Explaining Attitudes from Behavior: A Cognitive Dissonance Approach
The standard approach in positive political theory posits that action choices are the consequences of attitudes.
Research
Personalities and Public Sector Performance: Evidence from a Health Experiment in Pakistan
This paper provides evidence that the personality traits of policy actors matter for policy outcomes in the context of two large-scale experiments in Punjab, Pakistan.
Emergency Department Rapid Medical Assessment: Overall Effect and Mechanistic Considerations
Background Although the use of a physician and nurse team at triage has been shown to improve emergency department (ED) throughput, the mechanism(s) by which these improvements occur is less clear. O
The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions
Using a field experiment in a 401(k) plan, we measure the effect of disseminating information about peer behavior on savings.
Relationship of Transformational Leadership and Character with Five Organizational Outcomes
Extensive research exists linking leadership to organizational outcomes.
Grappling with Ignorance: Frameworks from Decision Theory, Lessons from Literature
Benefit-cost analysis (BCA), a discipline best known for guiding policy choices, can also guide personal decisions.
Friendship at Work: Can Peer Effects Catalyze Female Entrepreneurship?
Does the lack of peers contribute to the observed gender gap in entrepreneurial success, and is the constraint stronger for women facing more restrictive social norms?
Creating Birds of Similar Feathers: Leveraging Similarity to Improve Teacher-Student Relationships and Academic Achievement
When people perceive themselves as similar to others, greater liking and closer relationships typically result.
Why Are Indian Children So Short?
India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries.
An Extrapolative Model of House Price Dynamics
A modest approximation by homebuyers leads house prices to display three features that are present in the data but usually missing from perfectly rational models: momentum at one-year horizons, mean r
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