From Freakonomics to Neuroeconomics: The role of incentives

The College of Management and Economics and the Department of Economics presents Dr. Marie Claire Villeval and the Department of Economics presents Dr. Marie Claire Villeval Director & Research Professor Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique, University of Lyon "From Freakonomics to Neuroeconomics: The role of incentives" Marie Claire Villeval is Research Professor in economics at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and she is affiliated with the GATE (Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique) research institute at the University of Lyon 2, France. She is President of the French Economic Association (AFSE) and the Founding President of the French Association of Experimental Economics (ASFEE). She is also the director of the GATE institute and a research associate at the Institute of Labor Studies (IZA), Bonn, Germany. She is a member of the executive committee of the Economic Science Association (ESA) and of the Association for the Development of Research in Economics and Statistics (ADRES). She is associate editor of the Journal of Public Economic Theory and the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Dr. Villeval obtained her PhD in economics from the University Paris X Nanterre. Her main research interests focus on experimental economics, behavioral economics, and personnel economics. They include the conduct of laboratory and field experiments on incentives and motivation, teamwork and leadership, punishment and cooperation, status seeking and ego utility, self-image, and tax evasion. Tuesday, April 19, 2011 3:00 p.m. – 4:30pm Macdonald Institute (MINS), Room 300 RECEPTION TO FOLLOW Please RSVP by Friday, April 15 th to Mary Abbott ( mabbott@uoguelph.ca ) or ext. 53056 th to Mary Abbott ( mabbott@uoguelph.ca ) or ext. 53056