Preliminary Programme: 10th Annual Irish Economics, Psychology, and Policy Conference

Preliminary Programme: 10th Annual Irish Economics, Psychology, and Policy Conference

UCD Geary Institute 

December 1st 2017 

We will host the 10th annual Irish economics and psychology conference in UCD Geary Institute on Friday December 1st. Our keynote speakers will be Professor Don Ross (UCC) and Professor Jennifer Sheehy Skeffington (LSE).  Those who wish to register to attend can do so at this link. For the first time, we will also host an early career conference the day before aimed at PhD students and early stage researchers in other agencies. Details of that event are available here Attendees registered for the December 1st event are also welcome to attend the PhD session.  

Preliminary Programme: 

9am - 915am: Coffee and Welcome 

Michael Daly (UCD & Stirling): "Self-Control and Decision Making"

Maureen Maloney (NUIG): "Evaluating the framing effects of written pension communications: case study evidence" (with A. McCarthy).

Till Weber (UCD): “A Cross-Societal Comparison of Cooperative Dispositions and Norm Enforcement.”

1030 to 11am Coffee

Pete Lunn (ESRI): "Many Years From Now: Measuring Misperception and Misunderstanding of Pensions".

Leonhard Lades (EnvEcon & UCD): "Self-Control in Everyday Life"

Keynote 1:  Don Ross (UCC): "Do People Bundle Sequences of Choices? An Experimental Investigation"

1pm - 145pm: Lunch

Dave Comerford (Stirling): "Animal Spirits and Political Animals: The Affect Heuristic Explains Partisan Differences in Investor Behavior".

Áine Ní Choisdealbha (ESRI): "Effects of efficiency information and emissions charges on consumer car preferences”.

345 to 4pm Coffee

Keynote 2: Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington (LSE): 'Decision-making up against the wall: How socioeconomic status shapes basic psychological processes'