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update their beliefs about the probability of being audited, both before and after audits are definitely withdrawn.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 …

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 …

We examine rational learning among expert chess players and how they update their beliefs in repeated games with the …

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

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

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how locus of control operates through people's preferences and beliefs to … of control and beliefs about the return to effort. We find that internal locus of control is linked to the preference for …

the social problem, correct misaligned beliefs about others' willingness to act, or both. Participants are then cross … the three forms of activism. Providing information and correcting downward biased beliefs about others increases petition …

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