APESA Meeting at the University of Haifa: March 25th-29th, 2009

Program     (Last Update: March, 24th 2009)

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception, Greetings by University of Haifa President, registration and refreshments; Tikotin, Museum of Japanese Art, Raphael Angel Foyer, 89 Hanassi BLVD (within 10 minutes walking distance from Conference hotels).

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

07:55-08:10 Buses from Conference hotels to University of Haifa. Please wait at the hotel's reception desk. The bus will arrive at the hotels in the following order: (the hotels are located very close to each other) Dan Gardens, Dan Panorama, Dan Carmel. The bus will spend a few minutes next to each hotel. We thank you for your patience.
08:30-09:00 Coffee (registration cont.); Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor).
09:00-10:00 Keynote Lecture: sponsored by the Zimmerman Foundation "Value of Fiat Money", Shyam Sunder; Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor).
10:00-10:20 Registration continued.
10:20-12:00 Parallel sessions.
12:00-13:15 Lunch break; Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor).
13:15-13:45 Guided Tour at the Hecht Museum.
14:00-15:40 Parallel sessions.
15:40-16:00 Coffee break; Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor) & Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building).
16:00-17:40 Parallel sessions.
17:50-18:50 Keynote Lecture: "Making the Rich Domain of Ambiguity Tractable", Peter Wakker; Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor).
18:50-19:20 Pipe organ concert; Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 Floor).
19:30-19:35 Buses to Conference hotels.
  • Please be aware that Daylight Saving Time will be changing between Thursday and Friday in ISRAEL. Daylight Savings Time begins on 27.3.2009 and ends on 26.9.2009. Remember to move the clock forward one hour on 27.3.2009 at 01:00am.

Friday, March 27th, 2009

07:45-09:30 Bahai Gardens. Please wait at the hotel's reception desk (Ganey Dan: 07:45; Dan Panorama & Dan Carmel: 07:55; 45 Yefe Nof St.: 08:00, please note strict departure times). (Dress code: dress modestly - long trousers and no sleeveless shirts).
09:30-09:35 Buses from Bahai Gardens (Ha'atzmaut St.) to University of Haifa.
10:00-10:30 Coffee; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
10:30-11:30 Keynote Lecture: "Name-Your-Own-Price: On Fairness in Markets", Uri Gneezy; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
11:40-13:20 Parallel sessions.
13:20-14:20 Lunch break; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
14:20-15:20 Technion Choice Prediction Competition: Round Table discussion and award granting, Ido Erev and winners of the Competition (Ernan Haruvy; Stefan Herzog; Terrence Stewart). Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
15:30-18:00 City tour (buses depart from University of Haifa; at end of tour you may take the bus either to Haifa's beautiful Mediterranean beaches, or to the Conference hotels).
18:00-20:00 Free time.
20:00-23:00 Gala Dinner: World Flutes musical show by NoMai Concept; Dan Carmel, King Solomon Lounge (Dress code: evening ware).

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

08:25-17:30 Trip to Jerusalem (buses from Conference hotels): View from Mount Scopus; Jewish Quarter and the Western Wall; Christian Quarter and Via Dolorosa; Armenian Quarter (Dress code: Casual. Please bring a hat and wear comfortable shoos. Dress lightly but bring a jacket in case it will get cold. Please dress modestly - long trousers and no sleeveless shirts). We will stop at the Christian Quarter, where you can buy a light lunch.
17:30-19:00 Early dinner, The Arijit Mukherji Memorial Award for the best paper by a PhD Student.
19:00-19:05 Buses to Conference hotels. Return to Haifa at about 21:00.
  • In case of an emergency, please call the tour guide, Dror Weitzman: +972-50-7311941.

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

07:55-08:10 Buses from Conference hotels to University of Haifa. Please wait at the hotel's reception desk. The bus will arrive at the hotels in the following order: (the hotels are located very close to each other) Dan Gardens, Dan Panorama, Dan Carmel. The bus will spend a few minutes next to each hotel. We thank you for your patience.
08:30-09:00 Coffee; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
09:00-10:40 Parallel sessions.
10:50-11:50 Keynote Lecture: "The Role of Heuristics and Attributions in Affecting Metacognitive Judgments and their Accuracy", Asher Koriat; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
11:50-12:20 Coffee break; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor & Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building).
12:20-14:00 Parallel sessions.
14:00-14:45 Lunch break; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
14:45-14:50 Buses to Conference hotels (for those not attending Workshop).
14:45-15:45 Animal Behavior Workshop; Aviva & Sammy Ofer Observatory, Eshkol Tower, 30th floor.
15:45-15:50 Buses to Conference hotels.

