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The research agenda of the C-SEB<\/h1>\r\nThe research agenda of the Center for Social and Economic Behavior (C-SEB) covers three separate yet interconnected research areas: Behavioral Economic Engineering, Social and Economic Cognition and Behavioral Management Science. Each of these three fields focuses on a different aspect of human behavior and thus contributes to a comprehensive understanding of social action. \r\n\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\"C-SEB\r\n\r\nBehavioral Economic Engineering is the science of designing real-world institutions based on sound behavioral research. Actively designed economic mechanisms play an important role in modern economic life; examples include auctions, energy markets, emissions trading rules, procurement and supply chain contracts, employee compensation plans and online markets. Research on Economic Engineering is important because the institutional designs chosen affect prices, public spending, satisfaction at work, the probability of acquiring scarce resources, the degree of (dis-)trust in markets and the success of politics.\r\n\r\nSocial and economic cognition research aims at a better understanding of human thought, action and judgment in social situations by examining the underlying cognitive processes. The topics covered in this research field range from the questions of self-control to the effects of social comparisons and the dynamics of processing emotionally charged information. Research in this field is valuable because social cognition not only influences social interaction but also the way how economic decisions are made.\r\n\r\nBehavioral Management Science uses methods from microeconomics to study organizational structures and personnel decisions within and between firms. It integrates concepts from psychology, economics and operations management and utilizes economic modeling as well as laboratory experiments and field data. Understanding human behavior in organizations can help us in optimizing management decisions and organizational performance.\r\n<\/div>
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Research groups<\/h2>\r\nResearch at the C-SEB is closely linked to several collaborative research projects that focus on specific areas within the field of behavioral economics and social cognition research. These currently includes the UoC special research unit \u201cBehavioral Management Science\u201d.\r\n\r\nLearn more<\/a>\r\n\r\n\n <\/div>\r\n
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Research projects<\/h2>\r\nThe C-SEB provides funding for a large number of different research projects in the field of behavioral economics and social cognition. The thematic scope of funded projects ranges from research on self-control and self-assessment to studies about attitudes, political orientations and social behavior in organizations and groups. Most research projects have a strong interdisciplinary focus and use experiments for data collection.\r\n\r\nLearn more<\/a>\r\n\r\n\n <\/div>\r\n
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Research labs<\/h2>\r\nData for the C-SEB research projects are mostly collected through lab experiments with voluntary test persons. For that purpose, the researchers at the center have access to several well equipped laboratories with a total of 104 computerized workplaces on the campus of the UoC. During the experiments, participants are asked to solve simple decision problems or other cognitive tasks. Test persons include students of the UoC who receive either a monetary or material compensation for their participation.\r\n\r\nLearn more<\/a>\r\n\r\n\n <\/div>\r\n\n <\/div>\r\n\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\r\n
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