ICES Seminars are formal visits for scholars to share their research and meet with members of our center. These seminars are held on Friday from 12:00 - 1:00 PM EST (see schedule for any changes). The seminars will be held virtually in Fall 2020. Contact ICES Office Manager (sbahabib@gmu.edu) to request Zoom links.
Please visit our Events archive to see previous speakers and topics.
Fall 2020 Schedule
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
| September 4 | Nature and Nurture: Evidence from Molecular Genetics Data in Adoptees | Abstract | Jonathan Beauchamp | George Mason University |
| September 18 | Save To Win: Using Contests to Promote Savings | Abstract | Roman Sheremeta | Case Western Reserve University |
| September 25 | Salary Disclosure and Hiring: Field Experimental Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit Study | Abstract | Laura Gee | Tufts University |
| October 2 | Can Competitiveness Predict Education and Labor Market Outcomes? Evidence from Incentivized Choice and Survey Measures | Abstract | Thomas Buser | University of Amsterdam |
| October 9 | Mental Models and Learning: The Case of Base-Rate Neglect | Abstract | Sevgi Yuksel | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| October 16 | Food vs. Food Stamps: Evidence from an At-Scale Experiment in Indonesia | Abstract | Ben Olken | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| October 23 | Rich and Right-wing? The Effect of Lottery Wealth on Political Attitudes | Abstract | Robert Östling | Stockholm School of Economics |
| October 30 at 4:30 PM | Incentives to Persevere | Abstract | Erte Xiao | Monash University |
| November 6 | Endogenous Game Choice and Giving Behavior in Distribution Games | Abstract | Emin Karagozoglu | Bilkent University |
| November 13 | Predicting Replication Outcomes | Abstract | Anna Dreber | Stockholm School of Economics |
| December 4 | A Theory of Injunctive Norms | Abstract | Erik Kimbrough | Chapman University |