Presentation Schedule

  • Presenters are kindly requested to approach their session classes several minutes before the sessions to upload their files.

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

  • Time: 10:20 - 12:00pm
    Decision Making
    (A1) Location: Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 floor).

    1. Title: Emotion, Decision and Risk: Betting on Gambles vs. Betting on People
      Author(s): Tamar Kugler, Lisa Ordonez, Terry Connolly
      Presenter: Tamar Kugler
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: Retesting the Uncertainty Effect Using Lotteries with Real Products and Money
      Author(s): Uri Benzion, Shosh Shahrabani and Tal Shavit
      Presenter: Shosh Shahrabani
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Common Ratio with Delay
      Author(s): M. Baucells and Franz H. Heukamp
      Presenter: Franz Heukamp
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Perception Processes and Economic Decisions
      Author(s): Dalia Shilian-Gilad and Kliger Doron
      Presenter: Dalia Shilian-Gilad
      Abstract: Download

    Public Goods
    (B1) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Punishment, cooperation, and cheater detection in 'noisy' social exchange
      Author(s): Ori Weisel, Gary Bornstein
      Presenter: Ori Weisel
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Private Valuation of a Public Good in Three Auction Mechanisms
      Author(s): Arnaud Dragicevic
      Presenter: Arnaud Dragicevic
      Paper: Download

    3. Title: How Laws Affect Behaviour
      Author(s): Roberto Galbiati and Pietro Vertova
      Presenter: Pietro Vertova
      Abstract: Download

    Markets
    (C1) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Can a caution heuristic explain the WTA/WTP gap? Evidence from repeated markets with symmetric and asymmetric information.
      Author(s): Luke Lindsay
      Presenter: Luke Lindsay
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Behavioral traits, ambiguity, ambiguity aversion, rollover risk and market freezes. A possible conne
      Author(s): Francesca Rinaldi
      Presenter: Francesca Rinaldi
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Can Person-to-Person Exchange Tell Us Anything about Electability?
      Author(s): Leighton Vaughan Williams
      Presenter: Leighton Vaughan Williams
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: The Oslo Index and Stock Returns
      Author(s): Tamir Levy
      Presenter: Tamir Levy
      Paper: Download

    Labor
    (D1) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Subjective Wealth and Political Change in Rural Development: Cotton Farmers in Burkina Faso as a case in point
      Author(s): Jonathan Kaminski
      Presenter: Jonathan Kaminski
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: Revisiting the Unemployment-Unhappiness Illusion - Results from the Day Reconstruction Method
      Author(s): Prof. Dr. Joachim Weimann, Prof. Dr. Ronnie Schob, Prof. Dr. Andreas Knabe, Dipl.-Vw. Steffen Ratzel
      Presenter: Steffen Raetzel
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Tournaments and piece rates revisited: A Theoretical and Experimental Study of Premium Incentives
      Author(s): Werner Goeth, Rene Levinsky, Kerstin Pull, Ori Weisel
      Presenter: Rene Levinsky
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: An experimental Study of Incentive Reversal
      Author(s): Esteban Klor, Sebastian Kube, Eyal Winter, Ro'i Zultan
      Presenter: Ro'i Zultan
      Abstract: Download

  • Time: 14:00 - 15:40pm
    Experience
    (A2) Location: Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 floor).

