mlaeco

Department of Economics

Morten
Lau
Professor
,
Phd University of Copenhagen 2001


Room: POR/16.A-1.26
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E-mail: mla.eco@cbs.dk
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Presentation

I am a Professor of Experimental Economics with broad interests in Behavioral Economics. My research is mainly focused on the analysis of decision-making under risk  and uncertainty and choice over time. I was appointed Adjunct Professor at CBS in September 2011 and Professor in July 2013. Prior to joining CBS in July 2013 I was a Professor of Behavioral Finance at Durham University, UK. 

Primary research areas

Behavioral economics, experimental economics

Curriculum Vitae
Link to this homepage
www.cbs.dk/en/staff/mlaeco
Courses

Teaching: Quantitative Methods

Supervision

Lasse Jessen

Selected publications

Andersen, S., Cox, J. C., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I., Rutström, E. E. & Sadiraj, V. 2017. Asset Integration and Attitudes to Risk: Theory and Practice. Review of Economics & Statistics, forthcoming.

Andersen, S., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Rutström, E. E. 2017. Multiattribute Utility Theory, Intertemporal Utility and Correlation Aversion. International Economic Review, forthcoming.

Antoniou, C., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Read, D. 2017. Information Characteristics and Errors in Expectations: Experimental Evidence. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 52(2), 737-750.

Andersen, S., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Rutström, E. E. 2014. Discounting Behavior: A Reconsideration. European Economic Review, 71(1), 15-33.

Andersen, S., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Rutström, E. E. 2008. Lost in State Space: Are Preferences Stable? International Economic Review, 49(3), 1091-1112.

Andersen, S., Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Rutström, E. E. 2008. Eliciting Risk and Time Preferences. Econometrica 76(3): 583-619.

Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Rutström, E. E. 2007. Estimating Risk Attitudes in Denmark: A Field Experiment. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 109(2): 341-368.

Harrison, G. W., Lau, M. I. & Williams, M. B. 2002. Estimating Individual Discount Rates in Denmark: A Field Experiment. American Economic Review 92(5): 1606-1617.
Re-printed in New Developments in Experimental Economics. Carbone, E. & Starmer, C. London, UK: Edward Elgar, 2007.
 

Publications sorted by:
2023
Morten I Lau; Hong Il Yoo; Hongming Zhao / Temporal Stability of Cumulative Prospect Theory
In: Models of Risk Preferences: Descriptive and Normative Challenges. . ed. /Glenn W. Harrison; Don Ross. Leeds : Emerald Group Publishing 2023, p. 193-226 (Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 22)
Book chapter > peer review
2021
Morten Lau; Hong Il Yoo; Hongming Zhao / Temporal Stability of Cumulative Prospect Theory
WWW : SSRN: Social Science Research Network 2021, 48 p.
Working paper
2020
Glenn W. Harrison; Morten I. Lau; Hong Il Yoo / Constant Discounting, Temporal Instability and Dynamic Inconsistency in Denmark : A Longitudinal Field Experiment.
Atlanta, GA : CEAR, Georgia State University 2020, 57 p. (Working paper / Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), No. 2020-09)
Working paper
Glenn W. Harrison; Morten Lau; Hong Il Yoo / Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment
In: The Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 102, No. 3, 7.2020, p. 552-568
Journal article > peer review
Glenn W. Harrison; Morten Lau; Don Ross / The Risk of Gambling Problems in the General Population : A Reconsideration.
In: Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol. 36, No. 4, 12.2020, p. 1133-1159
Journal article > peer review
2019
Glenn W. Harrison; Morten Lau; Hong Il Yoo / Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2019, 52 p. (Working Paper / Department of Economics. Copenhagen Business School, No. 2-2019)
Working paper
2018
Steffen Andersen; James C. Cox; Glenn W. Harrison; Morten Lau; E. Elisabet Rutström; Vjollca Sadiraj / Asset Integration and Attitudes toward Risk : Theory and Evidence.
In: Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 100, No. 5, 12.2018, p. 816-830
Journal article > peer review
Aleksandr Alekseev; Glenn W. Harrison; Morten Lau; Don Ross / Deciphering the Noise : The Welfare Costs of Noisy Behavior.
Atlanta : CEAR, Georgia State University 2018, 48 p. (Working paper / Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), No. 2018-01)
Working paper
Glenn W. Harrison; Lasse J. Jessen; Morten Lau; Don Ross / Disordered Gambling Prevalence : Methodological Innovations in a General Danish Population Survey.
In: Journal of Gambling Studies, Vol. 34, No. 1, 2018, p. 225-253
Journal article > peer review
George Ainslie; Glenn W. Harrison; Morten I. Lau; Don Ross / Do People Bundle Sequences of Choices? : An Experimental Investigation.
Atlanta : CEAR, Georgia State University 2018, 107 p. (Working paper / Center for Economic Analysis of Risk (CEAR), No. 2018-04)
Working paper
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Academic Interests

Econometric Society American Economic Association Economic Science Association American Risk and Insurance Association Royal Economic Society

Research Projects
Outside activities

Professor, part-time, Department of Economics and Finance, Durham University Business School, Durham University, UK, 2013 - 

Member, Business and Economics Panel, Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF), New Zealand Tertiary Education Committee, 2018 - 2019