The Granada Lab of Behavioral Economics and the Department of Economics, Universidad de Granada, organize the SABE Conference, 2012.

The SABE Conference aims at providing a forum for economists, psychologists and other academics to discuss and debate their latest research in a welcoming scholarly environment. Papers may be related to any area of behavioral economics and/or economic psychology. Theoretical, empirical and experimental contributions are welcome.

The SABE Conference 2012 will have four outstanding keynote speakers:

• James Andreoni (University of California, San Diego) "Herbert Simon Lecturer"
• Rosemarie Nagel (U. Pompeu Fabra)
• Jordi Brandts (U. Autónoma de Barcelona)
• Oscar Volij (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)

Local Committee:

Pablo Brañas-Garza, Nikolaos Georgantzís, Natalia Jimenez (Chair of the local Committee), Melanie Parravano, Levent Neyse, Teresa García, Elena Molis and Filippos Exadaktylos

Important dates:

• Submission Start Date: December 05, 2011
• Submission End Date: March 11, 2012
• Decision Notification Date: March 31, 2012
• Early Registration Deadline: May 25, 2012
• Late Registration Deadline: July 6, 2012
• Opening Lecture and Reception: July 12
• Sessions Start: July 13
• Conference Ends: July 15

Scientific Committee

Morris Altman, Victoria University Wellington	Carmen Herrero, Universidad de Alicante
Gerrit Antonides, Wageningen University	Louis Lévy-Garboua, University of Paris I
Ofer Azar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	Mark Pingle, University of Nevada Reno
Antoni Bosch, BGSE & Universitat Pompeu Fabra	Jean-Robert Tyran, University of Vienna
Maria Paz Espinosa, Bridge & Universidad del Pais Vasco	Amparo Urbano, ERICES & Universidad de Valencia
Aurora García Gallego, LEE & Universitá Jaume I

Program topics and committee

C. Quintana, U. Alicante (Anthropometrics and Obesity)	M. Bucheli, La República Uruguay (Generosity and Dictator Giving)
J. Penalva, U. Carlos III (Banking and Financial Markets)	S. Oreffice, U. Alicante (Gender Economics)
J. Kovárík, Bridge & U. País Vasco (Beliefs Formation and Elicitation)	P. Triunfo, La República Uruguay (Health Economics)
P. Perakakis, LEE & U. Jaume I (Cognition and Economic Behavior)	M. Pavan, LEE & U. Jaume I (Household Economics)
L. Miller, Bridge & U. País Vasco (Culture, Conflict and Leadership)	J. Benito, U. Pública Navarra (Incentives)
C. Ballester, U. Alicante (Experimental Game Theory)	J. Lacomba, GLOBE: U. de Granada (Labor Economics)
P. Hernández, ERI-CES & U. Valencia (Economic Theory)	R. Hernán-González, ESI-Chapman (Management)
V. Ateca, U. País Vasco (Economics of Time Use)	E. Molís, GLOBE: U. de Granada (Matching and Networks)
D. Pascual, U. Complutense Madrid (Emotions)	G. Coricelli, U. Southern California (Neuroeconomics)
R. Cobo-Reyes, GLOBE: U. de Granada (Field Experiments)	I. Barreda, LEE & U. Jaume I (Uncertain and intertemporal choices)
P. Úbeda, Bridge & U. País Vasco (Fairness, Reciprocity and Cooperation)	M. Rossi, La República Uruguay (Well-being and Happiness)

Our conference will be held at a beautiful newly-built Abades Nevada Palace ****S hotel, located in the south part of the city with frontal views to Sierra Nevada.

Our multifunctional hotel counts on a wide range of services focused on businesses or all type of event:

• High food and beverage quality
• Convention Centre
• Multi-functional rooms with avant-garde technology
• Spa: Health, beauty and gym area
• Outdoor swimming pool
• Lounge Bar
• Wi-fi System
• Private car parking

There are a limited number of rooms with a substantial discount for participants. Single room fare (70€/night) includes buffet breakfast, wi-fi and taxes. (Another 10€ for an extra person). To make a reservation, please fill in the accommodation form and send by mail or fax to the hotel.

Click here to download the accommodation form pdf or docx.

Tourism information:

If you want more information about Granada, there are some link very completely:

Granada area

Granada city

Discover Andalusia

Granada – Jaén Airport is located 17 km. away from Granada, in the motorway to Sevilla/Málaga (A-92). The Airport’s phone numbers are: +34 958 245 200/ 23 and +34 902 400 500. From the airport there are two ways of arriving to the city:

-Bus: Departs every 30 mints from the bus stop at the airport, with several stops at the city (tf.: 958 49 01 64 ); The single ticket costs 3 € and it takes 30 min to arrive to the city centre. Stops: Aeropuerto, Caleta, Avda. Constitución, Gran Vía, P. Congresos.

-Taxi: the cost to the town centre is around 30 €. Taxi: Tele Taxi: 958 28 06 54 / Radio Taxi: 958 13 23 23

Granada Train station is located in the town centre in Avenida de los Andaluces. To book a ticket, or plan your trip, please cheek: RENFE.

No matter from where are you coming (Madrid->Jaén, in the north; Málaga/Sevilla ->Loja, in the west; Valencia/Almería -> Guadix, in the east), it is recomended to take the motorway that rounds the city by the south (to Motril – La Alhambra – Sierra Nevada), and then choose the entry to the city: Zaidin-Vergeles.

Preliminar program: click HERE

The program will include the following social events:

• July 12^nd: Opening Lecture and Welcome reception
• July 14^th: Conference Dinner
• July 15^th: Alhambra Guided Visit

The visit to the Alhambra Palace is planned at the afternoon, 18.30hrs under Patronato de la Alhambra confirmation. This takes around three hours.

In order to submit a paper, you will need to create an account. After you have created the account and you have logged in, you can submit your paper and you can register for the conference.

Submission: The deadline for submitting papers is on the 11^th of March. Authors shall send EITHER an extended abstract (max. 1000 words) OR THE full paper in a pdf file. AT LEAST ONE JEL code IS NECESSARY.

A scientific committee will evaluate the submissions and will notify the results by the 31^st of March.

Registration: Please observe that registration fee includes:

• Conference meals, coffee-breaks, free wifi
• Social events: welcome cocktail reception, the conference dinner and a guided visit to the Alhambra. Note: Those not interested in visiting the Alhambra may ask for a reduction of 25€ in the fee.
• SABE membership for 2013
• Taxes

Fees are:

Refund Policy:

• Cancelation before June 1st, the full amount will be refunded
• Cancelation before June 29th, 50% will be refunded
• Cancelation from June 30th the amount paid will not be refunded