Past Events
BEAM 2025 at UC Berkeley
The Behavioral Economics Annual Meeting (BEAM) returns to UC Berkeley from May 27-30, 2025, with additional programming beyond the traditional 1.5 days added on for the 27th and 30th of May. The conference plays a critical role in shaping the field by fostering academic research and influencing policymakers. Now in its 16th year, BEAM continues to bring together leading researchers.
NBER Behavioral Finance Working Group – Spring 2025
The next NBER Behavioral Finance Working Group meeting will be held on Saturday, April 19th, 2025, in Chicago, IL. This is the day after the NBER Asset Pricing and Corporate Finance program meetings, and on the same day as the NBER New Developments in Long-term Asset Management meeting, all of which are also taking place in Chicago.
This will be an in-person meeting; there will not be an option to attend virtually. However, the presentations will be streamed live on the NBER YouTube channel.
Berkeley Brilliance lecture: "Ulrike Malmendier: How Inflation Changes the Way we Behave"
In this Berkeley Economics Speakers Series hosted by Social Sciences at UC Berkeley, Ulrike Mlamendier discusses her research on how inflation expectations change the way individuals think and act, even after inflation has been tamed.

Psychology & Economics SITE (Stanford Institute of Theoretical Economics)

NY Times writer David Leonhardt & Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler
Fireside chat led by Professor Ulrike Malmendier
A conversation featuring Pulitzer-prize winning writer David Leonhardt(opens in a new tab) of The New York Times and behavioral economics pioneer and Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler(opens in a new tab) of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Co-sponsored by the Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics
Tuesday, April 2
12:30-1:30pm
Spieker Forum
Haas School of Business
Seminar:
- Spring 2022 Psychology and Economics Seminar
Spring 2022 Conference:
- BEAM Conference (by invitation only) – Please check back for more details.
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