Simplification and Saving
The daunting complexity of important financial decisions can lead to procrastination.
Research
“I Won’t Back Down?” Complexity and Courage in Federal Decision-Making
Senior government executives make many decisions, and not-infrequently these are difficult.
Ignorance: Lessons from the Laboratory of Literature
Traditional decision theory distinguishes between risk and uncertainty.
Why It Is Hard to Find Genes Associated with Social Science Traits: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
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Ideology, Deliberation and Persuasion within Small Groups: A Randomized Field Experiment on Fiscal Policy
This paper evaluates the dynamics of small group persuasion within a large scale randomized deliberative experiment, in particular whether persuasion in this context is driven by the ideological compo
Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of Voter Persuasion Efforts
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.
Testimonials Do Not Convert Patients From Brand to Generic Medication
Objectives: To assess whether the addition of a peer testimonial to an informational mailing increases conversion rates from brand name prescription medications to lower-cost therapeutic equivalents,
The Cost of Striking Syria: 4 Lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan
The miscalculations in Iraq and Afghanistan hang in the air as we weigh up whether to attack Syria.
Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased
Public opinion researchers, campaigns, and political scientists often rely on self-predicted vote to forecast turnout, allocate resources, and measure political engagement.
Consumers’ Misunderstanding of Health Insurance
We report results from two surveys of representative samples of Americans with private health insurance.
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