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Gergely Hajdu
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Behavioral economist at Vienna University of Economics and Business
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New working paper alert: we provide a model of post-hoc rationalizations, driven by motives of (self-)esteem. We show how this can lead to groupthink, polarization, and a preference for echo chambers.

www.ifo.de/sites/defaul...
May 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Excited to (finally) share I’m joining Masaryk University in Brno for a postdoc --- no teaching, more time for research 🙌 Looking forward to my time there with a great group! I’ll be around for ESA Europe 2025 too --- last day to submit: esa2025.econ.muni.cz Come say hi in Brno! #ESAEurope
2025 European Meeting of the Economic Science Association in Brno, Czech Republic | 2025 ESA European Meeting
Join the European Meeting of the Economic Science Association 2025 at Masaryk University.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I have a postdoc position in Behavioral/Experimental Economics available for 6 years, at the oldest university in Germany in beautiful Heidelberg. Please forward to anyone who might be interested!

#EconJobs #AcademicJobs #HigherEd #Economics #JobAlert
March 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.
Trump has not uttered a critical word about Putin but he and his VP publicly belittled the leader of the nation Putin invaded.
February 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨 New publication alert!

✈️ Does waiting make us less honest?

🧐 In our study, participants waited—some in the lab, some at an airport. Once their wait was over, we tested their honesty.

👉Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👂Listen to NotebookLM: tinyurl.com/3ncynv5s

#jebo #econsky
Lengthy waiting corrupts, especially when unexpected
Results of two studies demonstrate that long and unexpected waits adversely shape moral behavior. In Study 1, passengers who had just joined the check…
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February 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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⏳ We’ve all experienced the frustration of waiting—whether at a border crossing, waiting for an exam to start, or stuck in line for concert tickets. But when those waits stretch on unexpectedly, could they influence the moral decisions we make afterward? 🤔 Our research explores this question.
January 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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⏳ Final Call: Submit your Paper or Extended Abstract for the 1st Berlin Micro Theory & Behavioral Economics PhD Conference!
❗️Deadline: Jan 20

📅July 7–9, 2025
📍 WZB Berlin (@wzb.bsky.social)
🔹 Keynotes by Dorothea Kübler & Paul Heidhues
✔️ Free, with accommodation!
🔗 www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...
January 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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📢 Call for papers #YEM2025
📅 May 22-23 2025 in Brno, Czech Republic
🗒️Topics: Applied Empirical Research, Labor Economics, Experimental Economics and Behavioral Theory
👥Keynotes: @dkuebler.bsky.social @neumarkecon.bsky.social
✅Submit paper by Feb 17
ℹ️Details: yem.econ.muni.cz
YEM 2025 | YEM: Young Economists' Meeting
YEM: Young Economists' Meeting in Brno, Czech Republic
yem.econ.muni.cz
December 19, 2024 at 5:49 PM
🚀 I am on the #EconJobMarket!

📜 In my JMP, I study how choosing a product shapes beliefs about product qualities, using a novel experimental design.

🌐 To read about this project or my work on Choice-induced Sticky Learning and more, visit: sites.google.com/view/gergely...
Gergely Hajdu
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December 13, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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Totally agree with @shengwuli.bsky.social.
The broader point is that I think we need to directly address the elephant in the room: the *huge* impact of context--i.e., seemingly irrelevant factors--on choice and beliefs.

🧵 on the behavioral economics of context, with some new data at the end.
November 29, 2024 at 11:37 PM