*Graduate Student “Boot Camp” on Behavioral Public Economics*
October 12-14, 2023 -- Cambridge, MA
Call for Applications
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), with the generous support
of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will host a graduate student workshop on
Behavioral Public Economics on October 12-14, 2023 in Cambridge, MA. This
workshop is designed to help graduate students in economics become experts
on cutting-edge research and techniques at the intersection of Behavioral
and Public Economics, as well as their connections to related fields such
as Health, Labor, Household Finance, Development, and Energy
Economics. See *here
<
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.p20151108>* and *here
<
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bstyzauvx2b7jgv/Behavioral%20public%20economics.pdf?dl=0>*
for overview articles about the field.
The workshop will be organized by NBER affiliates *Hunt Allcott
<
http://allcott.stanford.edu/>* and *Doug Bernheim
<
https://bernheim.people.stanford.edu/>* of Stanford University and *Dmitry
Taubinsky <
https://www.dmitrytaubinsky.com/>* of the University of
California – Berkeley. The program will include lectures by the organizers
as well *Stephanie DeLuca
<
https://soc.jhu.edu/directory/stefanie-a-deluca/>*, *Manasi Deshpande
<
https://economics.uchicago.edu/directory/manasi-deshpande>*, *Ben Handel
<
https://www.benjaminhandel.com/>*, *Joanna Naritomi
<
https://joananaritomi.com/>*, and *Ricardo Perez-Truglia
<
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~pereztruglia/>*. It will include opportunities
for networking and meeting with other students and faculty. Twenty-five
students will be invited to participate. The NBER will cover travel and
lodging expenses, subject to the NBER’s reimbursement guidelines, as well
as all meals during the workshop.
Last year’s program is available *here
<
https://www.nber.org/conferences/behavioral-public-economics-bootcamp-spring-2022>*.
This year’s program will have a similar structure. The participants in the
inaugural workshop were very enthusiastic about the experience.
Prospective applicants should assemble the following materials in a single
PDF file:
• A cover letter, limited to two pages, that includes an explanation of why
you are interested in behavioral public economics and a description of at
least one research project that you are thinking about or working on.
• A current c.v.
• A complete graduate school transcript.
These materials should be uploaded *here
<
https://forms.gle/1bJMjDsqsPrx82Ft9>**, *along with complete contact
information, the name of the applicant’s current Ph.D. program and year in
that program, and the names and email addresses of two faculty members who
could provide recommendations on behalf of the applicant, no later than 11:59
pm (Eastern Time) on *Thursday, June 29, 2023*. Applications that are not
submitted by the deadline will not be considered. Applications from
students who are members of groups that have historically been
under-represented in the economics profession are welcome. Applications
will be evaluated by the organizers, and acceptance decisions will be
announced in late July.
Please direct questions about workshop content to one of the three
organizers, and questions about logistics and the application process to
Elisa Pepe (*epepe_at_nber.org <epepe_at_nber.org>*).
Received on Mon May 22 2023 - 19:13:14 EDT
