TINT organizes a one-day workshop entitled Agency, Preferences, and Welfare on the 9th of September 10-17, in Psychologicum (Siltavuorenpenger 1) room 134. The workshop is an interdisciplinary discussion straddling ethics, philosophy of science and economics on the concept of preference and the foundations of behavioral welfare economics. The speakers are B. Douglas Bernheim (Stanford), Mark Budolfson (University of Texas, Austin), Till Grüne-Yanoff (KTH), Lilian O’Brien (Helsinki and TUNI), Samuli Reijula (Helsinki).
There is no registration fee, but space is limited, so if you are planning on attending, please send an email to jaakko.kuorikoski@helsinki.fi.
Date: 9.9.2024
Time: 10-17
Location: Psychologicum (Siltavuorenpenger 1) room 134
Program
| 9.30 – 10.00 | Coffee |
| 10.00-10.15 | Welcome |
| 10.15-11.15 | Douglas Bernheim (Stanford University): The Mental Statist Approach to Behavioral Welfare Economics. |
| 11.15-12.15 | Lilian O’Brien (University of Helsinki and Tampere University): Commitment and rational choice |
| 12.15-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-15.00 | Samuli Reijula (University of Helsinki): Behavioral policy for self-governance |
| 15.00-16.00 | Mark Budolfson (University of Texas, Austin): Accounting for the wellbeing of those with no willingness to pay |
| 16.00-17.00 | Till Grüne-Yanoff (KTH, Stockholm): Unfair Behavioral Public Policies |
The workshop is organized by TINT and ESSK project.