WHITEBOX GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
May 5, 2011
General Motors Room, 55 Hillhouse
Avenue
Conference
Co-Chairs: (M) Jennifer Danilowitz,
Jongmin Kim
(E) Bige Kahraman, Steven Malliaris, Salil Pachare
CONFERENCE AGENDA
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
and Registration
9:00 – 10:30 am Session
One: Behavioral Economics and Finance
Cindy Soo, Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania
Quantifying Animal Spirits: Investor Sentiment in the Housing Market
Michaela Pagel, University of
California, Berkeley
Expectations-based Reference-Dependent Preferences in a Life-Cycle
Consumption Model
Eduardo Azevedo, Harvard
University
Evolutionary Origins of the Endowment Effect – Evidence From
Hunter-Gatherers
10:30 – 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 11:45 am Session
Two: Behavioral Finance
Thomas Eisenbach and Martin Schmalz, Princeton University
Anxiety in the Face of Risk
Clemens Otto, London Business School
CEO Optimism and Incentive Compensation
12:00 – 1:15 pm Lunch,
General Motors Room
1:15 –2:45 pm Session
Three: Behavioral Marketing
Sean Blair, Northwestern University
Can Brands Do Well by Doing Good? The Benevolent Halo of Social Goodwill
Soraya Lambotte,
Booth School, University of Chicago
Choice as Magic
Charles Zhang (Yizi), University of
Michigan
How one year differs from 365 days: Consumers¡¯
inferences from the format of quantitative expressions
Jayson Shi Jia, Stanford
University
Preference for Potential
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm Session
Four: Behavioral Science
Chan Jean Lee, Haas School, University of California,
Berkeley
Fear, Social Projection, and Financial Decision Making
Alex Imas,
University of California, San Diego
Conscience Accounting
Daniel Schwartz, Carnegie Mellon University
Discounting the Environment
6:30 pm Dinner, Bar Night Club, 254 Crown St, New Haven - (203)
495-8924
Accommodation
Omni Hotel, New Haven: http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/NewHavenYale.aspx?cid=sd_psg_b-property
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Avenue: