17th Annual Irish Economics, Psychology, and Policy conference

17th Annual Irish Economics, Psychology, and Policy conference

We are glad to announce that the 17th annual one day conference on Economics and Psychology will be held on Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 in person at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Details of the 16 previous workshops are available here https://bsp.ucd.ie/annual-economics-and-psychology-conferences/

The purpose of the conference is to develop the links between Economics, Psychology, and cognate disciplines throughout Ireland. A special theme of these events is the implications of behavioural science for public policy. To facilitate a large number of presentations and sufficient time for chats during the breaks, each presentation will be short, with each speaker being provided 15 minutes for their presentation including Q+A. Lunch and coffees will be provided to speakers and attendees. The provisional schedule is below which is subject to some minor changes. 

If you would like to attend but not present, please use this link to register and leave the answers on paper and abstract blank.

https://lse.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3I42JKab5tv3qFE

Best Regards,

Liam Delaney, Emma Howard, Feidhlim McGowan, Leonhard Lades, Shane Timmons.

Please note the names represent the scheduled presenters and many of these paper are co-authored works which will be indicated in the talk. 

09:00 – 09:20: Welcome 

Session 1: Chair Emma Howard 

09:20 – 09:35: Patricia Lentz “Administrative Burdens as Barriers to Afforestation: A Sludge Audit of Ireland’s Afforestation Scheme”.

09:35 – 9:50: Kate Laffan (LSE) “Empathetic Forecasting Errors: Barriers to Sustainable Lifestyle Shifts?”. 

9:50 – 10:05: Margaret Samahita (UCD) "Luxury beliefs": Signaling through ideology?”.

10:05 – 10:20: Diarmaid Ó Ceallaigh (ESRI) “Effects of inducements on sports gambling and decision-errors: An experimental study”.

10:20 – 10:35: Deirdre Robertson (ESRI)  “A behaviourally-informed app can encourage switching of financial products”.

10:35 – 11:00: Tea/Coffee

Session 2: Chair Leonhard Lades 

11.00 – 11:15: Roland Umanan (TCD) “What Matters for Consumer Credit Choice? Evidence from the Philippine Digital Credit Market”.

11:15 – 11.30:  Maria Lee (ESRI) “The role of fairness and effectiveness in obesity policy perceptions”.

11:30 - 11.45: Eve Smyth (HMRC) “The Engagement to Action Gap in Digital Tax Communications”.

11:45 - 12.00: Adam Schier (ESRI)  “The Effects of Emissions Labels on Consumer Choice of Lower-Emission Flights”.

12.00 - 1215: Phillip Ryan (UCD) “Irregular Behaviour: Public Policy Interventions and Disability”.

12:15 – 13:00: Lunch

13:00 – 14:00: Keynote by Faisal Naru on “Behavioral public policy bodies: New developments & lessons”. Chaired by Liam Delaney

Session 3: Chair Feidhlim McGowan 

14:00 – 14:15: Giorgia Conte (TCD)  “Parental leave policy and fertility decisions: the case of Denmark”.

14:15 – 14:30: Aaron Deegan (Department of Health) “Changing Behaviour: Reducing Unnecessary Antibiotic Prescribing. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis”.

14:30 – 14:45: Marta Talevi (UCD)  “Incentives for the energy transition: Feed-in tariffs, rebates, or a hybrid design?”.

14:45 – 15:00: Vessela Daskalova (UCD) “Signalling Identity”. 

15:00 – 15:25: Coffee

Session 4: Chair Shane Timmons 

15:25 – 15:40: Pete Lunn (ESRI) “Investigating climate change mitigation via an economic game: the externality social dilemma”.

15:40 – 15:55: Lucie Martin (ESRI) “Comparing farmer and public perceptions of climate change and climate policies in Ireland”. 

15.55 - 16:10: Liam Delaney (LSE). “On the relevance of valuing past experiences”.

16:10 – 16:25: Amy Hume (Ofcom)  “Changing User Behaviour and Harnessing BI to Enhance Online Safety in the UK”. 

1625 – 16:40: Leonhard Lades (Stirling) “Who suffers from sludge?”.