The 6th Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics will be held at the School of Economics and Management in Lund, Sweden, 28-29 October 2011. The conference is organized by the Arne Ryde Foundation in cooperation with the Department of Economics, Lund University.

The scientific program consists of two keynote lectures and of presentations of contributed papers.

Keynote speakers

Professor Steffen Huck, University College London

Professor Botond Koszegi, University of California at Berkeley

For previous Nordic Conferences on Behavioral and Experimental Economics, click here.

Call for papers

l Researchers within the broad field of behavioral and experimental economics are encouraged to submit their work. Researchers from the Nordic countries are especially encouraged to participate, although we welcome submissions from around the world.

To submit, click on "Submit Application" in the left panel and fill in the form. Thus, as you will see, applications take the form of (extended) abstracts.

The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2011.
Notification of acceptance will be given by September 1, 2011.

l Those interested in taking part without presenting a paper should apply to the organizers by September 20, 2011, providing contact information and affiliation, by mailing to:

nordicexper11@nek.lu.se

Payments

l There is no conference fee.
Participants are expected to pay for their accommodation and travel costs.
Food and drinks at the reception, two lunches, coffee at breaks, and the conference dinner will be paid for by the Arne Ryde Foundation.

l A limited fund for accommodation and travel grants is available to participants who lack other funding. In particular, PhD-students presenting papers can expect to receive support. Participants who wish to apply for funds should inform the local organizers when submitting papers or applications for participation.

To and from Lund

Participants are expected to make their own travel and hotel arrangements. Unless otherwise notified, the organizers expect participants to arrive in Lund in the evening Thursday 27 October or early in the morning the day after: The conference starts at 09.30 on Friday 28 October. Participants are expected to depart no earlier than in the late afternoon Saturday 29.

For advice on how to get to Lund by plane, click here.

Accommodation

The organizers have blockbooked 44 rooms at two hotels between Thursday 27 and Saturday 29 October. The rooms are available till mid-September. The prices of the rooms range from about 1175 SEK to about 1645 SEK per night for a single room.

For further information concerning accommodation, click here.

Venue

The conference will take place at the School of Economics and Management at Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
The street address to the main entrance is: Tycho Brahes väg 1

For a map of Lund with the School, the railway station, the cathedral, and some of the hotels marked, click here.

Format

The keynote lectures will be given in plenum.

The rooms are equipped to handle most forms of presentation.

The conference language is English.

Guidelines for parallel sessions:
Each presenter has 20 minutes to present his/her paper and an additional five minutes for discussion.
The last presenter in each session is chairperson.