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
26-065/I - What Makes Life Meaningful?
Date: September 04, 2026
26-064/I - A Competitive World
Date: September 03, 2026
26-063/I - Gender differences in willingness to compete: A survey of the literature
Date: September 01, 2026
26-062/I - Off-Path Beliefs
Date: August 28, 2026
26-050/I - The Metric is the Message? How Inequality Metrics Shape Perceptions and Preferences for Redistribution
Date: August 02, 2026
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Tim Cason (Purdue University, United States)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:00
Title to be announced
Felix Chopra (Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Confidence and College Applications: Evidence from a Randomized...
Rustamdjan Hakimov
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Model-Directed Attention and the Persistence of Wrong Mental...
Yiming Liu (WZB Berlin, Germany)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:00
Title to be announced
Elena Manzoni (Università degli studi di Bergamo, Italy)
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 12:00 - 13:00
Title to be announced
Agata Farina (Princeton University, United States)
- CREED Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
Title to be announced
Andrea Pogliano
- Brown Bag Seminars General Economics, Research on Monday
Academic Distinctions
October 22, 2026
Chen Li receives NWO VIDI Grant
Chen Li
October 22, 2026
Jana Cahlikova receives NWO VIDI Grant
Jana Cahlikova
October 01, 2026
Postdoctoral researcher at HEC Paris
Oliver Feltham