Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely

Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions? The author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show...

Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay: From catholic missionaries to Indian development | Human capital and growth

In order to understand human capital, we need to look at causes of difference that do not affect economic development directly. In this video, Abhiroop Mukhopadhyay from the Indian Statistical Instit...

Nudge, the Video: Behavioural Economics in Action

Nudge, the Video: Helping people make better choicesPeople don't always act rationally. In fact, they tend to act irrationally - but in predictable ways. In this video, four marketing professors from ...

TEDxYale - Keith Chen - The Impact of Language on Economic Behavior

Keith Chen - The Impact of Language on Economic Behavior. Keith Chen is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Yale School of Management. His research blurs traditional boundaries in both subject ...

YouTube Science Video

Mark Sculpher is a professor of health economics at the University of York. He presented research on estimating NICE's cost-effectiveness threshold at NUI Galway, Ireland (March 15th 2013)....

Thesis Statements: Stability of Risk Preference Estimates Over Payoff Horizons

Thesis Statements: Stability of Risk Preference Estimates Over Payoff Horizons. The technical title describes a behavioral economics experiment that Alexander Myers (Economics student) devised for Am...

Annika Lindskog: Inheritance and education | Human capital and growth

When making policy changes that affect education, we should not immediately think that less education is automatically bad. In this video Annika Lindskog from the University of Gothenburg discusses ho...