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19/06 10am-11am: Workshop on Digital Platforms: Methods, Policy and Politics

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:00:18 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Fri, 19 Jun '26

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07/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Erik Stuchly (Hamburg)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:52:29 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: WBS 2.007

There is substantial evidence that humans engage their own decision-making mechanisms when predicting choices of others. According to one account, such predictions are implemented by the observer running a single simulation of the other person’s decision process in their mind and selecting the simulation outcome as the choice option. However, such an implementation would result in a large degree of stochasticity in predicted choices, thereby resulting in relatively low prediction accuracy.
In this talk, I will present an alternative idea - that observers could reduce uncertainty and increase prediction accuracy by simulating the decision between the same two options multiple times, sampling the outcomes of these simulations and then selecting the option corresponding to the most frequent outcome.

I will present results from a behavioural decision study employing the modified dictator game paradigm, aimed at testing whether we can identify behavioural indicators of sampling multiple simulation outcomes when participants predict other’s choices: specifically, whether participants show lower stochasticity and higher response times in predictions than self-decisions, after controlling for decision difficulty across these two conditions. I will complement these behavioural findings with analyses based on comparing the Drift-Diffusion model and a “sampling-of-decision-outcomes” model of choice. Together, these findings will shed light on potential differences between the mechanisms involved in making choices for ourselves and predicting the choices of others.

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W/EBER Seminar: Andis Sofianos (Durham)

Andrew Taylor — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 12:50:04 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: WBS 2.007

Details TBC

28/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Davide Pace (LMU)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 11:24:47 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 28 May '26

Where: WBS 1.007

Fairness views about the International Distribution of Climate Change Costs (With Johanna Kober)

Thirty years of international climate negotiations have produced shared targets but national contributions towards these targets remain insufficient. This paper measures how citizens believe the costs of climate policy should be allocated across countries, distinguishing between three cost categories: mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage. To elicit fairness views, the study introduces and validates a novel survey module. Preliminary results indicate that the type of climate change cost affects the how people think the costs should be shared. For example, the weight given to current emissions for a fair allocation of mitigation costs is more than double the weight given to these emissions in the allocation of adaptation and loss and damage costs.

08/05 10am-11am: Computational History Workshop

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:02:52 GMT

When: 10am - 11am, Fri, 08 May '26

11/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:09 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 11 Jun '26

18/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:15 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 18 Jun '26

25/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:24 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 25 Jun '26

02/07 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:31 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 02 Jul '26

14/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum - Slot Available

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:30:21 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 14 May '26

Where: Wolfson Research Exchange (Library)

04/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Loukas Balafoutas (Exeter)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:04:28 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 04 Jun '26

Where: WBS 1.007

Details TBC

30/04 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Marc Kaufmann (CEU)

Andrew Taylor — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:37:05 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 30 Apr '26

Where: WBS 1.003

A First Welfare Theorem with Fully Socially Responsible Agents and its Limitations (with Botond Koszegi of University of Bonn)

In a competitive economy with externality-generating goods, we show an extension of the First Welfare Theorem: if consumers *and* producers are fully socially responsible, the competitive equilibrium achieves the first best. The key insight is that in competitive markets the impact of buying a good and the impact of producing it sum to one — so while one side may correctly invoke replacement logic (if I don't, someone else will), this necessarily means the other side cannot. The result relies on three assumptions, each stronger than what the classical FWT requires: (i) homogeneous and full social concern across agents; (ii) agents know the true impact of their actions; (iii) agents believe markets clear in response to their deviations. The result highlights that even with fully caring consumers, markets left to themselves cannot aggregate social concern unless producers also act responsibly — contrary to the Friedman doctrine.

21/06 10am-25/06 5pm: CAGE Summer School 2026

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:29:18 GMT

When: 10am, Sun, 21 Jun '26 - 5pm, Thu, 25 Jun '26

19/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Desmond Fairall (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:34:27 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

26/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Lily Shevchenko (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:35:54 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

02/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Devesh Rustagi (��TV)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:37:08 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 02 Jun '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

09/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Carole Gao (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:52:03 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 09 Jun '26

Where: S0.08

Title to be advised.

