It is not always easy to make what is seen to be the right choice – choosing an apple over a bar of chocolate, or paying money into a…
Policy analyses frequently clash. Their disagreements stem from many sources, such as models, empirical estimates, values, who should have…
Individuals differ significantly in their willingness to take risks, partly due to genetic differences. We explore how risk taking behavior…
To trust is to risk. When we lend someone money, we make ourselves vulnerable, hoping or expecting that the borrower will reward our trust…
We use a rich dataset of weekly cigarette sales to examine how consumers adapt their behavior before and after excise tax increases -…
Humans naturally dispose of objects that disgust them. Is this phenomenon so deeply embedded
that even incidental disgust – i.e., where the…
Why is private investment so low in Gulf compared to Western countries? We investigate cross-regional differences in trust and reference…
Online labor markets have great potential as platforms for conducting experiments, as they provide immediate access to a large and diverse…
We study the diffusion of hybrid vehicles among consumers. Using data on sales of 11 different models over seven years, we identify the…
Individuals differ significantly in their willingness to take risks. Such differences may stem, at least in part, from individual…