The Biological Basis of Economic Preferences and Behavior
May 4 - 5, 2012
Becker Friedman Institute - University of Chicago
 Presenters
Coren Apicella (Harvard)  "What Can Hunter-Gatherers Tell Us About the Origins of Economic Preferences and Biases?"
Colin Camerer (Caltech) "Cognitive Tradeoffs in Chimpanzee Versus Human Mixed Strategy Play"
Andrew Caplin (NYU)  "Genes, Addiction, and Economics"
Juan Carillo (USC) "A Neuroeconomic Theory of Self-Control"
David Cesarini (NYU) "The Genetic Architecture of Economic and Political Preferences"
Gabriella Conti (Chicago) "Early Life Adversity and Changes in Gene Expression"
Jeff Ely and Adriana Lleras-Muney "Why the Rich Are Rich and Have Few Kids"
Jim Heckman (Chicago) "TBA"
David Rand (Harvard) "The Evolution of Antisocial Punishment"
Luis Rayo (Utah) "Biology and the Arguments of Utility"
Arthur Robson (SFU) "Evolution and Theory of Mind"
Larry Samuelson (Yale) "The Hairy-Downy Game: A Model of Interspecific Social Dominance Mimicry"
Balazs Szentes (Chicago and the LSE) "A Search Theory of the Peacock's Tail"




Feb 15, 2012