Events
CDR seminar series ONLINE: full 2020/21 Autumn listings
Full details of the seminar schedule Date Time Room Speaker Title Affiliation 7th October 14:00-15:00 online Jafar Rezaei Foundations of Best-Worst Method (an MCDM method) Delft University of Technology 21st October 14:00-15:00 online click here to book Georgios Panos Financial literacy and Attitudes to Cryptocurrencies University of Glasgow 28th October (jointly…
Financial literacy and attitudes to cryptocurrencies
CLICK HERE TO BOOK Abstract We examine the relationship between financial literacy and attitudes to cryptocurrencies, using microdata from 15 countries. Our financial-literacy proxy exerts a large negative effect on the probability of currently owning cryptocurrencies. The financially literate are also more likely to be aware, but not to intend to own cryptocurrencies. We show…
It’s Time to Cheat! (co-hosted with the Economics Research Seminar Series)
CLICK HERE TO BOOK Abstract: We run a laboratory experiment testing the correlation between time preferences and cheating at the individual level. In our experiment cheating increases the earnings of those who commit it and it only entails a moral cost for the cheater. Our hypothesis is that cheating is higher among individuals who attribute…
Brexit, Donald Trump and the Colour Red: Improbable Effects of Emotions on Decisions
Numerous laboratory studies reveal that incidental emotions produce distinct effects on risky decision-making: e.g. while fear induces risk-averse choices, anger promotes risk-seeking choices. Accordingly, if risky driving decisions cause car accidents, emotionally arousing events might influence accident rates. Noting studies showing effects on voters’ happiness for both the 2016 UK Brexit referendum and 2016 US…
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CDR, COSCR & LIDA Seminar: Kostas Nikolopoulos – We need to talk about Kevin…
Kostas Nikolopoulos, professor at Bangor Business School, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR), Centre for Operations and Supply Chain Research (COSCR), and Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) seminar.
CDR & LIDA seminar: Patrick Meyer – DESEASION: a support platform for collaborative maritime decision making
Patrick Meyer, professor at IMT Atlantique, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) and Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) co-badged seminar.
CDR & Cities Theme Seminar: Ellen Nyhus – Are there gender differences in economic socialisation?
Professor Ellen Nyhus, professor of marketing at the University of Agder, Norway and a senior researcher at Agder Research, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) and ‘Cities Theme’ co-badged seminar.
CDR Seminar & ‘Cities Theme’ Seminar: Erik Hoelzl – Consumer credit use: Automatic and controlled processes
Erik Hoelzl, Professor of Economics and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) and ‘Cities Theme’ co-badged seminar.
CDR Seminar: Renato Frey – Risk preference: Its psychometric structure, measurement, and an outlook on testing its generalizability to important life outcomes
Dr Renato Frey, researcher at the University of Basel and an SNSF Ambizione fellow, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) seminar.
CDR Seminar: Salvatore Greco – The hierarchical-SMAA-Choquet integral to construct composite indicators
Professor Salvatore Greco, from the University of Catania, will be delivering this Centre for Decision Research (CDR) seminar.
CDR Seminar: Aaron Meskin – Aesthetic Testimony: An Experimental Investigation
Aaron Meskin, Associate Professor in the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, presents this CDR seminar on experimental aesthetics.
CDR, Economics and ‘Cities Theme’ Seminar: Reto Odermatt – Know thyself? (Mis-)predicted subjective well-being following major life changes
Reto Odermatt, a visiting postdoctoral researcher, will be presenting this CDR, Economics and ‘Cities Theme’ co-badged seminar.
CDR & School of Medicine Seminar: Hilary Bekker – Making medical decisions better together: the decision scientist, the patient and the health professional
Inaugural Lecture to be given by Professor Hilary Louise Bekker, Chair of Medical Decision Making, School of Medicine – University of Leeds
CDR Seminar: Rach Lear – The art of finding redundant variation
Rach Lear, Director of Business Intelligence Global Supply Chain at Smith & Nephew, presents this CDR seminar on data analytics, otherwise known as “what you wish you’d have known before investing hundreds of hours into that analysis project”.