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Charlie Sprenger is a behavioral experimental economist with research focuses on intertemporal decision making and decision making under uncertainty. He designs experiments to test how people behave when faced with decisions, such as food choices and the implementation of vaccination programs. His experiments have shown that standard economic models of behavior are consistent with how people act in real-life scenarios. Sprenger has contributed significantly to the field of Behavioral Economics, particularly in understanding influences on intertemporal and risky choices, and he has served as an executive officer and professor at Caltech since 2020. He has also held positions on editorial boards for notable economic journals and has been involved in initiatives aimed at addressing procrastination among vaccine workers in Pakistan.
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