Stefano DellaVigna | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

behavioral economics, applied microeconomics, behavioral finance, media economics

Research Description

Stefano DellaVigna (2002 Ph.D., Harvard) specializes in Behavioral Economics and is the co-director of the Initiative in Behavioral Economics and Finance. He has been an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow (2008-10) and is a Distinguished Teaching Award winner (2008). He is a co-editor of the American Economic Review (AER) as well as of the first volume of the Handbook of Behavioral Economics. His recent work has focused on (i) the ability of experts (and non-experts) to forecast the results of research studies; (ii) the design of model-based field experiments, including analyzing the role of gift exchange, and (iii) the study of scientific journals.

In the News

aerial view of Berkeley Haas School of Business

Berkeley Haas Launches O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics To Lead the Next Generation of Research

Established with a philanthropic investment of almost $17 million, the Haas School of Business is launching the Robert G. and Sue Douthit O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics to advance the field toward its next stage of evolution.

Rucker Johnson, Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Stefano DellaVigna, Stephen Hinshaw, Tyrone Hayes and R. Jay Wallace have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Six faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Six UC Berkeley faculty members and top scholars have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), a 241-year-old organization honoring the country’s most accomplished artists, scholars, scientists and leaders who help solve the world’s most urgent challenges.

French economist Thomas Piketty’s talk on inequality draws overflow crowd

French economist Thomas Piketty, gave a talk at UC Berkeley on inequality this week. Piketty's work traces rising global income and wealth inequality – often conducted with UC Berkeley economics professor and MacArthur Foundation Fellow Emmanuel Saez.

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