Persistence: How Treatment Effects Persist After Interventions Stop
Interventions intended to change people’s behavior are ubiquitous in modern society.
Research
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
“Tell It Like It Is": Groupthink, Decisiveness, and Decision-Making Among U.S. Federal Subcabinet Executives
Senior government executives make many decisions, not-infrequently difficult ones. Cognitive limitations and biases preclude individuals from making fully value-maximizing choices.
“I Won’t Back Down?”: Complexity and Courage in U.S. Federal Executive Decision-Making
Senior government executives make many difficult decisions, but research suggests that individual cognitive limitations and the pathologies of “groupthink” impede their ability to make value-maximizin
What Makes Annuitization More Appealing?
We conduct and analyze two large surveys of hypothetical annuitization choices.
Applying Insights from Behavioral Economics to Policy Design
The premise of this article is that an understanding of psychology and other social science disciplines can inform the effectiveness of the economic tools traditionally deployed in carrying out the fu
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