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Participant Profiles
for
The Spencer Conference Series on
Individual Differences and Economic Behavior

‘Building Bridges between Economics and Personality Psychology’

	Gary Becker University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business University Professor, Department of Economics and Sociology Ph.D., 1955 (Economics) - University of Chicago http://home.uchicago.edu/~gbecker/ ‘Social Interactions and Markets’ (Slides)
	Daniel Benjamin Cornell University Assistant Professor of Economics Ph.D., 2006 (Economics) - Harvard University http://www.arts.cornell.edu/econ/dbenjamin/
	Clancy Blair New York University, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Professor of Applied Psychology Ph.D., 1996 (Developmental Psychology); M.A. 1996 (Public Health) - University of Alabama at Birmingham http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/appsych/faculty_bios/view/Clancy_Blair ‘School Readiness: Integrating Cognition and Emotion in a Neurobiological Conceptualization of Children’s Functioning at School Entry ’ (2002) American Psychologist Clancy Blair, New York University ‘Stress and the Development of Self-Regulation in the Context of Poverty’ (2009) Manuscript under review Clancy Blair, New York University ‘Relating Effortful Control, Executive Function, and False Belief Understanding to Emerging Math and Literacy Ability in Kindergarten’ (2007) Child Development Clancy Blair, New York University Rachel Peters Razza, Syracuse University
	Lex Borghans Maastricht University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Ph.D., 1993 (Economics) - Maastricht University http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/cv/borghans/borghans.htm
	John Cacioppo University of Chicago Tiffany & Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Ph.D., 1977 (Psychology) - Ohio State University http://psychology.uchicago.edu/people/faculty/cacioppo/index.shtml ‘Alone in the Crowd: The Structure and Spread of Loneliness in a Large Social Network’ (Forthcoming) Journal of Personality and Social Psychology John Cacioppo, University of Chicago James Fowler, University of California, San Diego Nicholas Christakis, Harvard University ‘The Anatomy of Loneliness’ (2003) Current Directions in Psychological Science John Cacioppo, University of Chicago Louise Hawkley, University of Chicago Gary Berntson, Ohio State University
	Colin Camerer California Institute of Technology Rea & Lela Axline Prof. of Business Economics MBA, 1979 (finance); Ph.D., 1981 (behavioral decision theory) - University of Chicago, GSB www.hss.caltech.edu/~camerer/camerer.html ‘“Strategic IQ” and a cognitive hierarchy of types’ (Slides)
	Avshalom Caspi Duke University Edward M. Arnett Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Ph.D., 1986 (Psychology) - Cornell University http://www.genome.duke.edu/people/faculty/caspi/
	Stefano DellaVigna University of California, Berkeley Associate Professor, Department of Economics Ph.D., 2002 (Economics) - Harvard University http://elsa.berkeley.edu/~sdellavi/ ‘What Motivates Giving in the Field?’ Working Paper Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley John A. List, University of Chicago Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley ‘Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?’ Discussed in Presentation (2009) Quarterly Journal of Economics Gordon Dahl, University of California, San Diego Stefano DellaVigna, University of California, Berkeley ‘Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field’ (2009) Forthcoming, Journal of Economic Literature Clancy Blair, New York University Rachel Peters Razza, Syracuse University
	Ed Diener University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology Ph.D., 1974 (Psychology) - University of Washington http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~ediener/ ‘Beyond Money Toward an Economy of Well-Being’ (2004) Psychological Science in the Public Interest Ed Diener, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania ‘Income’s Association with Judgments of Life Versus Feelings’ [To appear in: E. Diener, D. Kahneman, and J.F. Helliwell (Eds.) (2009) International Differences in Well-Being. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.] Ed Diener, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Daniel Kahneman, Princeton University William Toy, Singapore Management University Raksha Arora, The Gallup Organization ‘Subjective Well-Being, Economics, And Policy’ (Slides)
	Thomas Dohmen Maastricht University Director of the Research Centre for Education and the Labour market (ROA) Ph.D., 2003 (Economics) - Maastricht University. http://www.roa.unimaas.nl/cv/dohmen/dohmen.htm
	Angela Duckworth University of Pennsylvania Assistant Professor of Psychology Ph.D., 2006 (Psychology) - University of Pennsylvania http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/ ‘I Can Resist Everything Except Temptation: Evidence for Domain-Specific and Domain-General Aspects of Impulsive Behavior’ (2009) Working paper Eli Tsukayama, University of Pennylvania Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania ‘Domain-specificity and domain-generality in self-control’ (Slides)
