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Academic Conference in Honor of Ernst Fehr

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Friday, June 19 from 9:00am to 5:00pm CEST
Saturday, June 20 from 09:00am to 5:00pm CEST

The event will take  place on-site only at the University of Zurich.

PART I

The Prevalence and Predictive Power of Social Preferences
  • Social Preferences and Negative Externalities
    (Florian Schneider, University of Copenhagen)
  • The Characteristics of Distributional Preferences – A Meta-Analysis
    (Salvatore Nunnari, Bocconi University)
  • The Role of Social Preferences in Sustainable Investments
    (Paul Smeets, University of Amsterdam)
Social Preferences and Climate Economics
  • Social Preferences and the Regulation of Greenhous Gas Emissions
    (Klaus Schmidt, LMU University, Munich)
  • Climate Justice
    (Abhijit Banerjee, University of Zurich / MIT)

Social Preferences, Welfare Economics, and Unfair Inequalities

  • How to Measure Unfair Inequalities
    (Paul Hufe, University of Bristol)
  • Fairness in a World of Unequal Opportunity
    (Alexander Cappelen, Norwegian School of Economics)
  • Implications of Social Preferences for Welfare Economics
    (Maya Eden, University of Zurich)

Determinants of Social Preferences

  • How the Social Environment affects Children’s Social Preferences
    (Armin Falk, University of Bonn)
  • The Influence of Self-Governance and Market Interactions on Social Preferences
    (Devesh Rustagi, University of Warwick)

PART II

Social Preferences in Organizations, Labor Markets, and Developing Economies

  • Social Preferences and Social Norms in Organizations and Labor Markets
    (Zoe Cullen, Harvard University)
  • The Role of Social Preferences and Social Norms in Public Economics
    (Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University)
  • Social Preferences and Social Norms in Developing Economies
    (Supreet Kaur, University of California, Berkeley)

Social Preferences, Sorting, and Layoffs

  • Sorting, Social Preferences and, ‘Good Work’
    (Roberto A. Weber, University of Zurich)
  • CEO Prosociality and Layoffs
    (Ulrike Malmendier, University of California, Berkeley)

Social Preferences, Incomplete Contracts, Normative Origins of Markets

  • Consensual Virtues, Divisive Values: How Image Concerns Shape Prosocial Behavior and the Quest for Common Ground
    (Jean Tirole, Toulouse School of Economics)
  • Social Preferences and Incomplete Contracts
    (Oliver Hart, Harvard University)
  • Cultural and Normative Origins of Markets
    (Joel Mokyr, Northwestern University)

Panel Discussion: Important Unresolved Questions and How to Address them?

  • Leo Bursztyn (University of Chicago)
  • Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology)

  • Ekaterina Zhuravskaya (Paris School of Economics)

     

Registration and Conference Costs

Attendance at the conference is open to invited guests and free of charge.

To attend the conference, register here: ema.uzh.ch/R3U3F

Accommodation

Participants are kindly asked to book their accommodation directly with the hotel. This ensures the best available rates.

Please mention the respective booking code when making your reservation and complete your booking before 9 April 2026 to benefit from the preferential rates.
Rooms are subject to availability (limited contingent).

Discounted stay valid for: 18 June 2026 – 21 June 2026
Offer valid until: 9 April 2026 (subject to availability)

Designhotel Plattenhof

Single and double rooms are available at rates between CHF 195 and CHF 260.

Please book directly via email at: hotel@plattenhof.ch and mention the booking code “UZH Economic Life”.

Website: https://plattenhof.ch/

Hotel Scheuble

Single rooms are available at the rate of CHF 230.

Please book directly via email at: info@scheuble.ch and mention the booking code “UZH Economic Life”.

Website: https://scheuble.ch/en/index.html

Sorell Hotel Rex

You can book directly via the hotel’s website and enter the promo code “UZH Economic” under Special Codes or Rates to receive a 15% discount on all available rooms.

Website: https://www.sorellhotels.com/en/hotels/rex-zurich

Sorell Hotel Rütli

You can book directly via the hotel’s website and enter the promo code “UZH Economic” under Special Codes or Rates to receive a 15% discount on all available rooms.

Website: https://www.sorellhotels.com/en/hotels/ruetli-zurich

 

Contact

If you have any further questions, please contact Ayana Züger.

Additional Information

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