Cognition
and Decision Lab
AFFILIATED FACULTY
Michael Woodford
John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Endogenous Allocation of Attention, Dynamic Models of Evidence Accumulation and Choice, Statistical Inference as a Source of Behavioral Biases
Mark Dean
Associate Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Areas of Interest: Neuroscience and Economics, Microeconomic Theory, Behavioral Economics, Experimental
Hassan Afrouzi
Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University
Areas of interest: Expectation Formation, Endogenous Allocation of Attention, and the Macroeconomic Implications of Imperfect Information
AFFILIATED RESEARCHERS
Arthur Prat-Carrabin
Post Doctoral Research Scholar
Brandon Ashinoff
Post Doctoral Research Scholar
Ph.D. STUDENTS
Guy Aridor
PhD Candidate, Economics
Bruno de Albuquerque Furtado
PhD Candidate, Economics
Teresa Esteban-Casanelles
PhD Candidate, Economics (Joining J-Pal Governance Initiative in Fall 2021)
Duarte Goncalves
PhD Candidate, Economics (Joining UCL, Economics in Fall 2021)
Silvio Ravaioli
PhD Candidate, Economics
Dilip Ravindran
PhD Candidate, Economics
Susannah Scanlan
PhD Candidate, Economics
Edward Shore
PhD Candidate, Economics
Yeji Sung
PhD Candidate, Economics
Alumni
Former Post Doctoral Research Scholars
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Mel Win Khaw
Post Doctoral Fellow at Duke University
Former Ph.D. Students
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Evan Friedman
2020 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: University of Essex -
Han Huynh
2020 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: Bates White -
RC Lim
2020 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: Antai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University -
Oskar Zorrilla
2019 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: United States Naval Academy -
Nate Neligh
2018 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: Post Doctoral Fellow at Chapman University -
Ambuj Dewan
2017 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Southern California -
Valentin Somma
2017 Ph.D. in Economics. Placement: Boston Consulting Group -
Pablo Egana del Sol
2016 Ph.D. in Sustainable Development. Placement: Post Doctoral Fellow at MIT
Former Undergraduate Students
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Justinas Grigaitis
School of General Studies 2019. Placement: NERA Economic Consulting -
Ziang Li
Visiting Student 2016-2017; Pre-doctoral Researcher 2017-2018. Placement: Ph.D. program at Princeton University -
Shambhavi Tiwari
Columbia College 2018. Placement: Pre-Doctoral program at Stanford University -
Luis Sanchez
Columbia College 2017. Placement: Ph.D. program at Cornell University -
Adriano Fernandes
Columbia College 2016. Placement: Ph.D. program at Harvard University -
Omeed Maghzian
Columbia College 2016. Placement: Ph.D. program at Harvard University