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Vatsal Khandelwal on Pessimistic Belief Correction and its Impact on Well-Being

38 min2 november 2023

In this episode, Shruti spoke with Vatsal Khandelwal, who is a junior research fellow at Merton College and an associate member of the Department of Economics at University of Oxford. His main research interest are development and behavioral economics, with a focus on social and economic networks.

They discussed his job market paper titled "Silent Networks: The Role of Inaccurate Beliefs in Reducing Useful Social Interactions," (coauthored with Ronak Jain). They spoke about pessimistic beliefs and their impact on individual's well-being, the methods to correct incorrect beliefs about social norms, the importance of social networks, support groups, students' expectations' impact on performance more.

Recorded September 21st, 2023.

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