~World Leading Economist Lectures Series~

Public Lecture by Professor John A. LIST

Topic: “Using Field Experiments to Make the World a Better Place”

Abstract: Professor List uses field experiments to learn about the economics of life and to improve people's outcomes.  He has generated data that has provided insights into many subsets of microeconomics including pricing behavior, discrimination in the marketplace, the valuation of non-marketed goods and services, public good provisioning, behavioral anomalies, charitable giving, auction theory, and the role of the market in the development of rationality.  In this lecture, he will focus on how to use field experiments to make the world a better place through a wide range of issues, including charitable giving, education, lowering inequality and helping organizations as varied as Uber, Lyft and the UK government.