Behavioral Economics
Behavioral economics has a strong representation at the Tinbergen Institute, incorporating insights from psychology into economic theory. Experimental methods in the laboratory and in the field are used to better understand individual behavior and decision making. The focus is on studying what the bounds of rationality are and when well-informed decision making fails. The research comprises a variety of topics, such as decisions under risk and uncertainty, strategic interactions, social identity, neuroeconomics, behavioral ethics and gender differences.
Behavioral Economics
Behavioral economics has a strong representation at the Tinbergen Institute, incorporating insights from psychology into economic theory. Experimental methods in the laboratory and in the field are used to better understand individual behavior and decision making. The focus is on studying what the bounds of rationality are and when well-informed decision making fails. The research comprises a variety of topics, such as decisions under risk and uncertainty, strategic interactions, social identity, neuroeconomics, behavioral ethics and gender differences.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Gomes Figueiredo Varatojo Dos Santos, A., Marie, O. and Markiewicz, A. (2026). The Unequal Job Security Scars of Displacement Journal of Public Economics, 255.
Amasino, D., Pace, D. and van der Weele, J.J. (2024). Fair Shares and Selective Attention American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(4):259–290.
Engelmann, J., Lebreton, M., Salem-Garcia, N., Schwardmann, P. and van der Weele, J.J. (2024). Anticipatory Anxiety and Wishful Thinking American Economic Review, 114(4):926--960.
Li, C. and Wakker, P. (2024). A Simple and General Axiomatization of Average Utility Maximization for Infinite Streams Journal of Economic Theory, 216:1--10.
Bauer, M., Cahlikova, J., Celik Katreniak, D., Chytilova, J., Cingl, L. and Zelinsky, T. (2024). Nastiness in Groups Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(5):2075--2107.
Discussion Papers
26-050/I - The Metric is the Message? How Inequality Metrics Shape Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution
Date: August 02, 2026
26-038/I - Childhood Misbehavior, Toxic Personality and Leadership
Date: June 24, 2026
26-037/I - Too competitive to care? The overall explanatory power of personality for occupational gender segregation
Date: June 19, 2026
26-017/I - Exclusionary Pricing by State-Owned Enterprises: Experimental Evidence
Date: April 23, 2026
26-012/I - Leveraging Probability Distortion to Target Prevention: A Cardiovascular Screening Experiment in the Philippines
Date: March 20, 2026
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Evidence and Influence
Marta Serra-Garcia (University of California, San Diego, United States)
- CREED Seminars
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| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
What do People think About?
Joshua Tasoff (Claremont Graduate University, United States)
- CREED Seminars
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| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Designing Simpler Mechanisms: Transparency and As-If Dominance
Lea Nagel (Harvard University, United States)
- CREED Seminars
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Michael Thaler (University College London, United Kingdom)
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Nicolas Treich (University Toulouse Capitole, France)
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| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
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Antonio Penta ( Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona School of Economics, Spain)
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| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Trading Off Openness: Economic Information and Immigration Policy...
Nicola Lacetera (University of Bologna, Italy)
- CREED Seminars
Academic Distinctions
October 01, 2026
Postdoctoral researcher at HEC Paris
Oliver Feltham
July 14, 2026
Georg Granic awarded with NWO SSH XS grant
Georg Granic
June 30, 2026
Arthur Schram and Giorgia Romagnoli awarded with NWO SSH L...
Arthur Schram,Giorgia Romagnoli