Beyond One-Size-Fits-All Nudges
Messages tailored to past vaccination behavior can meaningfully boost uptake for some
We Think Illegal Products Are More Effective
Because they’re harder to get, we assume they’re more potent — and thus preferable over legal ones.
Medicare’s Money-Saving Treatment Caps Leave Some Patients Behind
Paperwork issues at physical therapy providers curtail care more often for minority and low-income patients
Business Factoids Guaranteed to Impress Your Co-Workers
Investing on margin, a nudge to jump-start retirement savings, how ad agencies lost their 15% commission
Why Do Banks With Little Skin in the Game Still Monitor Borrowers?
Tax policy change triggers an incentive for lenders to be more aggressive
Institutions Make Mistakes: Which Should We Seek to Prevent; Which Ought We Fix After the Fact?
In experiments, people endorsed seemingly harsh policies — only to reverse course after the fact
Companies at Risk of an Earnings Miss Allow More Third-Party Trackers on Their Websites
Managing earnings at the cost of privacy
Vacation Mindset: How Weekends Can Be More Refreshing
Researchers told subjects to treat their weekend like a vacation, then gauged happiness on Monday
School’s in Session — Let’s Have a Quiz
L.A. gets schooled, women and their mentors, and what digital currencies might do to poorer nations
Airline Shareholders Were the Big Losers from Deregulation
Consumers, on the other hand, gained in good times and bad
Should Part-Time Californians, Avoiding the State’s Income Levy, Pay More in Property Tax?
As it stands, they’re free-riding, in effect subsidized by full-time resident taxpayers
Closely Held Political Beliefs Often Immune to Conflicting Information – Even From Trusted Sources
People say they’d change their minds, but they mostly don’t
Rapid Change Is Coming to the Service Sector
Technology and “industrialization” are reshaping services as they did manufacturing
Website Search Data Suggests Profitably Reconfiguring In-Store Product Placement
Lots of web searches for laminate flooring? Move it closer to the storefront
The Case for Field Experiments in Behavioral Research
Nudges already proven to work in the real-world increased uptake of COVID-19 boosters; nudges based on lab findings and expert insights, not so much
Streaming Platforms’ Exclusive Grip on Shows Is One of Modern Life’s Great Annoyances, But Things Could Be Worse
Absent these deals, smaller studios and streamers would suffer, TV might be less entertaining — and costlier