Agenda and Session Videos

Below is a list of the sessions from the conference and videos from each session.

Session 1: Origins of Bias

“A Model of Costly Recall”
Facilitator: Brian Waters, University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Hassan Afrouzi, Columbia University
  • Spencer Kwon, Harvard University
  • Yueran Ma, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

“Exaggerated Likelihoods”
Facilitator: Jesse Davis, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • Shri Santosh, University of Colorado at Boulder

Session 2: Cycles and Disasters

“Rational Sentiments and Economic Cycles”
Facilitator: Jan Schneemeier, Indiana University

  • Maryam Farboodi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Péter Kondor, London School of Economics and Political Science

“Slowly Unfolding Disasters”
Facilitator: Alan Moreira, University of Rochester

  • Mohammad Ghaderi, University of Houston
  • Mete Kilic, University of Southern California
  • Sang Byung Seo, University of Houston

Session 3: Silver Linings

“The Cushioning Benefits of Biased Beliefs”
Facilitator: Eric Zwick, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

  • Lawrence J. Jin, Caltech
  • Matthew Shum, Caltech
  • Mali Zhang, Caltech

“Bubbles and the Value of Innovation”
Facilitator: Gill Segal, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

  • Valentin Haddad, University of California Los Angeles
  • Erik Loualiche, University of Minnesota
  • Paul Ho, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

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