show that observational learning and information sharing shape consumer choices in markedly different ways. Optimal …

We propose and experimentally test two tractable methods to incentivize the elicitation of private information … incentivize the elicitation of private information using facts, when these are not verifiable, we incentivize the respondent to … reveal her perceptions about others and use that statement to predict the subject's private information. The stronger the …

provide information about other subjects' choices. There we find no false consensus effect. At an aggregate level, subjects … not provide information. …

assign parents to either an information group, who receives text messages with weekly data on their child’s attendance and …-specific information. While information has large impacts on attendance, test scores and grade promotion relative to the control group …