We examine whether the desire for more information is people's dominant motive for reading economic and political news … experimentally vary people's beliefs about the informativeness of news. Inconsistent with the desire for more information being the … information reduce their demand for news from this newspaper. Furthermore, treated respondents who think that a news outlet is …

Information provision experiments have become pivotal in understanding how beliefs influence human behavior in various … social science contexts. These experiments, which manipulate the information sets available to respondents, enable the … methodologies for measuring and updating beliefs, designing effective information treatments, and addressing experimenter demand …

information intervention leads to a reduction in the demand for psychotherapy. A mechanism experiment reveals that this … information increases optimism about future mental health, thereby reducing the perceived need for therapy. …

information intervention leads to a reduction in the demand for psychotherapy. A mechanism experiment reveals that this … information increases optimism about future mental health, thereby reducing the perceived need for therapy. …

information intervention leads to a reduction in the demand for psychotherapy. A mechanism experiment reveals that this … information increases optimism about future mental health, thereby reducing the perceived need for therapy. …

We examine whether the desire for more information is people's dominant motive for reading economic and political news … experimentally vary people's beliefs about the informativeness of news. Inconsistent with the desire for more information being the … information reduce their demand for news from this newspaper. Furthermore, treated respondents who think that a news outlet is …

respondents with information about the debt-to-GDP ratio in the US. Based on a total of more than 4,000 respondents, we find that …