Simplification and Saving
The daunting complexity of important financial decisions can lead to procrastination.
Research
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an “evaluation nudge,” in which people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their f
Agent-based Modeling of the Effects of Social Norms on Enrollment in Payments for Ecosystem Services
Conservation investments are increasingly being implemented through payments for ecosystem services (PES) for the protection and restoration of ecosystem services around the world.
Gasoline Taxes and Consumer Behavior
Gasoline taxes can be employed to correct externalities associated with automobile use, to reduce dependency on foreign oil, and to raise government revenue.
Why Bother Asking? The Limited Value of Self-Reported Vote Intention
How accurate are people when predicting whether they will vote?
Shunning Uncertainty: The Neglect of Learning Opportunities
Financial, managerial, and medical decisions often involve alternatives whose possible outcomes have uncertain probabilities.
The Dopamine Receptor D4 Gene (DRD4) and Self-Reported Risk Taking in the Economic Domain
Background: Recent evidence suggests that individual variation in risk taking is partly due to genetic factors. Methodology/Principal Findings: We explore how self-reported risk taking in different d
The Challenge of Degraded Environments: How Common Biases Impair Effective Policy
Economic activity can damage natural systems and reduce the flow of ecosystem services. The harms can be substantial, as our case studies vividly illustrate.
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions
We measure how receiving information about coworkers’ savings behavior affects recipients’ savings choices.
Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self
Three randomized experiments found that subtle linguistic cues have the power to increase voting and related behavior.
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