 31st March, 2023, 2:30 pm: | End of Theem (times are preliminary) |
For any further question please contact us via info@theem.ch.