February 22nd Research Workshop

The fourth in our Stirling series of workshops on Economics, Psychology and Policy takes place from 9am to 5pm on February 22nd in the Stirling Cottrell Building. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers working on a range of topics spanning disciplines including economics, psychology, and mathematics. Details of the previous session are here. Please contact lennie(dot)jing(at)stir(dot)ac(dot)uk to register. 

Programme: 

9.30 am - 10.00 am: Bernardo Nunes (Stirling) "Pension Autoenrolment" 

10.00 am - 10.30 am: Jovan Vojnovic (Stirling) "Time Preferences and Socioeconomic Status". 

Coffee 

11.00 am - 11.40 am: Martin Ryan (DIT) "Behavioural Economics and Higher Education" 

11.40 am - 12.20 pm: Michael Daly (Stirling) "Overview of new MSc in Behavioural Science" 

12.20 pm - 1.00 pm:  Georgios Panos (Stirling) "Financial Literacy and Retirement Planning"    

Lunch

2.00 pm - 2.40 pm: Christopher Boyce (Stirling). "Loss Aversion and well-being: Does a loss in income have a greater effect on life satisfaction than an equivalent income gain?"

2.40 pm - 3.20 pm: Frans De Vries (Stirling) "The Agglomeration Bonus and Spatial Coordination Failure on Local Networks: Implications for Ecosystem Services Delivery" 

Coffee 

3.40 pm - 4.20 pm Leonhard Lades (Jena) "Impulsive consumption and reflexive thought: Nudging ethical consumer behavior"

4.20 pm - 5.00 pm: Rob Ranyard (Bolton) "Personal borrowing and repayment decisions: Mental accounting, future orientation and anchoring effects"