Martijn J. van den Assem
@mjvandenassem.bsky.social
Professor of (Behavioral) Finance, interested in Judgment and Decision Making. Associate editor for JEBO. Founder and organizer of the Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) series.
My longtime co-author Dennie van Dolder recently recorded a podcast about our research into giving behavior (for which we used a Dutch TV show). A great listen—highly recommended!
Last week, I recorded a live podcast in Munich (yes, with real humans, not AI) about our research on giving behaviour, using a Dutch TV show where people donate to those in financial need. 🎙️
Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
Listen here: pod.link/1536444695
July 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
My longtime co-author Dennie van Dolder recently recorded a podcast about our research into giving behavior (for which we used a Dutch TV show). A great listen—highly recommended!
Reposted by Martijn J. van den Assem
Presenting our work using Dutch TV show data to study altruistic motives all the way in Beijing at Peking University. A great group to visit.
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
May 31, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Presenting our work using Dutch TV show data to study altruistic motives all the way in Beijing at Peking University. A great group to visit.
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
The paper can be downloaded here: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Are you a research master student who’s interested in blending behavioral, micro, and financial economics for your dissertation? I rarely share vacancies, but this one’s genuinely worth checking out.
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
Vacancy — PhD position on Risk Preferences
Are you a motivated student interested in doing research in financial economics? The Finance department at the faculty of SBE, VU Amsterdam seeks a PhD candidate for a 3-year full-time position (10% t...
workingat.vu.nl
April 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Are you a research master student who’s interested in blending behavioral, micro, and financial economics for your dissertation? I rarely share vacancies, but this one’s genuinely worth checking out.
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
🥂 New working paper! 🍾
“Follow the fast: A simple algorithm for extracting wisdom from crowds”
Summarizing thread by one of my coauthors below 👇
“Follow the fast: A simple algorithm for extracting wisdom from crowds”
Summarizing thread by one of my coauthors below 👇
Back on socials to promote, what else for.
We have a new pre-print where we show a simple strategy to identify accurate responses from crowds of responses: follow the fastest responder. We find this both for general knowledge qs as well as medical diagnoses.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We have a new pre-print where we show a simple strategy to identify accurate responses from crowds of responses: follow the fastest responder. We find this both for general knowledge qs as well as medical diagnoses.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Follow the fast: A simple algorithm for extracting wisdom from crowds
Crowdsourcing a solution to an open-ended question often results in a wide range of answers. A challenge then is to identify the correct or most accurate answer
papers.ssrn.com
September 26, 2024 at 11:51 AM
🥂 New working paper! 🍾
“Follow the fast: A simple algorithm for extracting wisdom from crowds”
Summarizing thread by one of my coauthors below 👇
“Follow the fast: A simple algorithm for extracting wisdom from crowds”
Summarizing thread by one of my coauthors below 👇
Final Call RBFC Registration
We have a few spots left for attending the fifth Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) in Amsterdam on October 17 & 18
Visit rbfc.eu for an overview of the 135 presenters and their talks, including keynotes by Camelia Kuhnen, David Laibson, and Kelly Shue.
We have a few spots left for attending the fifth Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) in Amsterdam on October 17 & 18
Visit rbfc.eu for an overview of the 135 presenters and their talks, including keynotes by Camelia Kuhnen, David Laibson, and Kelly Shue.
September 23, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Final Call RBFC Registration
We have a few spots left for attending the fifth Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) in Amsterdam on October 17 & 18
Visit rbfc.eu for an overview of the 135 presenters and their talks, including keynotes by Camelia Kuhnen, David Laibson, and Kelly Shue.
We have a few spots left for attending the fifth Research in Behavioral Finance Conference (RBFC) in Amsterdam on October 17 & 18
Visit rbfc.eu for an overview of the 135 presenters and their talks, including keynotes by Camelia Kuhnen, David Laibson, and Kelly Shue.
AMAZING how realistic this AI-generated podcast sounds, and how well and accessibly they discuss the content of our new paper.
Want to hear about our new paper, Impact or Responsibility? Giving Behavior in a Televized Natural Experiment?
Great! You can listen to an AI-generated podcast below #EconSky 📉📈
Great! You can listen to an AI-generated podcast below #EconSky 📉📈
Impact or responsibility
YouTube video by dvdolder
youtu.be
September 20, 2024 at 9:42 AM
AMAZING how realistic this AI-generated podcast sounds, and how well and accessibly they discuss the content of our new paper.
Reposted by Martijn J. van den Assem
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
September 11, 2024 at 8:15 PM
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
Reposted by Martijn J. van den Assem
🚨 Now that we're all moving here, I'd like to share a recent working paper with @gmelios.bsky.social: Religion, Identity, and Preferences! 🚨
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
September 16, 2024 at 12:11 PM
🚨 Now that we're all moving here, I'd like to share a recent working paper with @gmelios.bsky.social: Religion, Identity, and Preferences! 🚨
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
Want to find out how religiosity causally affects policy preferences and gender norms? A 🧵
#econsky #polisky
Perfect summary of our new game show paper 👇
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
What motivates people to help others? Are they utilitarian like Mill and Bentham, or do they care about equity and desert, like Aristotle and Locke? We use a Dutch TV show to answer this question!
Paper available here: t.co/THSMqeHy7o
Thread below 🧵👇
#econtwitter
September 12, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Perfect summary of our new game show paper 👇