RAND Behavioral Finance Forum 2012

The Promise and Challenge of Evidence-Based Policy and Practice

by Dan Ariely, Michael S. Barr, Leandro Carvalho, Warren Cormier, Jason Fichtner, Shane Frederick, Arie Kapteyn, Melissa A. Z. Knoll, David Laibson, Cäzilia Loibl, et al.

Video compilation of the 2012 Behavioral Finance (BeFi) Forum in Washington, D.C., a day-long event that included a series of topical panels on curated presentations of academic research followed by discussion by leading practitioners, and featuring keynote speakers Michael Barr and Dan Ariely.

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