Richard H Thaler - Misbehaving- The Making of Behavioral Economics (epub)

IV.
WORKING WITH DANNY:
1984–85
After our year in Stanford, Amos and Danny decided to immigrate to North
America. Amos stayed on at the Stanford psychology department and Danny
moved to the psychology department at the University of British Columbia in
Vancouver. Part of the allure of UBC was that Amos and Danny would be a twohour
flight away from each other and in the same time zone. They continued to
work together, talking daily and visiting each other often.
Because we all started new jobs the same year, we were on the same
sabbatical schedule. In 1984–85 I would get my first one, and Amos and Danny
would be on leave too. Our year at Stanford had been so transformative for me
that when it came time to think about my research leave, I naturally hoped to
hook up with one or both of them. After various machinations, I ended up in
Vancouver with Danny. Amos, meanwhile, headed off to Israel.
I got an office at the UBC business school, which was a good place for me to
hang out since it had an excellent finance department and I was in the midst of
trying to learn more about that field. But the main thing I did that year was work
with Danny and his collaborator, the environmental economist Jack Knetsch,
who taught at nearby Simon Frasier University. Like the year at Stanford, this
year in Vancouver offered me the rare opportunity for full immersion in research.
Apart from the year in Stanford, it would be the most productive year of my life.