    1. Title: On the Persistence of Biases in the Perception of Randomness in Markets
      Author(s): Sven Fischer
      Presenter: Sven Fischer
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Slow and secure or risky and fast: choosing between usability and security
      Author(s): Noam Ben-Asher, Joachim Meyer, Sebastian Moller, Roman Englert
      Presenter: Noam Ben-Asher
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Learned helplessness, depression, and local maximum
      Author(s): Eitan Man and Ido Erev
      Presenter: Eitan Man
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: On the effect of recent outcomes, surprises and inertia
      Author(s): Iris Nevo and Ido Erev
      Presenter: Iris Nevo
      Abstract: Download

    Ultimatum
    (B2) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Tournament Fever and the Perception of Uncertainty in Performance Contests
      Author(s): Tobias Uske
      Presenter: Tobias Uske
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: The role of multiple identities of self and other in dictator game and decision making
      Author(s): Avner Ben-Ner; Amit Kramer
      Presenter: Amit Kramer
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The Ultimatum Game and Expected Utility Maximization-In View of Attachment Theory
      Author(s): Shaul Almakias
      Presenter: Shaul Almakias
      Abstract: Download

    Auctions and Investments
    (C2) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Endogenizing Bidder’s Choice in Divisible Goods Auctions
      Author(s): Menachem Brenner, Dan Galai and Orly Sade
      Presenter: Orly Sade
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: Bidding Behaviour in Asymmetric First-Price Auctions
      Author(s): By Todd R. Kaplan and Theodore L. Turocy
      Presenter: Todd Kaplan
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Investment in Financial Structured Products from a Rational Choice Perspective
      Author(s): Moran Ofir, Zvi Wiener
      Presenter: Moran Ofir
      Abstract: Download

    Neuroeconomics: Beyond brain mapping and towards behavioral predictions
    (D2) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: The psychophysiology of loss aversion: Varying loss aversion in brain mechanisms and behavior.
      Author(s): Guy Hochman, Eldad Yechiam
      Presenter: Guy Hochman
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: The Neural Bases of Fortune of Others Emotions: the role of the reward and mentalizing networks in envy and schadenfreude (gloating).
      Author(s): Simone Shamai-Tsoori
      Presenter: Simone Shamai-Tsoori
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: What the Neuroeconomics field can teach us about decision making that we do not learn somewhere else
      Author(s): Itzhak Aharon
      Presenter: Itzhak Aharon


    4. Title: The challenge of Neuroeconomic applications: Predicting the individual's decisions across situations.
      Author(s): Eldad Yechiam, Eyal Ert, and Ariel Telpaz
      Presenter: Eldad Yechiam
      Abstract: Download

    Decision Making
    (E2) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 665 (Education Building, 6th floor).

    1. Title: The Menu Affect on Valuation
      Author(s): Doron Sonsino
      Presenter: Doron Sonsino
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Changing Ambiguity Attitudes and a Prefernce for Indifference
      Author(s): Elena Cettolin and Arno Riedl
      Presenter: Elena Cettolin
      Paper: Download

    3. Title: Uncertainty Aversion and Preferences for Randomization
      Author(s): Adam Dominiak and Wendelin Schnedler
      Presenter: Adam Dominiak
      Abstract: Download

  • Time: 16:00 - 17:40pm
    Decision Making
    (A3) Location: Hecht Auditorium (Main Building, 600 floor).

    1. Title: Diminishing Impateince and Time Inconsistency: Experimental Evidence
      Author(s): Yoram Halevy
      Presenter: Yoram Halevy
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: On the robustness of description and experience based decision tasks to social desirability
      Author(s): Gilly Koritzky & Eldad Yechiam
      Presenter: Gilly Koritzky
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Are Transportation and Search Costs Independent of the Good's Price? Experimental Evidence and Implications for Business Strategy
      Author(s): Ofer H. Azar
      Presenter: Ofer Azar
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: The Pat-On-The-Back Paradox and Human Adjustment to Economic Incentives
      Author(s): Adi Luria, Ido Erev, Ernan Haruvy & Annan Erev
      Presenter: Adi Luria
      Abstract: Download

    Trust
    (B3) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Trust, Truth, Status and Identity: an experimental inquiry
      Author(s): Jeffrey V Butler
      Presenter: Jeffrey Butler
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: Incentives for Giving: The Effect of Social Comparison Processes on Individual Donation Behavior
      Author(s): Marta Maras
      Presenter: Marta Maras
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Cultural Affinity in International Joint Ventures
      Author(s): Fan Wu, Abdolkarim Sadrieh, Birgitta Wolff
      Presenter: Fan Wu
      Abstract: Download

