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

Los Angeles
Joined December 2020
๐ŸŽ“ Welcome to LABEL, ร“scar De los Reyes Marรญn! 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, ร“scar! #BehavioralEconomics #LABEL #USC
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๐ŸŽ“ LABEL Student Spotlight ๐ŸŒŸ Meet Ariel Ganelis and Yuxin Gu! They join our 2026โ€“2027 Training Program to explore political behavior and democratic institutions. #StudentSpotlight #LABEL #USC
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๐ŸŽ“ Today, we had the pleasure of welcoming Ned Augenblick (UC Berkeley) for a discussion on how people form beliefs about a complex world. ๐ŸŒŸ Thank you to our speaker and to everyone who joined us for the seminar! #BehavioralEconomics #LABEL #USC
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๐Ÿ“ฐ A look back at our last newsletter! Hereโ€™s a glimpse inside the issue. Swipe through the screenshots, then read the full newsletter here: lnkd.in/gbWMqRGg #Psychology #BehavioralEconomics #Research #USC
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๐ŸŽ“ 2026โ€“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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๐ŸŒŸ Meet Arnav Gupta, one of our LABEL summer students! Weโ€™re happy to have him as part of the LABEL community! ๐ŸŒฑ #LABEL #USC #BehavioralEconomics #StudentResearch #SummerResearch
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๐ŸŽ“ 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. โ€œThe most consistent finding in forensic science is inconsistency.โ€ #Economics #USC #LABEL
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๐ŸŒฑ 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! ๐ŸŒ… #NewAcademicYear #NewBeginnings #LABEL #BehavioralEconomics #USC
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๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ 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. ๐ŸŒDecisions. Policy. Madagascar.
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๐ŸŒ 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. ๐Ÿ“Š MABEL aims to contribute to better public policy and sustainable development. #MABEL
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๐ŸŽ“ LABEL Behavioral Lab: Experiments with Kids Our team ran a Contagion Experiment with 3rd & 4th graders at Lycรฉe International de Los Angeles ๐Ÿ‘ง๐Ÿ‘ฆ Studying strategic behavior, contagion and cognition. Amazing engagement from the students! #BehavioralEconomics #LABEL
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Today at the LABEL ECON 693 Seminar ๐ŸŽ“ 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 #Economรญa #USC
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Final session completed! ๐Ÿ“Š We wrapped up the Contagion Network Experiment at the Lycรฉe International de Los Angeles (LILA) ๐ŸŽ“ Thanks to the students, faculty, and staff for their enthusiasm and collaboration throughout the project! โœจ #Networks #LABEL #USC
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๐ŸŽ“ LABEL ECON 693 Last week, we welcomed Jason Somerville (UC Santa Barbara) presenting โ€œUnderstanding Performance Declines.โ€ A fascinating discussion on cognitive effort and optimization failures. #usc #DecisionMaking #Economics #SantaBarbara
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๐Ÿ”ฌ Contagion Experiment at the Lycรฉe 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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๐Ÿ”ฌ 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 ๐Ÿš€ #BehavioralEconomics #ExperimentalEconomics
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๐ŸŽ“ LABEL ECON 693 Seminar! We were delighted to welcome๐—ข๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†) for a talk on: Title: โ€œ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ? ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.โ€
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๐ŸŽ“ We kicked off the LABEL Seminar Series with two outstanding talks! Ignacio Esponda (UC Santa Barbara): Forecast Errors and Forecast Sufficiency Under Ambiguity Alejandro Martรญnez Marquina (USC Marshall): Space Exploration ๐ŸŒŸThank you to our speakers and everyone who joined us
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๐Ÿš€ Spring semester has begun! Classes are back, projects are launching, our Seminar starts on Thu Jan 22 with Esponda (UCSB) & Martinez Marquina (USC) join us in person or online at 2pm and 3:15pm. ๐Ÿ“ Kaprielian Hall 319 | Zoom: usc.zoom.us/j/3923012329 โœจ Happy New Year !
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