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Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty: When is Good News Bad?

Climate change is real and dangerous. Exactly how bad it will get, however, is uncertain.

Modeling Persuasion within Small Groups, with an Application to a Deliberative Field Experiment on U.S. Fiscal Policy

We propose a new method to measure persuasion within small groups, and apply this method to a large scale randomized deliberative experiment.

Emotion and Decision Making

A revolution in the science of emotion has emerged in recent decades, with the potential to create a paradigm shift in decision theories.

Using Research to Generate Advice for Women: Examples from Negotiation Research

Preface

When terrorists operating under the banner of the Islamic State launched their savage attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015 the world was reminded anew of just how complex a challenge this will contin

Losing Hurts: The Happiness Impact of Partisan Electoral Loss

Partisan identity shapes social, mental, economic, and physical life.

Commitment Devices: Using Initiatives to Change Behavior-Reply

Unhealthy behaviors are responsible for a large proportion of health care costs and poor health outcomes.

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.

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.

Persistence: How Treatment Effects Persist After Interventions Stop

Interventions intended to change people’s behavior are ubiquitous in modern society.