This paper experimentally studies the role of associative memory for belief formation. Realworld information signals … stylized version of models of associative memory in the literature, we develop a simple and tightly controlled experimental … our setup, we further provide direct causal evidence for the role of memory in belief formation and overreaction. Finally …

valuable they are for freeing up memory resources. Second, stated adherence is increased by pure reminders and reminders …. Using a structural model, we show that heterogeneity in memory costs (or, equivalently, annoyance costs) is crucial for …

accumulated information, and that the information type - story versus statistic - is a central determinant of selective memory. In … with a model of similarity and interference in memory, prompting contextual associations with statistics improves recall. A …

Procrastination is often attributed to time-inconsistent preferences but may also arise when individuals derive … motivated memory, such that procrastination may persist even if uncertainty is eventually resolved. …

the costs and benefits of transmitting different kinds of information. Instead, it results from memory constraints during …

' preferences and the size of government. We devise a series of representative survey experiments in Germany that randomly provide … specific education reforms. Preferences on spending across education levels are also malleable to information. …

conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors …. Preferences were heterogeneous, ranging from deontological to strongly consequentialist; the median respondent would support …

We consider the evolution of preferences when trade occurs between two countries. We show that if one country is much … larger than the other, its preferences can eventually take over the preferences of the second country. This result may … agreements. We also show that when the sensitivity of preferences to the relative price is high, the distribution of preferences …

phenomenon across the globe. Upward-biased perceptions are associated with lower preferences for redistribution and have direct … redistribution preferences, is independent of socio-demographic characteristics, robust to measurement errors in social surveys, and … occurs similary when we change the underlying micro data or examine party preferences. …