Topic: Behavioral Economics
Amateurs Struggle To Incorporate Market Signals About Pricing into Their Trades
Disregarding data, novices often sail into strong winds
All Along the Pipeline, Men Promote Men
At one bank, the cumulative effect of male bonding accounts for 39% of the gender pay gap
Advancing the Study of Using Future-Self Images to Alter Behavior
Successful projects suggest a more thorough cataloging of how “vividness” nudges can help us delay gratification
A Shocking Tale of Sovereign Default and Private Contracts Nullified
Sebastian Edwards brings to life a widely forgotten chapter of U.S. history starring FDR, his no-name economist and the demise of the gold standard
A Different Way to Evaluate Private Equity Performance
An approach tailored to investor risk appetite and more comparable to stocks
$54,000 a Year: It Feels Like More If Your Neighbors Make Less
Ricardo Perez-Truglia’s research uses relocation choices of medical residents to study feelings about relative income
Why We Think Differently About Money Than About Probabilities
Learning gradually versus all at once and how we estimate value
Proposed: Give Consumers on Amazon a Direct Line to Small Business Products
Third-party sellers would gain; consumers might pay more but increase control of products display