	Armin Falk University of Bonn Professor of Economics Ph.D., 1999 (Economics, summa cum laude) - University of Zurich www.uni-bonn.de/~afalk ‘Homoreciprocans: Survey Evidence on Behavioural Outcomes’ (2003) The Economic Journal Thomas Dohmen, Maastricht University Armin Falk, University of Bonn David Huffman, Swarthmore College Uwe Sunde, University of St. Gallen ‘Biased Probability Judgment: Representative Evidence for Pervasiveness and Economic Outcomes’ Working Paper Thomas Dohmen, Maastricht University Armin Falk, University of Bonn David Huffman, Swarthmore College Felix Marklein, Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin Uwe Sunde, University of St. Gallen ‘Reference Points and Effort Provision’ Working Paper Johannes Abeler, University of Nottingham Armin Falk, University of Bonn Lorenz Gotte, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston David Huffman, Swarthmore College ‘Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?’ Working Paper Thomas Dohmen, Maastricht University Armin Falk, University of Bonn David Huffman, Swarthmore College Uwe Sunde, University of St. Gallen ‘Individual Risk Attitudes: Measurement, Determinants and Behavioral Consequences’ Working Paper Thomas Dohmen, Maastricht University Armin Falk, University of Bonn David Huffman, Swarthmore College Uwe Sunde, University of St. Gallen Jürgen Schupp, Berlin University of Technology Gert G. Wagner, DIW Berlin
	Martha Farah University of Pennsylvania Walter H. Annenberg Professor in Natural Sciences Ph.D., 1983 (Experimental Psychology) – Harvard University http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~mfarah/ ‘Mind, Brain and Education in Socioeconomic Context’ Forthcoming Martha J. Farah, University of Pennsylvania ‘Socioeconomic Status and the Developing Brain’ (2008) Trends in Cognitive Sciences Daniel A. Hackman, University of Pennsylvania Martha J. Farah, University of Pennsylvania
	Ernst Fehr University of Zürich Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics Ph.D., 1986 (Economics) - University of Vienna http://www.iew.uzh.ch/chairs/fehr/team/fehr_en.html ‘On the Economics and Biology of Trust’ [Presidential address given at the Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, Milano, Italy, August 2008] Ernst Fehr, University of Zürich Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania ‘Why Social Preferences Matter- The Impact of Non-Selfish Motives on Competition, Cooperation and Incentives’ (2002) The Economic Journal Ernst Fehr, University of Zürich Urs Fischbacher, University of Konstanz ‘Psychological Foundations of Incentives’ (2002) European Economic Review Ernst Fehr, University of Zürich Armin Falk, University of Bonn ‘Egalitarianism and Competitiveness’ (2009) American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings Björn Bartling, University of Zürich Ernst Fehr, University of Zürich Michel André Maréchal, University of Zürich Daniel Schunk, University of Zürich ‘Fairness, Errors and the Power of Competition’ In Press: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Urs Fischbacher, University of Konstanz Christina M. Fong, Carnegie Mellon University Ernst Fehr, University of Zürich
	Herbert Gintis Santa Fe Institute, University of Massachusetts Emeritus Professor of Economics Ph.D., 1969 (Economics) - Harvard University http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~gintis/
	Bart Golsteyn Maastricht University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Ph.D., 2007 (Economics) Maastricht University IZA Home Page
	James Heckman University of Chicago Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics Ph.D., 1971 (Economics) – Princeton University http://jenni.uchicago.edu/ The Economics and Psychology of Personality Traits’ (2008) The Journal of Human Resources Lex Borghans, Maastricht University Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania James Heckman, University of Chicago Bas ter Weel, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis
	David Lubinski Vanderbilt University Professor of Psychology and Human Development, Ph.D., 1987 (Psychology) - University of Minnesota http://www.vanderbilt.edu/Peabody/SMPY/david_lubinski.htm
	Brent Roberts University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Professor of Psychology Ph.D., 1994 (Personality Psychology) – Berkeley http://www.psych.uiuc.edu/~broberts/ ‘The Rank-Order Consistency of Personality Traits from Childhood to Old Age: A Quantitative Review of Longitudinal Studies’ (2000) Psychological Bulletin Brent Roberts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Wendy F. DelVecchio, University of Tulsa ‘On Traits, Situations, and Their Integration: A Developmental Perspective’ (2004) Personality and Social Psychology Review Brent Roberts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Eva M. Pomerantz, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ‘The Power of Personality: The Comparative Validity of Personality Traits, Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Ability for Predicting Important Life Outcomes’ (2007) Perspectives on Psychological Science Brent Roberts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Nathan R. Kuncel, University of Minnesota Rebecca Shiner, Colgate University Avshalom Caspi, Duke University Lewis R. Goldberg, Oregon Research Institute ‘Patterns of Continuity: A Dynamic Model for Conceptualizing the Stability of Individual Differences in Psychological Constructs Across the Life Course’ (2005) Psychological Review Chris Fraley, University of Illinois at Chicago Brent Roberts, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
	Gerard Saucier University of Oregon Professor of Psychology Ph.D., 1991 (Psychology) - University of Oregon http://www.uoregon.edu/~gsaucier/
	Richard Thaler University of Chicago - Booth School of Business Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics Ph.D., 1974 (Economics) - University of Rochester http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/richard.thaler/research/
	Other Papers of Interest ‘One Hundred Years of Social Psychology Quantitatively Described’ (2003) Review of General Psychology F. D. Richard, University of North Florida Charles F. Bond Jr., Texas Christian University Juli J. Stokes-Zoota, Texas Christian University ‘Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Close the Achievement Gap? Evidence from a Bold Social Experiment in Harlem’ Working Paper Will Dobbie, Harvard University Roland G. Fryer, Jr., Harvard University
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