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The Los Angeles Behavioral Economics Laboratory (#LABEL) is a research center dedicated to experimental research on #decisionmaking.

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🎓 LABEL Training Program🌟

Meet Alvin Reyes and Sarah Higashio Gocsei, members of our 2026–2027. They are part of the group "The Economics of Aging".

#StudentSpotlight #PoliticalBehavior #ResearchTraining #LABEL #USC

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🎓 LABEL ECON 693 Seminar Series!

Yesterday, we welcomed Elena Asparouhova (University of Utah) and Sean Crockett (Chapman University) for engaging discussions on AI in portfolio choice and risk and growth in experimental asset markets.

Thank you to both speakers!

#AI #USC

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🎓 Welcome to LABEL, Óscar De los Reyes Marín!

Our new Research Associate is a PhD candidate at Rey Juan Carlos University, studying behavioral economics, game theory, and AI.

We look forward to working with you, Óscar!

#BehavioralEconomics #LABEL #USC

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🎓 LABEL Student Spotlight 🌟

Meet Ariel Ganelis and Yuxin Gu! They join our 2026–2027 Training Program to explore political behavior and democratic institutions.

#StudentSpotlight #LABEL #USC

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🎓 Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ned Augenblick (UC Berkeley) for a discussion on how people form beliefs about a complex world.

🌟 Thank you to our speaker and to everyone who joined us for the seminar!

#BehavioralEconomics #LABEL #USC

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📰 A look back at our last newsletter!

Here’s a glimpse inside the issue. Swipe through the screenshots, then read the full newsletter here: https://t.co/rqaMQdnlZr

#Psychology #BehavioralEconomics #Research #USC

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🎓 2026–2027 LABEL Training Program!

We are delighted to welcome 17 talented students this academic year.

Throughout the program, students will gain hands-on exposure to behavioral economics and the research process.

#StudentResearch #ResearchTraining #Education #LABEL #USC

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🌟 Meet Arnav Gupta, one of our LABEL summer students!
We’re happy to have him as part of the LABEL community! 🌱

#LABEL #USC #BehavioralEconomics #StudentResearch #SummerResearch

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🎓 We kicked off the ECON 693 Seminar with Itiel Dror and a fascinating discussion on cognitive bias and expert decision-making.

Even experts are not immune to the influence of context. “The most consistent finding in forensic science is inconsistency.”

#Economics #USC #LABEL

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🌱 A new academic year, a new beginning.

New ideas, new questions, new discoveries, and new possibilities ahead.

The LABEL Team wishes everyone a wonderful academic year. May this be your best year yet! 🌅

#NewAcademicYear #NewBeginnings #LABEL #BehavioralEconomics #USC

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🇲🇬 More than 600 university students participated in one of the first experimental sessions at MABEL.
Through an interactive protest experiment, we study how people coordinate, react to inequality, and make collective decisions under uncertainty.
🌍Decisions. Policy. Madagascar.

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🌍 An idea in 2022 has now become reality.
We are proud to introduce MABEL, the University Magis Behavioral Lab in Madagascar, developed in collaboration with LABEL and Loyola Behavioral Lab.

📊 MABEL aims to contribute to better public policy and sustainable development.
#MABEL

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🎓 LABEL Behavioral Lab: Experiments with Kids

Our team ran a Contagion Experiment with 3rd & 4th graders at Lycée International de Los Angeles 👧👦

Studying strategic behavior, contagion and cognition.
Amazing engagement from the students!
#BehavioralEconomics #LABEL

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Link for the full post: https://t.co/4lv6ogcoEY

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Today at the LABEL ECON 693 Seminar 🎓
Aldo Rustichini (University of Minnesota): Nature, Nurture and Markets
Daniel Benjamin (UCLA) : Adjusting for Heterogeneity in the Use of Subjective Scales

Thank you to our speakers and to everyone who joined us!
#genetics #Economía #USC

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Final session completed! 📊

We wrapped up the Contagion Network Experiment at the Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA) 🎓

Thanks to the students, faculty, and staff for their enthusiasm and collaboration throughout the project! ✨
#Networks #LABEL #USC

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🎓 LABEL ECON 693

Last week, we welcomed Jason Somerville (UC Santa Barbara) presenting “Understanding Performance Declines.”

A fascinating discussion on cognitive effort and optimization failures.

#usc #DecisionMaking #Economics #SantaBarbara

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🔬 Contagion Experiment at the Lycée International de Los Angeles (LILA)

Dynamic networks. Strategic decisions. Real-time social exposure.

Grateful for the engagement and collaboration throughout the sessions.

#ExperimentalEconomics #BehavioralScience #LABEL

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🔬 Pilot complete!

We successfully ran the pilot of our Contagion Network Experiment, studying decision-making under social exposure and dynamic risk.

Full data collection coming soon 🚀

#BehavioralEconomics #ExperimentalEconomics

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🎓 LABEL ECON 693 Seminar!
We were delighted to welcome𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗿 (𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆) for a talk on:
Title: “𝘊𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘸 𝘚𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢 𝘣𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥? 𝘈𝘯 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”