The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions
We measure how receiving information about coworkers’ savings behavior affects recipients’ savings choices.
Research
Motivating Voter Turnout by Invoking the Self
Three randomized experiments found that subtle linguistic cues have the power to increase voting and related behavior.
Individual Differences in Need for Cognition and Decision-Making Competence among Leaders
When making decisions, people sometimes deviate from normative standards. While such deviations may appear to be alarmingly common, examining individual differences may reveal a more nuanced picture.
The "CAPS" Prediction System and Stock Market Returns
We study the predictive power of approximately 2.5 million stock picks submitted by individual users to the “CAPS” website run by the Motley Fool company (www.caps.fool.com).
The Behavior of Savings and Asset Prices When Preferences and Beliefs are Heterogeneous
Movements in asset prices are a major risk confronting individuals. This paper establishes new asset pricing results when agents differ in risk preference, time preference and/or expectations.
Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience
Dale and Strauss’s (DS) noticeable reminder theory (NRT) of voter mobilization posits that mobilization efforts that are highly noticeable and salient to potential voters, even if impersonal, can be s
Using Implementation Intentions Prompts to Enhance Influenza Vaccination Rates
We evaluate the results of a field experiment designed to measure the effect of prompts to form implementation intentions on realized behavioral outcomes.
The Availability and Utilization of 401(k) Loans
We document the loan provisions in 401(k) savings plans and how participants use 401(k) loans.
The Methodology of Normative Policy Analysis
Policy analyses frequently clash.
The Artful Dodger: Answering the Wrong Question the Right Way
What happens when speakers try to “dodge” a question they would rather not answer by answering a different question?
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