We study how reelection concerns affect reciprocity by elected leaders to the voters who elected them. If showing … reciprocity? We present a signalling model of candidate behavior, where we show that candidates may limit intrinsic reciprocity to … for instrumental purposes. We then present an experiment that tests these ideas in the laboratory and finds support for …

lifting) matter less when individuals are more patient and altruistic, or exhibit less negative reciprocity. To account for …

.39 and 0.23 standard deviations, respectively, after four years. We also identify important gender learning gaps with boys …

We present results about the effects of observing others' choices, called observational learning, on individuals …' behavior and subjective well-being in the context of restaurant dining from a randomized natural field experiment. Our … experimental design aims to distinguish observational learning effect from saliency effect (because observing others' choices also …

investigate this claim using a simple model of Bayesian learning. Two individuals with different priors observe the same infinite … behavior in a range of circumstances. We illustrate how the type of learning outlined in this paper interacts with economic …

experiment to promote learning about COVID-19 among Mozambican adults, we study the interaction between a supply and a demand …Interventions to promote learning are often categorized into supply- and demand-side approaches. In a randomized …

Using a high-stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately … asset, his peers may also want to purchase it, both because they learn from his choice ("social learning") and because his …

Classroom peers are believed to influence learning by teaching each other, and the efficacy of this teaching likely … curriculum and the instructional behavior of teachers. To fill this gap, we conduct a laboratory experiment in which subjects …-to-peer teaching and ability tracking. While peer-to-peer teaching improves learning among low-ability subjects, the positive effects …