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

Joined December 2020
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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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Wonderful visit at the LABEL Lab today! ๐ŸŽ“๐Ÿ”ฌ Great having students from the Lycรฉe International de Los Angeles join us for a hands-on experiment and a look into our research projects. Loved their curiosity and questions! โœจ
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25 Nov 2025
Our November 2025 Newsletter is out!!! Take a look at what weโ€™ve been working on these past few months: new team members, future summer school and upcoming projects at LABEL... Read the full update here: label-laboratory.org/newsletโ€ฆ #BehavioralEconomics #ExperimentalEconomics
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21 Nov 2025
๐ŸŽ“ Final LABEL ECON 693 Seminar of the semester! Kathleen Ngangoue (UCLA) on AI and access to expert advice, and Alex Imas (UChicago) on attention, memory & model misspecification. ๐ŸŒŸ Thanks to all speakers and attendees for an amazing semester! #BehavioralEcon #AIEconomics
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18 Nov 2025
Welcome, Audrey Bousselin! โœจ Weโ€™re delighted to have her join us as a Research Associate. Audreyโ€™s work focuses on family economics, education, and child well-being with deep expertise in early childhood and large-scale child surveys. Happy to have her on board!
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14 Nov 2025
๐ŸŽ“ LABEL Seminar Series We hosted Xin Jiang (USC) for her seminar โ€œPinocchioโ€™s Clock.โ€ She shows that longer response times signal higher chances of deception, yet receivers often overtrust slow messages. ๐Ÿ‘‰ More events: lnkd.in/ggn7TMtr
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Last week at USC ๐ŸŽ“ โ€ข Catherine Eckel (Texas A&M University): The Evolution of Preferences through the University Years, Altruism and Risk Preferences. โ€ข Erik Kimbrough (Chapman University): Focal Norms. Part of our LABEL Seminar Series. #BehavioralScience #ExperimentalEcon
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๐ŸŒŸ Alumni Spotlight: Sacha Bazzal From LABEL to London! She holds an MSc in Social Cognition from UCL, where she studied how rewards shape behavior and decision-making. We were happy to have her visit LABEL for lunch last week! #BehavioralScience #LABELalumni
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31 Oct 2025
USC-LABEL presented at the 2025 LAX Conference at UCLA Anderson ๐ŸŽ“ Monica Vasco: How Adolescents Coordinate Dynamically in Network Games Malala Rajaona: Not Being Involved: Re-examining the Trolley Dilemma Across the World Thanks to the organizers for an inspiring event!
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