bequests. This leads us to explore the role of beliefs, financial literacy and portfolio decisions in explaining this genetic … gradient in wealth.We show that individuals with lower genetic scores are more prone to reporting "extreme beliefs" (e …

update their beliefs about the probability of being audited, both before and after audits are definitely withdrawn. We find … that when individuals have initially experienced systematic audits, they decrease both their beliefs and their … irregular, they maintain high beliefs about the probability of being audited and continue cooperating long after audits have …

Beliefs are a central determinant of behavior. Recent models assume that beliefs about or the anticipation of future …

, imagination and independence in children) to five different measures of religiosity, including beliefs and attendance. We control …

heterogeneous across the population. Individual beliefs about social norms, economic preferences such as patience and altruism, as …

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

A large literature studies subjective beliefs about economic facts using unincentivized survey questions. We devise … beliefs about average earnings by professional degree and average public school spending. Incentive provision does not impact … earnings beliefs, but improves school-spending beliefs. Response patterns suggest that the latter effect likely reflects …