Economic Theory

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The Economic Theory Group's main activity is the organisation and running of the Economic Theory Seminars, which are held weekly during term-time.

Researchers from around the world present papers in this internationally recognised series. Topics discussed include decision theory, mechanism design, behavioural economics, political economy and game theory. The programme also runs: a PhD workshop in which students' papers are presented and discussed; and a weekly reading group for faculty and students.

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Social Media and Political Polarisation

Gilat Levy and Ronnie Razin report on several studies that focus on the implications of "correlation neglect", the propensity to treat information sources as if they are (conditionally) independent. They discuss the relation between correlation neglect and polarisation in opinions and party platforms. Read more...

Misspecified Politics and the Recurrence of Populism

Gilat Levy presents her paper, co-authored with Ronny Razin and Alwyn Young, in the webinar series from the CEPR Political Economy group, the Research Policy Networks on Populism and on Conflict. View video...

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Choice with Endogenous Categorization

Andrew Ellis and Yusufcan Masatlioglu propose and axiomatize the categorical thinking model (CTM) in which the framing of the decision problem affects how agents categorize alternatives, that in turn affects their evaluation of it. Read more...

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Director

Francesco Nava

Francesco Nava is Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics and director of the Economic Theory programme hosted by STICERD. He is the MSc Programmes Director at the LSE Department of Economics and Academic Director of the University of London EMFSS (Economics, Management, Finance and the Social Sciences) Programmes.