Behavioral economics

Academic discipline

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2024 Duke University completes a three-year confidential investigation, concluding that the honesty-pledge paper's data was falsified but finding no evidence that Ariely knowingly used fake data.
March 27 2024 Daniel Kahneman passed away three weeks after celebrating his 90th birthday.
February 27 2024 Announced receiving tenure at Harvard University.
2023 Co-authored two book chapters in the Handbook of Alternative Data in Finance, Volume I: 'ESG Controversies and Stock Returns' and 'Defining Market States with Media Sentiment'.
2023 Kahneman was presented with the Helen Dinerman Award from the World Association for Public Opinion Research.
2023 Li gave an interview to the New York Times, claiming he fears arrest if he returns to Singapore and that his parents would also be at risk.
2023 Promoted to associate professor at Harvard University and received a Sloan Research Fellowship.
September 25 2023 The NBC television series The Irrational, inspired by Ariely's book Predictably Irrational, premieres.
January 5 2023 Passed away, concluding a distinguished career of significant contributions to economics, behavioral science, and social theory.
2022 Ariely contributed to the Hebrew television series 'Why Like This? Lama Kacha' broadcast on Kan 11, providing accessible explanations of complex scientific concepts about human behavior.
2022 Contributed a chapter on Media Sentiment Momentum in the Handbook of Alternative Data in Finance, Volume I.
November 2022 Featured in an Israeli TV investigative show Hamakor that questioned the reliability of several of his studies, including the disputed 'Ten Commandments' study.
September 2022 Ends writing the 'Ask Ariely' advice column in The Wall Street Journal.
2021 Kahneman co-authored a book titled 'Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment' with Olivier Sibony and Cass Sunstein.
July 2021 A 2012 research paper co-authored by Ariely was discovered to be based on falsified data and was retracted.
2020 Kahneman began living in New York City with Barbara Tversky, the widow of his long-time collaborator, Amos Tversky.
2020 Li resolved the contempt of court case by paying a fine of S$15,000, while maintaining he did not commit any crimes.
2019 Ariely appeared in 'The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley', a documentary tracking the rise and fall of Theranos.
2019
Behavioral strategy
Hambrick and Crossland proposed alternative conceptualizations of behavioral strategy, including small, middle, and large tent conceptions, further refining the field's definition and scope.
2019 He received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.
2018
Behavioral strategy
Posen et al. conducted a survey on problemistic search, contributing to the academic understanding of behavioral strategy.
2018 Daniel Kahneman's wife, cognitive psychologist and Royal Society Fellow Anne Treisman, passed away.
2018 Became an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University.
December 2018 Kahneman was named a Gold Medal Honoree by The National Institute of Social Sciences.
2017 Li made a private Facebook post criticizing Singapore's legal system, which led to the Attorney-General's Chambers suing him for contempt of court.
2016 Published multiple book chapters in the Handbook of Sentiment Analysis in Finance, including 'The Psychology of Markets', 'Currency Sentiment Analysis', and 'Predicting Global Economic Activity with Media Analytics'.
2016 Graduated with a PhD in economics from Stanford University, completing dissertation 'Essays in Theoretical and Behavioral Economics'.
2016 Joined Harvard Society of Fellows as a Junior Fellow.
2015 Co-produces the documentary (Dis)Honesty: The Truth About Lies.
2015 Ariely contributed to the documentary 'Boom Bust Boom' about economic crashes.
2015 The Economist listed Daniel Kahneman as the seventh most influential economist in the world.
2015 After Lee Kuan Yew's death, a family dispute began between Li's uncle Lee Hsien Loong and his father Lee Hsien Yang over the fate of 38 Oxley Road.
2014 Authored the 'Neurofinance' chapter in the Behavioral Finance book edited by Baker and Ricciardi, published by John Wiley & Sons.
2013 He was awarded the SAGE-CASBS Award for Social Science.
2013 Kahneman received the McGovern Award in Science from the Cosmos Club.
August 8 2013 President Barack Obama announced that Daniel Kahneman would be a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
2012
Behavioral strategy
Gavetti, Levinthal, Greve, & Ocasio conducted a survey of theorizing related to the behavioral theory of the firm, expanding the field's scholarly exploration.
2012
Behavioral strategy
Rindova et al. contributed to defining the field of behavioral strategy, further developing its theoretical framework.
2012 He was accepted as a corresponding academician at the Real Academia EspaƱola in Economic and Financial Sciences.
2012 Won the HWS Round Robin debating championship.
June 2012 Begins writing the 'Ask Ariely' advice column in The Wall Street Journal.
2011 Dan Ariely worked on the documentary 'The Flaw', which investigates the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, explaining scientific data on human behavior, motivation, and decision-making.
2011 Co-authored 'A Cooperative Species: Human Reciprocity and its Evolution' with Samuel Bowles, published by Princeton University Press.
2011
Behavioral strategy
Powell et al. made an attempt to define the field of behavioral strategy, contributing to its academic understanding and conceptualization.
2011 His book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for Current Interest.
2011 Kahneman's book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow,' which summarizes much of his research, was published and became a best seller. Additionally, he was named one of the top global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine.
2011 He became a Distinguished Fellow of The American Economic Association.
2011 'Thinking, Fast and Slow' also won the National Academy of Sciences Communication Award for the best book published in 2011.
2011 He received an honorary degree from Carnegie-Mellon University.
2011 Obtained a Master of Philosophy degree in economics from the University of Oxford.

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