Mancur Olson offered us big thoughts on big subjects. Today, he might well attack the problem
of climate change and the current failure of…
Gender bias in the evaluation of job candidates has been demonstrated in business, government, and academia, yet little is known about how…
We study approximately 5.0 million stock picks submitted by individual users to the “CAPS” website run by the Motley Fool company (www.caps…
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If individuals have self-control problems, they may take up commitment
contracts that restrict their spending. We experimentally…
We analyze a T-period, bilateral matching economy without monetary transfers.
Under natural restrictions on agents’ preferences, which…
We examine a dynamic, multi-period, bilateral matching market, such as a labor market where workers are long-lived and production occurs…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) balances risks and benefits before approving pharmaceuticals. But powerful behavioral biases that…
Once treated as the absence of knowledge, ignorance today has become a highly influential topic in its own right, commanding growing…
Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings. Low-saving…
Benefit-cost analysis (BCA), a discipline best known for guiding policy choices, can also guide personal decisions. In either application,…