Tecnológico de Monterrey BEER Lab

Conference · October 28, 2026

JBEE-LACEA BRAIN-Tec Workshop: Behavioral and Experimental Economics in Latin America

The Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, LACEA BRAIN, and BEER Lab will bring the academic community together on October 28, 2026, to discuss behavioral and experimental economics research in Latin America.

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A contemporary university conference room prepared for a workshop, with tables, chairs, a screen showing abstract charts, and an urban view framed by mountains.
A setting prepared for the exchange of behavioral and experimental economics research in Latin America.

October 28

The conference will take place during a single day in Mexico City.

Regional agenda

The program will focus on behavioral and experimental research connected to Latin America.

Three institutions

JBEE, LACEA BRAIN, and BEER Lab are convening the meeting jointly.

A regional gathering in late October

The workshop will take place on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at the School of Government and Public Transformation, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico City campus. The one-day, in-person meeting will focus on behavioral and experimental economics in Latin America.

The Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, LACEA's Behavioral Insights Network, and the Behavioral and Experimental Economics Research Lab at Tecnológico de Monterrey are organizing the meeting jointly.

Research and collaboration in Latin America

The program will bring together frontier research conducted in Latin America or by Latin American scholars. The meeting is designed to support academic exchange and strengthen regional research networks.

The workshop will also share further details about a forthcoming special issue on economic experiments in Latin America, planned by the Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics for the end of 2026.

Academic organizers

The organizing and editorial team includes Pablo Brañas, Universidad Loyola Andalucía and Editor-in-Chief of JBEE; Alexander Elbittar, CIDE; Hernan Bejarano, CIDE; Stanislao Maldonado, Tecnológico de Monterrey; César Mantilla, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana; and Lina Moros, Universidad de los Andes.

Official source: lacea.org (retrieved September 28, 2026).

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