The Graduate School of Economics is pleased to announce that a Special Seminar will be held on May 13, and May 16, 2026 by Professor Sebastien Duchene, MBS School of Business. This seminar focuses on using experimental methods in finance to uncover the behavioral economic foundations underlying sustainable investment decisions and to provide concrete insights for policy and financial intermediation.<\/p>\n
Profile of Professor Sebastien Duchene<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n This session will provide an overview of key empirical findings from experimental approaches in finance, highlighting how controlled settings allow us to identify behavioral mechanisms\u2014such as risk preferences, belief formation, and social preferences\u2014that are difficult to isolate using observational data. It will establish the conceptual foundations for the second session.<\/p>\n Following the lecture, Office hour will be held in a discussion session format to facilitate discussion with participants.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n This session will build on these mechanisms and examine how they operate in the context of sustainable investment. I will present evidence from my research (including SRC\u2013SRI complementarity, the risk\u2013return\u2013impact trade-off, and experimental designs with real externalities), combining experimental and administrative data, and discuss implications for policy and financial intermediation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
\nDate:\u00a0 May 13, 2026 (Wed.)\u00a0 13:10 – 14:50
\nVenue: Bldg. No. 7<\/a>, 3F Room 310, Waseda Campus, Waseda University<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n
\nDate: May 16, 2026 (Sat.)\u00a0 13:10 – 14:50
\nVenue: Bldg. No. 3<\/a>, 6F Room 605,<\/strong>\u00a0Waseda Campus, Waseda University
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\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nTitle:\u00a0 Experimental Foundations of Sustainable Finance<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Session 1: “What Experiments Reveal About Behavior in Financial Decision-Making”<\/b><\/h4>\n
Session 2: “Behavioral Foundations of Sustainable Finance”<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n