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We review the emerging literature on information acquisition in field settings. We first document an increase in studies on information acquisition and review relevant studies in different subfields of economics, including macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, health economics, and...
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experts. Moreover, narratives about the drivers of the inflation increase are strongly correlated with beliefs about its …
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Workers wrongly anchor their beliefs about outside options on their current wage. In particular, low-paid workers … underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany … particularly pronounced among workers in low-wage firms. If workers had correct beliefs, at least 10% of jobs, concentrated in low …
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heterogeneous across the population. Individual beliefs about social norms, economic preferences such as patience and altruism, as …
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affects therapy demand by changing beliefs rather than by shifting attention. Our results suggest that information …
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We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs …
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How does a citizen's decision to participate in political activism depend on the participation of others? We conduct a nation-wide natural field experiment in collaboration with a major European party during a recent national election. In a party survey, we randomly provide canvassers with true...
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In this article, we review the economics literature on the motivated recall of information. Summarizing both theoretical and empirical work, we highlight key results this literature has produced. We also discuss methodological issues when studying motivated memory. We conclude by highlighting...
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the prevalence of their own values and preferences when forming beliefs about others' values and preferences, depends on … the salience of own preferences. We manipulate salience by varying the order of elicitation of preferences and beliefs …
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We examine how beliefs about the debt-to-GDP ratio affect people's attitudes towards government spending and taxation …
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