    Finance
    (C3) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: When the government went experimental: Evidence on the real financial decisions of Israeli pensioners
      Author(s): Ido Kallir
      Presenter: Ido Kallir
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Reference Point Formation by Market Investors
      Author(s): Doron Kliger and Andrey Kudryavtsev
      Presenter: Andrey Kudryavtsev
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The impact of PR disclosure on firm return compensation
      Author(s): Smadar Siev & Kliger Doron
      Presenter: Smadar Siev
      Abstract: Download

    Coordination
    (D3) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Group Merger as a Way to Achieve Efficient Coordination in Weak-link Games
      Author(s): Andrei Bremzen, Irina Kirysheva, Anton Suvorov
      Presenter: Irina Kirysheva
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Coordination in Large-scale Networks under Two different Information Structures: A Laboratory Study
      Author(s): Amnon Rapoport, Eyran J. Gisches
      Presenter: Amnon Rapoport
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Dynamic Pricing in a Duopoly with Myopic or Strategic Consumers
      Author(s): Eyran J. Gisches,Vincent Mak,Amnon Rapoport
      Presenter: Eyran Gisches
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Frank Heinemann
      Author(s): Measuring agents’ overreaction to public information
      Presenter: Frank Heinemann
      Abstract: Download

    Natural and Field
    (E3) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 665 (Education Building, 6th floor).

    1. Title: Rational Thinking and Social Factors in Economics
      Author(s): Gregory Gurevich and Doron Kliger
      Presenter: Gregory Gurevich
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: A Field Experiment on Non-monetary Gifts and Voluntary Contributions
      Author(s): Carina Cavalcanti and Andreas Leibbrandt
      Presenter: Carina Cavalcanti
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The New Anti-Corruption Czars in Kenya: An Experimental Approach
      Author(s): Abraham K. Waithima
      Presenter: Abraham Waithima
      Paper: Download

    4. Title: Taste characteristics and the adoption of selection procedures
      Author(s): M. Hohnisch, S. Pittnauer, R. Selten and L. Kramer
      Presenter: Martin Hohnisch
      Abstract: Download


  • Please be aware that Daylight Saving Time will be changing between Thursday and Friday in ISRAEL. Daylight Savings Time begins on 27.3.2009 and ends on 26.9.2009. Remember to move the clock forward one hour on 27.3.2009 at 01:00am.

Friday, March 27th, 2009

  • Time: 11:40 - 13:20pm
    Experience
    (A4) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: The wisdom of many in one mind: Improving individual judgments with dialectical bootstrapping
      Author(s): Stefan M. Herzog & Ralph Hertwig
      Presenter: Stefan Herzog
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: Peak or freq? The effect of unpleasant extreme experiences
      Author(s): Amos Schurr & Ido Erev
      Presenter: Amos Schurr
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Experimental Results on the Process of Goal Formation and Aspiration Adaptation
      Author(s): R. Selten, S. Pittnauer and M. Hohnisch
      Presenter: Sabine Pittnauer
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Using Cognitive Architectures to Predict (and Explain) Repeated Binary Choices
      Author(s): Terrence C. Stewart, Robert West, Christian Lebiere
      Presenter: Terrence Stewart
      Abstract: Download

    Cooperation
    (B4) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Mixed Feelings: Theory and Evidence of Altruism
      Author(s): James Konow
      Presenter: James Konow
      Paper: Download Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Cooperation with Uncertain Endowments
      Author(s): Jan Schikora and Johannes Maier
      Presenter: Jan Schikora
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Emotions, self interest and self-worth as predictors of responders' behavior in a simple bargaining game
      Author(s): Ramzi Suleiman, Yuval Samid
      Presenter: Ramzi Suleiman and Yuval Samid
      Paper: Download

    Markets and Finance
    (C4) Location: Senat Meeting Room(Eshkol Building, 29th floor).

