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CBEES Graduate Student Assistants Attend Thirteenth Annual IFREE Workshop
Sheheryar Banuri and Natalia Candelo Londono - Graduate students in the Center for Behavioral and Experimental Economics Science attended the 13th annual Graduate Student Workshop in Experimental Economics at Chapman University in January 2009. The workshop was supported by the Economics Science Institute (ESI) and the International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE)... [more]
UTD Researchers Make Strong Showing in Tucson at Economic Science Association Conference
UTD made a strong showing at the North American Economic Science Association Conference in Tucson, AZ. Attendees included: Catherine Eckel, Rachel Croson, Sherry Xin Li, Enrique Fatas, and graduate students Angela de Oliveira, Tara Larson, Sheheryar Banuri, and Natalia Candelo... [more]
CBEES Director featured in CBS News Story
CBEES Director and Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics, Dr. Catherine Eckel was featured in the CBS-11 news story “Do Attractive People Face A Beauty Penalty?” which aired on October 31, 2008. Click to view story... [more]
Steven Walser Receives Undergraduate Research Scholar Award
CBEES undergraduate researcher Steven Walser was one of forty-five students selected to receive a $500 Undergraduate Research Scholar Award... [more]
Sheheryar Banuri conducts experiments in Pakistan
At the beginning of the Fall semester in Pakistan, Sheheryar Banuri continued the Pakistan treatment of the bribery game developed by Banuri, Croson, Eckel, and Kline. The experiment seeks to understand whether differences in responses to corruption exist across cultures, and whether these can be attributed to the citizen’s own perceptions and tolerance of corrupt activities... [more]
Sheheryar Banuri attends 6th annual NSF-EITM summer institute
From June 9th through July 26th 2008, Sheheryar Banuri attended the Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models summer institute held at Washington University and sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the Weidenbaum Center... [more]
PhD Candidate Travels the World presenting CBEES Neighborhoods Research
Angela de Oliveira, one of the CBEES affiliated PhD candidates, has spent her summer sharing information about her research in South Dallas with top-quality researchers from around the globe. Angela’s research, which is part of her dissertation and joint work with her advisors Catherine Eckel and Rachel Croson, investigates the use of experiments to measure preferences for cooperation and then explores the stability of these preferences across multiple decision contexts... [more]
DFG-NSF Research Conference: Contextualizing Economic Behavior
The National Science Foundation and the Duetsche Forschungsgemeinschaft will co-host a conference August 21-23 in New York City. The objective is to explore the advances in economics, sociology, and psychology with regard to micro and macro modeling of behavior and economic systems... [more]
Vera Holovchenko, Ph.D. presents paper at 2008 IIOC
Vera Holovchenko, Ph.D. presents paper, "An Empirical Model of Firm Entry: New Product Introduction and Brand Proliferation in the Beer Industry" at 6th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference in Washington, D.C. [more]
Steven Walser Presents Undergraduate Research Poster
April 16, 2008 — Steven Walser presented a poster at the Undergraduate Research Poster Competition. The poster was based on the research Steve and Nicholas Travis for an Independent Study project under the supervision of Dr. Catherine Eckel... [more]