Behavioral Economics Lecture Series: Leonard Green
Thursday, February 27, 6:00 PM
Vollum lounge
This event is open to the public.
"Self-Control as Choice Behavior: The Behavioral Economics of Impulsivity"
In his lecture, Green considers various approaches to the problem of self-control, emphasizing a behavioral economic view that treats self-control as a choice between short-term, smaller outcomes and delayed, larger outcomes. Special emphasis will be placed on the form of the discounting function and its implications for reversals of preference with the passage of time, as well as on commitment strategies to prevent unwanted reversals. Cosponsored by the Reed psychology and economics departments.
For more information, contact Tim Hackenberg.
Submitted by Brittney Corrigan-McElroy.
Posted on Dec 18, 2013