. -- malaria ; bed nets ; indoor residual spray ; information ; beliefs ; behavior ; crowding out ; health ; developing countries … malaria more salient, leading to a change in beliefs about its importance and to an increase in private health investments … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …

effects. Findings suggest that consumers demand information from experts according to the trade-offs they face when making …

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future … structure of information. Using a novel and purposefully simple set-up, we experimentally analyze preferences for information … along four dimensions. We find evidence that the majority of subjects prefers receiving information sooner. This preference …

goals, highlighting biased beliefs regarding own preferences as a relevant mechanism in the prediction errors. …

We provide a framework to disentangle preferences and beliefs in health behavior and apply it to lockdown compliance in … preferences and beliefs explain compliance differences by gender, only preferences drive differences by vulnerability. When others … vulnerables more. When a public figure breaches the rules, opponents comply less. Heterogenous beliefs, preferences, and responses …

This paper investigates the role of biased health perceptions as driving forces of risky health behavior. We define …, people (wrongly) believe they are healthy enough to "afford" unhealthy behavior. Finally, using three population surveys, we …

Superstition is a widespread phenomenon. We empirically examine its impact on health-related behavior and health … bad outcomes, we observe substantial adaptions in health-related behavior. Our identification exploits idiosyncratic …

information. Lock-downs entail a political cost that helps explain why democracies may adopt epidemiologically suboptimal policies. …