We formalize a noted [Guryan et al., 2009] but unexplored source of bias in peer effect estimation, arising because … the bias in a test of random peer assignment. We demonstrate that, when estimating endogenous peer effects, the negative … exclusion bias dominates the positive reflection bias when the true peer effect is small. We discuss conditions under which …

neural responses to the pertinent prospects when they are not engaged in actual decision making. The ability to make such …

observable exogenous causes. We explore an alternative approach that generates predictions based on relationships across decision … experiment, we find that this method yields accurate estimates of price sensitivities for a collection of products under …

We conduct a laboratory experiment to study a decentralized market where goods are differentiated and evaluations are …

-in-the-field experiment to study information sharing through mobile phone messages. Subjects are rural households in Mozambique who have …

We conduct two lab experiments and one field experiment to investigate demand for consumption agency in married couples …

experiment, face-to-face communication with a randomly assigned peer significantly improves the quality of private decisions … transmits financial decision-making skills most effectively when peers are equally uninformed, rather than when an informed … decision maker teaches an uninformed peer. Qualitative analysis of subjects' discussions supports this interpretation. The …

versus equal outcomes). In a laboratory experiment, the most common behavioral pattern is for subjects to select the ex ante …