Privacy law relies on the argument that consent does not entail any relevant impediments for the liberty of the consenting individual. Challenging this argument, we experimentally investigate whether consent to the publication of personal information in cyberspace entails self-coercion on a...

The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) required individuals to provide a great deal of personal information in order to participate and remain in the United States legally; could information in the same system now be used for deportations? More broadly, how should systems of...

This paper attempts to uncover a puzzle: although the traditional levers for strong privacy protection are present in Chile – a history of dictatorship, an information technology revolution, and strong trade with the European Union – its data protection laws are in fact very weak. What...

We identify an important feature of current digital governance systems: "third-party funded digital barter": consumers of digital services get many digital services for free (or under- priced) and in return have personal information about themselves collected for free. In addition, the digital...

The behavioral relevance of non-binding default options is well established. While most research has focused on decision makers' responses to a given default, we argue that this individual decision making perspective is incomplete. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of the foundation of...

During Covid-19, decision makers realized the stressing need to transform their businesses in challenging setups characterized by urgency and need of rapid innovation and adaptation. Moreover, and specifically in emerging markets, leaders face challenges that are paradoxical in nature; those...

The behavioral relevance of non-binding defaults is well established. While most research has focused on decision makers’ responses to a given default, we argue that this individual decision making perspective is incomplete. Instead, a comprehensive understanding of default effects requires to...