The workshop on “Applied Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory” will be hosted on June 7th by the University of Bucharest, as a part of the 5th International Conference in Economics and Administration, ICEA 2013, and it is supported by the International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics, an official publication of IGI – Global, USA.
Submissions should be directed to Professor PhD. Elena Druica, University of Bucharest, Department of Economic and Administration, [email protected] or [email protected]
Important deadlines
Paper submission: 1 March 2013
Confirmation of acceptance: 1 April 2013
Registration of the participants: 15 April 2013
You can find details about registration by clicking the button "Important deadlines and registration fees".
The workshop invites conceptual and empirical papers in the fields of Applied Behavioral Economics and Decision Theory. It aims at examining the main applications of specific concepts and models in the aforementioned areas in business and organizations. While the workshop accepts theoretical papers, contributions that show a direct link between theory and practice are strongly encouraged.
Coverage
Topics to be discussed in this workshop include (but are not limited to) the following:
· Applications of behavioral economics findings in public policies
· Applied evolutionary economics and psychology
· Behavioral factors influencing supply and demand of health and health services
· Branding/advertising issues and organization behavior
· Bounded rationality and impact on making decisions in business and organizations
· Changes in economic behavior meaning in the globalization age
· Consequences of decisions, judgment and choices with respect to producers’ results
· Consumer behavior, marketing and digital marketing in the globalization age
· Cross-cultural behavioral variation with impact on business and organizations
· Differences between market behavior and individual behavior and their implications in business
· Economic and social costs of addictive behaviors
· Economic and socio-psychological determinants of e-organizations behavior
· Factors influencing preferences, judgment, choices, decisions and the way they impact consumer behavior
· Impact of new technologies on supply and demand of health and health services
· Impact of procedural rationality in decision making process
· Impact of technology diffusion on wealth, consumption and happiness
· Impact of technology implementation in “procedural rationality” risk reduction
· Individual and organizational decision making: consumption and non-consumption related factors
· Inter-temporal choices with impact on savings and investments
· Loss aversion and risk evaluation at business and organizational level
· Methodological aspects in experimental economics with applications in business
· New technologies related to consumption and environment
· Rational behavior under imperfect competition with implications at business level
· Social and psychological impact of macroeconomic policies on business and organizational behavior
· The overconsumption society: determinants and effects in the globalization age
Saving decision and its determinants: between conventional and behavioral approach
Submission
Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. The papers will be subjected to a double blind review process and, in case of acceptance, the author or one of the co-authors should be available to present the paper at the conference.
AS THE PAPERS ARE INTENTED TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF APPLIED BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, IJABE, INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS PRIOR SUBMISSION:
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Professor Dr. Elena Druica
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics
http://www.igi-global.com/ijabe
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
