CALL FOR PAPERS
Early Career Behavioral Economics Conference
Bonn, 24-25 June 2016
Following the success of the ECBE Conference 2015, which was generously sponsored by the Russell Sage
Foundation, we are now happy to announce that the 2nd Early Career Behavioral Economics Conference
will take place in Bonn on the 24-25 June 2016. The conference will be hosted and generously sponsored
by the newly founded Behavior and Inequality Research Institute.
Objective
The goal of this conference is to provide a platform for researchers at the early stages of their career to
present their work and receive feedback from both peers and junior faculty members, who will act as
discussants. Through the organization of this conference, we aim to promote the development of a strong
community of junior behavioral economics researchers. The 2016 edition will include an additional session
that features work on socio-economic inequality and child development. We will consider all papers that
contribute to these topics and encourage early-career researchers in these areas to submit a paper for this
session. Armin Falk, Professor of Economics at the University of Bonn, will give the keynote lecture.
Eligibility
Any interested junior behavioral economist is invited to apply. This includes graduate students, PostDoctoral researchers, and Assistant Professors who received their Ph.D. after Spring 2011. We will select
20 applicants to present their papers, and 20 additional applicants to serve as discussants.
In addition to the regular program, we plan to have a special session on issues related to socio-economic
inequality and child development. Papers in this area may explicitly contribute to the area of behavioral
economics, although this is not a requirement. Please indicate in the application form whether your paper
makes a contribution to these topics.
Costs
There is no conference fee. Conference meals will be covered for all invited participants. In cases where
financial assistance is not available from a researcher’s university, hotel and economy class travel expenses
will be reimbursed for presenters and discussants (up to 250 EUR for travel from Europe and up to 1400
EUR for travel from North America).
How to Apply
To apply, please follow this link and complete the application form by January 29, 2016. After completing
the online form, you will be asked to email a pdf document which contains (1) an abbreviated CV (max. 3
pages) and (2) the paper you wish to present OR an extended abstract of the paper to
[email protected]. Please merge these files in the specified order into a single pdf that does not exceed
16 MB. If you choose to submit an extended abstract and your paper is selected, you will need to provide
your discussant with the completed working paper by May 15, 2016. If financial assistance is needed,
please indicate this in the application form. The organizing committee and other external reviewers will
review the submissions and select the participants in collaboration with Armin Falk (University of
Bonn) and Ulrike Malmendier (UC Berkeley). Selected participants will be notified by mid-March. For
more information about the conference, please contact [email protected] or visit the conference
website: https://sites.google.com/site/ecbeconference
We look forward to receiving your applications.
The Organizing Committee
Kai Barron, Teodora Boneva, Stephanie Heger, Paolina Medina-Palma, Silvia Saccardo