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…
Using the most comprehensive developing country dataset ever compiled on air and water pollution and environmental regulations, the paper…
Unequality: Who Gets What and Why it Matters, Michael I. Norton, October 2014, Paper, Who should get what, and what are the…
Dynamic Loss Aversion, Growth, and Development, Michael Kremer, October 2014,Paper, We build a prospect-theoretic model to explain…
Tax Morale, Monica Singhal, October 2014, Paper, There is an apparent disconnect between much of the academic literature on tax compliance…
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Extracting with Purpose: Creating Shared Value in the Oil and Gas and Mining Sectors’ Companies and Communities, Shared Value…
Tax Farming Redux: Experimental Evidence on Performance Pay for Tax Collectors. Asim Ijaz Khwaja, October 1, 2014, Paper. "…
Consumption Commitments and Habit Formation, Raj Chetty, October 2014, Paper, "Many households have consumption commitments such as housing…
International Trade, Multinational Activity, and Corporate Finance. C. Fritz Foley, October 2014, Paper, "Recent research brings unique…