This paper examines the potential reinforcement of motivated beliefs when individuals with identical biases communicate. We propose a controlled online experiment that allows to manipulate belief biases and the communication environment. We find that communication, even among like-minded...

What should researchers do when confronted with surprising results? Financial access innovations usually leave "temptation" spending unaffected or reduced. However, we found that promotion of savings lockboxes in a largely autarkic society increased alcohol consumption and blood pressure,...

In the area of green consumption there is a gap between the environmental concern expressed by people and the actions they are prepared to take as consumers. This so-called 'green gap' phenomenon means that while consumers' environmental beliefs are stable or even intensifying, they do not...