    1. Title: How Can The Behavioralist Prevail in The Market?
      Author(s): Andreas Leibbrandt
      Presenter: Andreas Leibbrandt
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: How to Hide Mutual Fund Fees - Experimental Evidence
      Author(s): Markus Noth & Tatjana-Xenia Puhan
      Presenter: Tatjana-Xenia Puhan
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: When Do Large Buyers Pay Less? Experimental Evidence
      Author(s): Bradley Ruffle
      Presenter: Bradley Ruffle
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: A market sensitivity hedging model
      Author(s): Anthony Fogel-Guedj , Zinoviy Landsman and Udi Makov
      Presenter: Anthony Fogel-Guedj
      Abstract: Download

    Consumer Behavior
    (D4) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Buyer Confusion and Market Prices
      Author(s): Kenan Kalayci, Jan Potters
      Presenter: Kenan Kalayci
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: The effect of temporal and social distance on information search strategies
      Author(s): Leah Borovoi, Nira Liberman, Yaacov, Trope
      Presenter: Leah Borovoi
      Abstract: Download

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

  • Time: 09:00 - 10:40pm
    Decision Making
    (A5) Location: Senat Meeting Room(Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: On the Descriptive Value of the Loss Aversion Assertion
      Author(s): Eyal Ert, Ido Erev
      Presenter: Eyal Ert
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Reference-dependent preferences, loss aversion and asymmetric price rigidity
      Author(s): V. Dobrynskaya
      Presenter: Victoria Dobrynskaya
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The dimensions of risk attitudes: An experimental analysis
      Author(s): Jianying Qiu and Eva-Maria Steiger
      Presenter: Eva Maria Steiger
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Relative Thinking and Task Performance: Does a Larger Fixed Payment Reduce the Perceived Magnitude of the Pay-for-Performance Component?
      Author(s): Ofer H. Azar
      Presenter: Ofer Azar
      Abstract: Download

    Fairness
    (B5) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Estimation of Equilibrium and Disequilibrium Models of Guilt Aversion
      Author(s): Charles Bellemare, Alexander Sebald, Martin Strobel
      Presenter: Alexander Sebald
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Promoting Justice by Treating People Unequally: An Experimental Study
      Author(s): Alice Becker, Luis M. Miller
      Presenter: Alice Becker
      Paper: Download

    3. Title: A Natural Field Experiment of the Ultimatum Game - The Market for Cheap Train Rides
      Author(s): Israel Waichman and Till Requate
      Presenter: Israel Waichman
      Abstract: Download

    Finance
    (C5) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: Using an eye tracker to examine behavioral biases in investment task: An experimental study
      Author(s): Tal Shavit, Yaniv Shani, Cinzia Giorgetta, Fabio Ferlazzo
      Presenter: Tal Shavit
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: How do People React to News? An Experimental Investigation of Information Flows in Asset Markets
      Author(s): Sudeep Ghosh and Tom Vinaimont
      Presenter: Sudeep Ghosh
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The impact of presumed media influence on investment behavior
      Author(s): Roei Davidson & Jonathan Cohen
      Presenter: Roei Davidson
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Underpricing of Initial Public Offerings: A Cumulative Prospect Theory Outlook
      Author(s): Gregory Gurevich and Doron Kliger
      Presenter: Gregory Gurevich
      Abstract: Download

    Feelings
    (D5) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 665 (Education Building, 6th floor).

    1. Title: Beyond Social Preferences: Analysis of Economic Decision Making Applying a Multidimensional Approach to Empathy
      Author(s): Florian Artinger, Filippas Exadaktylos, Hannes Koppel and Lauri Saaksvuori
      Presenter: Lauri Saaksvuori
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: On informal rewards and sanctions: An experimental test of the disapproval-aversion theory
      Author(s): Raul Lopez-Perez and Marc Vorstaz
      Presenter: Raul Lopez-Perez
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Driven to distraction: Using episode reconstruction to correct for biases in intuitive judgment of the benefits of commuting modes
      Author(s): David Comerford
      Presenter: David Comerford


    The Neurogenetics of Fairness
    (E5) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Genetic Polymorphisms for the Oxytocin and Vasopressin Neuropeptide Pathways modulate Human Social Behavior
      Author(s): TBA
      Presenter: Shlomo Israel
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Genetic Variation in the Arginine Vasopressin 1a Receptor (AVPR1a) is associated with Individual Differences in Empathic Ability and Alexithymia.
      Author(s): TBA
      Presenter: Florina Uzefovsky
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: The Neurogenetics of Fairness
      Author(s): TBA
      Presenter: Richard Ebstein
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: The Neurogenetics Basis of Loss-gain Differentiation in Economic Risk Attitude
      Author(s): TBA
      Presenter: CHEW Soo Hong
      Abstract: Download

