THREE ESSAYS ON BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS

The current PhD dissertation is the collection of three research articles in experimental economics. The focus of two of them is the problem of bank runs. The first paper is an experiment based on the extension of a well - known theoretical model of Diamond and Dybvig. The second paper is based on an alternative approach to the problem of bank runs, such that experimental subjects are less restricted by the theoretical assumptions and are given more freedom to behave as they do in real life. The third article is a preliminary version of the working paper that is devoted to the question of insufficient pension savings and the how pension system design may stimulate people to save more.