Bias in the evaluation of workplace misbehavior is hotly debated in courts and corporations, but it has received little empirical attention…
Book Abstract: Decision making is a critical element in the field of medicine that can lead to life-or-death outcomes, yet it is an element…
Consistent with mental accounting, we document that investors
sometimes choose the asset allocation for one account without…
From Internet-dating profiles to Native American folktales to the photo trickery of Hollywood gossip magazines, this volume explores…
We show that individual investors over-extrapolate from their personal experience when making savings decisions. Investors who experience…
We evaluate why individuals invest in high-fee index funds. In our experiments, subjects each allocate $10,000 across four S&P 500…
Defaults often have a large influence on consumer decisions. We identify an overlooked but practical alternative to defaults: requiring…
Decades of
racial progress have led some researchers and policymakers to doubt
that discrimination remains an important cause of…
Book abstract: Analytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important social…