We were delighted to welcome Mona back to Stirling to present her fascinating PhD research documenting that after they have seen more and more patients GPs become more likely to prescribe antibiotics and less likely to prescribe statins. Really elegant combination of big data analytics, psychological theory and real world policy implications.
I have just been asked by a propsective MSc student for recommended reading. A more formal page will follow but here is my reply: Alongside Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow, Thaler and Sunstein’s Nudge, be sure to check out anything by Christopher Hsee, George Loewenstein or Jon Elster. Also Tyler Cowen at the Marginal Revolution
Aspiration – a state x that is a presumed to provide higher utility than states not x; a prejudice in favor of state x e.g. people have an aspiration to be effortless so they forego opportunities to engage in fun activities (Comerford and Ubel, 2015) people aspire to being a car driver, so they misremember
This is a guest post by Jordan Garrett, one of our undergraduate students of behavioural economics. If you wish to contact Jordan e.g. about internship opportunities etc. then please email david.comerford@stir.ac.uk and I will pass along your message. In an intimate BBC News article, a 43-year-old mother shares her secret of how she is able
This is a guest post by Ben McIvor-Redwood, one of our undergraduate students of behavioural economics. If you wish to contact Ben e.g. about internship opportunities etc. then please email david.comerford@stir.ac.uk and I will pass along your message. Recent high inflation rates of 10.4% have become a significant issue for individuals, businesses, and the economy.
This is a guest post by Patrick Whittam, one of our undergraduate students of behavioural economics. If you wish to contact Patrick e.g. about internship opportunities etc. then please email david.comerford@stir.ac.uk and I will pass along your message. During December of 2022, I was forced to take a taxi instead of taking my normal train
AI vs. human conflict will result if AI has goals that differ from those of humankind. It follows then that expressing human preferences to machines accurately, precisely and unambiguously is vital. Survey designers are key to that project. The UK government blared an unprecedented alarm through the smartphones of its residents last weekend. Just weeks
Keynote talk: How People Use Statistics by Nicolai Gennaioli We are very grateful to the excellent speakers who presented their work at this event and to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, whose Saltire Networking award made this event possible.
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Two recent papers present convergent evidence that the marketplace of ideas in academic economics is less than efficient: 1. Jorg Peters and co-authors show that comments published in the flagship American Economic Review are cited far less than the original research that they correct. Even when the authors of the original paper concede that the