This week lunch meeting will be held on Wednesday 12.30pm for 1.00pm at the..MTX John Halbert Room, L3 Eastern Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide

Please book on our website by Monday September 14 12am to secure your place! Welcome Desk payment by Card only!

Guest Speaker Professor Ralph Bayer

Why share houses are almost always dirty - The economics of cooperation

Intro: Why share houses are almost always dirty – It’s not just a question keeping students’ mothers awake at night, but also one that scientists and researchers have studied to better understand economic and social behaviour. Professor Ralph Bayer will illuminate what makes people willingly cooperate, even in situations where economic theory predicts they should not. What’s more, he will show how that knowledge could provide stronger and less costly incentives for action than traditional rewards, regulation or taxes.

Bio: Ralph Bayer studied economics, political science, and social psychology at the Universities of Cologne and Bonn before he received his PhD from the London School of Economics. In 2002, he moved to Australia to start his academic career at the School of Economics at the University of Adelaide. There he established the Adelaide Laboratory for Experimental Economics (AdLab), which he still leads. His work applies behavioural and experimental economics methods and game theory in fields such as public economics, political economy, industrial organisation and housing.  Ralph publishes in leading international journals and has won prestigious grants from organisations such as the Australian Research Council or the IOC. Ralph has also served in advisory roles for the UK and the South Australian government.

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Please note the venue - MTX John Halbert Room, L3 Eastern Stand, Adelaide Oval, War Memorial Drive, North Adelaide