Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics
Maxwell Auditorium
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Christine Jolls (Yale University) will deliver the third annual Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics, titled "Lawmaking in a Behavioral
Economics World: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Present and Future." For more information and to RSVP, please visit https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/volcker/.