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00:01 | For Study Applicants | ONLINE
Additional Admission Round Open!
We are happy to announce good news for MA and PhD applicants who missed the March deadline. We are opening the 2nd round of admissions with a new deadline August 15.
Entry requirements are:
- BA or MA degree or equivalent
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Solid background in mathematics
- Previous education in economics is recommended
Your online application must content following documents:
- Curriculum vitae
- Statement of motivation
- Copies of your diplomas and transcripts
- Proof of English proficiency level
- Contact details for two (or max. three) referees
For more information please see sections: How to apply to MAER or How to apply to PhD
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10:30 | Special Event
MA and PhD Graduation Ceremony 2024
We are pleased to invite you to the CERGE-EI MA and PhD Graduation Ceremony on Friday, 31 May 2024.
Graduation Ceremony Program
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Opening by Marek Kapička, Director of CERGE-EI |
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Address by Jan Švejnar, Columbia University, Chairman of the CERGE-EI ESC |
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Address by Susan Walton, CERGE-EI Foundation |
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Address by PhD in Economics graduate Kristína Hrehová |
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Presentation of Diplomas |
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11:30 |
Closing, reception to follow |
14:00 | Room 402 | Micro Theory Research Seminar
Nikhil Vellodi (Paris School of Economics) "A Theory of Self-Prospection"
Paris School of Economics, France
Authors: Nikhil Vellodi, Polina Borisova
Abstract: A present-biased decision maker (DM) faces a two-armed bandit problem whose risky arm generates random payoffs at exponentially distributed times. The DM cannot perfectly observe payoffs but receives informative feedback. Our main finding is that, in the unique stationary Markov perfect equilibrium of the multi-self game, positive feedback supports greater equilibrium welfare than both negative and transparent feedback. By inducing an upward trend in self-beliefs while actively experimenting, positive feedback encourages the DM to engage in self-prospection --- imagining future goals and outcomes when seeking motivation in the present. We relate our results to findings in psychology promoting the motivational effects of positive feedback, as well as more recent findings regarding self-prospection theory.
JEL Classification: D83, D91, C73
Keywords: Present-bias, strategic experimentation, motivational feedback
Full Text: A Theory of Self-Prospection
