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…
From Internet-dating profiles to Native American folktales to the photo trickery of Hollywood gossip magazines, this volume explores…
Consistent with mental accounting, we document that investors
sometimes choose the asset allocation for one account without…
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…