When making decisions, people sometimes deviate from normative standards. While such deviations may appear to be alarmingly common,…
Whatever late compromise is finally agreed upon in the U.S. debt ceiling debate, the most difficult hurdles for any deficit-reduction…
We study the predictive power of approximately 2.5 million stock picks submitted by individual users to the “CAPS” website run by the…
Movements in asset prices are a major risk confronting individuals. This paper establishes new asset pricing results when agents differ in…
Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience
Dale and Strauss’s (DS) noticeable reminder theory (NRT) of voter mobilization posits that mobilization efforts that are highly noticeable…
Dear Director,
Congratulations! You and your team have been entrusted with the task of shaping and enforcing regulations for the consumer…
The Handbook on the Economics of Conflict conveys how economics can contribute to the understanding of conflict in its various dimensions…
Chairman Akaka, Ranking Member Johnson, and Members of the Subcommittee:
I am honored to be here before you today. My name is David…
We document the loan provisions in 401(k) savings plans and how participants use 401(k) loans. Although only about 22% of savings plan…