Vortrag von Dr. Eugen Dimant am 1. August „On Punishment, Norm-Compliance, and the Contagion of Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior“

Im Rahmen des Forschungskolloquiums des Instituts für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Freiburg möchten wir Sie herzlich zum Vortrag von

Dr.  Eugen Dimant

(University of Pennsylvania)

über das Thema

On Punishment, Norm-Compliance, and the Contagion of  Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior

einladen.

Der Vortrag findet am Dienstag, 1. August 2017, 10:00 Uhr s.t. in Raum 2330 KG II statt.

Abstract

How does pro- and anti-social behavior spread among individuals and groups? What is the role of social coherence among peers in affecting it? Is the combination of punishment and norms always helpful in improving compliance and what are the potential downsides? Dr. Dimant will address these questions while providing an overview of the University of Pennsylvania Behavioral Ethics Lab’s recent experimental projects.

Eugen Dimant is a postdoctoral researcher in the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program and the Behavioral Ethics Lab at the University of Pennsylvania as well as an external fellow of the Centre for Decision Research & Experimental Economics (CeDEx) at the University of Nottingham. Prior to this, Eugen was a Lab Fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics (under Lawrence Lessig), as well as a visiting researcher at George Mason University's, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science(Invitation: Dan Houser) and the Center and Laboratory for Behavioral Operations and Economics (LBOE) at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research interests center on experimental behavioral economics with a particular focus on behavioral ethics, crime and corruption. His most recent work has examined behavioral contagion of pro- and anti-social behavior among individuals and groups as well as the role of norms, punishment, and reputation in effecting such behavior. As a secondary interest, he is also involved in empirical research examining the relationships between corruption, terrorism and migration.