  • Time: 12:20 - 14:00pm
    Animal Behavior
    (A6) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Risky choice behavior across species: the effect of relative variability
      Author(s): Sharoni Shafir
      Presenter: Sharoni Shafir
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Learning to choose among strategies in a game: experiments and evolutionary simulations
      Author(s): Edith Katsnelson, Uzi Motro, Marcus W. Feldman and Arnon Lotem
      Presenter: Edith Katsnelson
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Co-evolution of learning and social strategies: Is it good to be smarter than your peers?
      Author(s): Michal Arbilly, Uzi Motro, Marcus W. Feldman and Arnon Lotem
      Presenter: Michal Arbilly
      Abstract: Download

    4. Title: Perceptual accuracy and conflicting effects of certainty on risk-taking behavior
      Author(s): Sharoni Shafir, Taly Reich, Erez Tsur, Ido Erev & Arnon Lotem
      Presenter: Arnon Lotem
      Abstract: Download

    Cooperation
    (B6) Location: Senat Meeting Room(Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Relationships of Cooperation Between Firms, Communities and Governments
      Author(s): Jose G. Vargas-Hernandez
      Presenter: Jose G. Vargas-Hernandez
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Individuals' Voting Choice And Cooperation in Repeated Social Dillemma Games
      Author(s): Patrizia Sbriglia
      Presenter: Patrizia Sbriglia
      Paper: Download

    3. Title: Altruistic Advice Giving
      Author(s): Shoham Choshen-Hillel and Yaniv Ilan
      Presenter: Shoham Choshen-Hillel
      Abstract: Download

    Markets and Finance
    (C6) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 570 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: On weather as a mood proxy and the direction of security returns
      Author(s): Alex Rehtman and Doron Kliger
      Presenter: Alex Rehtman
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Productivity and Foreign Direct Investment in the Turkish Manufacturing Sector During Financial Crisis
      Author(s): Filiz Elmas and Suleyman Degirmen
      Presenter: Suleyman Degirmen
      Paper: Download

    3. Title: Hidden Orders: An Experimental Approach
      Author(s): Arie Eskenazi Gozluklu
      Presenter: Arie Gozluklu
      Abstract: Download

    Experimental Game Theory / Game Theory
    (D6) Location: Caesarea Institute (Education and Sciences Building), Room 566 (Education Building, 5th floor).

    1. Title: The Tennis Coach Problem: A Game Theoretic and Experimental Study
      Author(s): Ayala Arad
      Presenter: Ayala Arad
      Paper: Download

    2. Title: The role of perceived skill in tacit coordination problems
      Author(s): Yoella Bereby-Meyer, Anna Kholmer, Simone Moran
      Presenter: Yoella Bereby-Meyer
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Ultimatum bargaining with emotion expression: effects of gender and social utility on responders' punishment behavior
      Author(s): Ramzi Suleiman, Yuval Samid & Yifat Hibner
      Presenter: Suleiman, Samid and Hibner
      Paper: Download

  • Time: 14:45 - 15:45pm
    Post ESA workshop - Animal Behavior
    (A7) Location: Aviva & Samy Ofer Observatory (Eshkol Building, 30th floor).

    1. Title: Different approaches to modeling foraging games between desert rodents and their predators
      Author(s): Amos Bouskila and Pablo Blinder
      Presenter: Amos Bouskila
      Abstract: Download

    2. Title: Limited ability for kin discrimination may result in tolerance toward competitors in polyembryonic wasps
      Author(s): Michal Segoli, Ally Harari ,Tamar Keasar and Amos Bouskila
      Presenter: Michal Segoli
      Abstract: Download

    3. Title: Adaptation to matching behavior: theory and experiments
      Author(s): Yonatan Loewenstein
      Presenter: Yonatan Loewenstein


    4. Title: Deciding to cooperate: psychological mechanisms that bias humans and other animals to cooperate
      Author(s): Amir Perelberg, Richard Schuster, Uzi Motro
      Presenter: Amir Perelberg
      Abstract: Download