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 …

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 …

coalitions in different institutions and compares those to a voluntary contribution mechanism. The experiment confirms the rather … smallest common denominator being binding. The experiment thereby shows that the acceptance of institutions depends on how …

, especially when large donor pools show substantial heterogeneities. We use an online natural field experiment with over 700 …

This study develops theory and conducts an experiment to provide an understanding of why people initially give to …

This study develops theory and uses a door-to-door fundraising field experiment to explore the economics of charity. We …