This paper proposes an approach that demands fewer data to estimate the effect of social interaction on stock market participation. Using data available publicly, we construct a sequence of measures of aggregated stock returns that are based on the same stock returns information and embed social...

Will individuals, especially high-risk individuals, avoid a disease test because of information avoidance? We conduct a field experiment to investigate this issue. We vary the price of a diabetes test (price experiment) and offer both a diabetes test and a cancer test (disease experiment) after...