The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Parental involvement is correlated with student performance, though the causal relationship is less well established.
Research
The Belief in a Favorable Future
We propose that people hold a belief in a favorable future (BFF), projecting that the future will change in ways advantageous to their current interests.
The Short-Run and Long-Run Effects of Behavioral Interventions: Experimental Evidence from Energy Conservation
We document three remarkable features of the Opower program, in which social comparison-based home energy reports are repeatedly mailed to more than six million households nationwide.
The Motivating Power of Under-Confidence: “The Race is Close But We’re Losingâ€
Should political campaigns in close races communicate that they may win (over-confidence) or that they may lose (under-confidence)?
Persistence: How Treatment Effects Persist After Interventions Stop
Interventions intended to change people’s behavior are ubiquitous in modern society.
Artful Paltering: The Risks and Rewards of Using Truthful Statements to Mislead Others
To date, field experiments on campaign tactics have focused overwhelmingly on mobilization and voter turnout, with far more limited attention to persuasion and vote choice.
Variable Temptations and Black Mark Reputations
Reputations often guide sequential decisions to trust and to reward trust. We consider situations where each player is randomly matched with a partner in every period.
The Relative Weights of Direct and Indirect Experiences in the Formation of Environmental Risk Beliefs
Direct experiences, we find, influence environmental risk beliefs more than the indirect experiences derived from outcomes to others. This disparity could have a rational basis.
Why Do Some Hostages Die, and Some are Released?
This last week’s deeply contrasting stories of two New Englanders caught in the Middle East’s maelstrom of violence — the savage murder of James Foley and the joyous release from captivity of Peter Th
Can the U.S. Afford Another $3 Trillion War?
After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut off the Iraq-Afghanistan funding faucet, bring its troops home
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