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On the occasion of Daniel Kahneman’s 90th birthday, the Austrian broadcaster ORF is highlighting some of the researcher’s key findings in a podcast series. The podcast entitled How we make decisions presents Kahneman’s exploration of human decision-making and its irritations. Ernst Fehr is one of the featured guests. He underlines the importance of the Nobel laureate's research for behavioral economics.
We are delighted to introduce Marcel Caesmann as our new UBS Center Scholarship holder. Marcel holds a BA in Sociology, Politics and Economics from the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020, he joined the Department of Economics’ Zurich Graduate School of Economics. Marcel is currently a visiting PhD Researcher at UC Berkeley. His research interests lie in Economic History, Political Economy, and Cultural Economics.
We are delighted to introduce Marcel Caesmann as our new UBS Center Scholarship holder. Marcel holds a BA in Sociology, Politics and Economics from the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen and an MSc in Economic History from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). In 2020, he joined the Department of Economics’ Zurich Graduate School of Economics. Marcel is currently a visiting PhD Researcher at UC Berkeley. His research interests lie in Economic History, Political Economy, and Cultural Economics.
Many people who invest their money make extremely illogical mistakes. UBS Foundation Professor Sandro Ambühl tells you which ones are typical. And how to avoid them.
Many people who invest their money make extremely illogical mistakes. UBS Foundation Professor Sandro Ambühl tells you which ones are typical. And how to avoid them.
In the latest edition of our Nobel Opinions series, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman talks about the economic consequences of decisions made by risk-averse and risk-taking individuals, drawing on his famous book Thinking, Fast and Slow. Kahneman dedicated his academic career to the psychological phenomena around judgement and decision-making, establishing a new way of thinking about human errors based on heuristics and biases.
How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers from the Universities of Zurich, Lausanne and Constance have challenged two prevailing explanations – repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, they conclude, both mechanisms synergistically contribute to fostering cooperation effectively. The new study by Ernst Fehr and other researchers, which was published in the renowned journal Nature, thus contributes to answering one of the great unsolved mysteries of human evolution.
How did cooperative behavior prevail in human evolution? Researchers from the Universities of Zurich, Lausanne and Constance have challenged two prevailing explanations – repeated interactions on the one hand or group competition on the other. Instead, they conclude, both mechanisms synergistically contribute to fostering cooperation effectively. The new study by Ernst Fehr and other researchers, which was published in the renowned journal Nature, thus contributes to answering one of the great unsolved mysteries of human evolution.
Bundesrat Ignazio Cassis, Eva Herzog, Boris Zürcher, u.v.m.
Bundesrat Ignazio Cassis, Eva Herzog, Boris Zürcher, u.v.m.
Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University)
Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University)