ESSL Experimental Workshop
- April 17, 2015
- 9:00a.m. - 3:45p.m.
- Social Science Plaza B, Room 3266
- 9:00-9:15 a.m. Introduction
- 9:15-9:45 a.m. Tyler Boston, Economics, “Hell is Other People: Willingness to Pay
to Avoid Strategic Interaction”
- 9:45-10:15 a.m. Ashley Thomas, Cognitive Sciences, “Do Babies Like the Big and Mighty
of the Meek and Mild? Babies' Evaluations of Agents in Dominance Contests”
- 10:15-10:45 a.m. Si-Yuan Kong, Economics, “A Next-generation Virtual World for Studying
Crime”
- 10:45-11:00 a.m. BREAK
- 11:00-11:30 a.m. Adam Dunbar, Criminology, Law, and Society, “Rap on Trial: The Effect
of Using Rap Lyrics as Evidence on Juror Perceptions of Guilt”
- 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Ian Burn, Economics, “Why Aren't Women Majoring in STEM? The
Effect of Wage Differentials on the Choice of Major”
- 12:00-1:00 p.m. LUNCH
- 1:00-1:30 p.m. Garret Ridinger, Economics, “Respect of Moral Property Rights: Understanding
Why History Matters in Bargaining”
- 1:30-2:00 p.m. Amine Mahmassani, Economics, “Incident Management Using Variable Message
Signs”
- 2:00-2:30 p.m. Kelly Ward, Sociology, “Protagonists and Plot: Interpretation of Stories
with Unconventional Women”
- 2:30-2:45 p.m. BREAK
- 2:45-3:15 p.m. Anne Carpenter, Economics, “Disease Prevention Investment in the Absence
of Social Costs for Non-investment: Theory and Experiment”
- 3:15-3:45 p.m. Jason Ralston, Economics, “The Determinants of Debt Aversion”
- Contact: Michael McBride, Associate Professor of Economics and Director, UCI Experimental Social
Science Laboratory, 949.824.7417
- Sponsor: Experimental Social Science Laboratory, Social Sciences Dean's Office
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