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
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.
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.
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.
Amasino, D., Pace, D. and van der Weele, J.J. (2024). Fair Shares and Selective Attention American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 16(4):259–290.
Ziegler, A.G.B., Romagnoli, G. and Offerman, T. (2024). Morals in Multi-Unit Markets Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(5):2225--2260.
Discussion Papers
25-035/I - Economic preferences, personality, and voting
Date: May 16, 2025
25-023/I - Giving as a self-control problem
Date: March 28, 2025
25-013/I - The Role of Opinion Polls in Coordination Amongst Protest Voters: An Experimental Study
Date: February 28, 2025
25-007/I - Willingness to Compete in Dirty Competitions
Date: February 07, 2025
24-070/I - Identifying the Impact of Hypothetical Stakes on Experimental Outcomes and Treatment Effects
Date: November 08, 2024
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Sander Kraaij (University of Cologne, Germany)
- Brown Bag Seminars General Economics
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
The Signals we give: Performance Feedback, Gender, and Competition
Boon Han Koh (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 15:00 - 17:00
Partisanship, Inequality, and Destructive Behavior: An Experiment...
Subhasish Chowdhury (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) and Guillaume Fréchette (New York University, United States)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
Title to be announced
Isabel Trevino (University of California, San Diego, United States)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 12:00 - 13:30
Labor Facing Capital in the Workplace: The Role of Worker Representative
Thomas Breda (Paris School of Economics, France)
- Micro Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
Title to be announced
Ryan Oprea (UC Santa Barbara, United States)
- CREED Seminars
Summer School
| Amsterdam | 09:00 - 16:00
Gender in Society
Faculty: Klarita Gërxhani and Katharina Brütt
Academic Distinctions
October 24, 2024
An NWO VIDI Grant (€ 850,000) has been awarded to Jan Hausfeld...
Jan Hausfeld
June 01, 2023
Chen Li appointed as Professor of Behavioural Economics
Chen Li
January 01, 2023
Joël van der Weele appointed Professor of Economic Psychology
Joel van der Weele