Michael Thaler is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at University College London (UCL) since 2022. Prior to joining UCL, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University. He holds a PhD in Business Economics from Harvard University. He is also an Affiliate at CESifo. Among his editorial activities, he is an Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association.

His research is in behavioural economics, experimental economics, and political economy. He is particularly interested in belief updating, communication, and political polarization.

Michael Thaler’s website

He will present a paper, joint with Mattie Toma, and Victor Yaneng Wang, at our next Departmental Seminar on the topic:

Numbers Tell, Words Sell (read paper)

The next Departmental Seminar will host Imran RASUL (UCL) on September 29th.