16/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Adam Di Lizia (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 10:54:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 16 Jun '26

Where: S0.09

Title to be advised.

05/05 11am-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Emanuele Savini & Andrea Guerrieri D'Amati (PGRs)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:39:47 GMT

When: 11am - 1pm, Tue, 05 May '26

Where: S2.79

There will be two presentations (1hr each).

Titles to be advised.

12/05 1pm-2pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - David Boll (PGR)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:40:39 GMT

When: 1pm - 2pm, Tue, 12 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title to be advised.

19/05 12pm-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Daniel Jaar (EUI)

Andrew Taylor — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:42:13 GMT

When: 12pm - 1pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.08

Daniel Jaar is visiting the department for one week.

Title to be advised.

07/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:37:29 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 07 May '26

Where: S2.79

Title: Who With Whom? Learning Optimal Matching Policies

18/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:39:39 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Mon, 18 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

20/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Theory Seminar - Dilip Abreu (New York)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:42:11 GMT

When: 4pm - 5:30pm, Wed, 20 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

19/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:42:39 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 19 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title: Is the Electricity Sector a Weak Link in Development? (joint with Martin Shu and Jonathan Colmer)

21/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:43:06 GMT

When: 11:15am - 12:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:48:03 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: S0.20

Title to be advised.

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: EBER Seminar - Andis Sofianos (Durham)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:49:59 GMT

When: 2:30pm - 3:45pm, Thu, 21 May '26

Where: WBS2.007

Title to be advised.

26/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Guy Pincus (Harvard)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:50:52 GMT

When: 2:15pm - 3:30pm, Tue, 26 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

27/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)

Andrew Taylor — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:51:38 GMT

When: 2pm - 3:30pm, Wed, 27 May '26

Where: S0.13

Title to be advised.

Economics » Events

19/06 10am-11am: Workshop on Digital Platforms: Methods, Policy and Politics

07/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Erik Stuchly (Hamburg)

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W/EBER Seminar: Andis Sofianos (Durham)

28/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Davide Pace (LMU)

08/05 10am-11am: Computational History Workshop

11/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

18/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

25/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

02/07 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W: Slot Available

14/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum - Slot Available

04/06 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Loukas Balafoutas (Exeter)

30/04 2:30pm-3:45pm: DR@W Forum: Marc Kaufmann (CEU)

21/06 10am-25/06 5pm: CAGE Summer School 2026

19/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Desmond Fairall (PGR)

26/05 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Lily Shevchenko (PGR)

02/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Devesh Rustagi (����TV)

09/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) Workshop - Carole Gao (PGR)

16/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Adam Di Lizia (PGR)

05/05 11am-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Emanuele Savini & Andrea Guerrieri D'Amati (PGRs)

12/05 1pm-2pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - David Boll (PGR)

19/05 12pm-1pm: MIEW (Macro/International Economics Workshop) - Daniel Jaar (EUI)

07/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Toru Kitagawa (Brown)

18/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Yuhao Wang (Tsinghua)

20/05 4pm-5:30pm: CRETA Theory Seminar - Dilip Abreu (New York)

19/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - David Lagakos (BU)

21/05 11:15am-12:30pm: PEPE (Political Economy & Public Economics) Seminar - Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago)

21/05 2pm-3:30pm: Macro/International Seminar - Nicolas Crozet

21/05 2:30pm-3:45pm: EBER Seminar - Andis Sofianos (Durham)

26/05 2:15pm-3:30pm: Applied & Development Economics Seminar - Guy Pincus (Harvard)

27/05 2pm-3:30pm: Econometrics Seminar - Federico Ciliberto (Virgina)

02/06 1pm-2pm: CWIP (CAGE Work in Progress) - Devesh Rustagi (��TV)