Twelve years ago we stumbled into a war in Iraq with little thought as to how much it would cost or how we might pay for it. Trillions of…
We propose that people hold a belief in a favorable future (BFF), projecting that the future will change in ways advantageous to their…
We document three remarkable features of the Opower program, in which social comparison-based home energy reports are repeatedly mailed to…
Interventions intended to change people’s behavior are ubiquitous in modern society. Some interventions produce changes in behavior that…
Should political campaigns in close races communicate that they may win (over-confidence) or that they may lose (under-confidence)? In six…
To date, field experiments on campaign tactics have focused overwhelmingly on mobilization and voter turnout, with far more limited…
Reputations often guide sequential decisions to trust and to reward trust. We consider situations where each player is randomly matched…
Women and Leadership in Higher Education is the first volume in a new series of books (Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice…
Direct experiences, we find, influence environmental risk beliefs more than the indirect experiences derived from outcomes to others. This…
Nonprofit charities and foundations hold endowments and many other kinds of investments. How do these investments perform? Some high-…