In Chinese culture, the zodiac year of one’s birth is often associated with bad luck. This astrological superstition dates back more than two thousand years and is still prevalent in modern Chinese society. Using novel experimental techniques, we find evidence suggesting that people in China...

In recent years, the impacts of climate change and socioeconomic development on the water-energy-food nexus have been a hot topic. Forecasting future food and energy production and water withdrawal trends under a range of climate and socio-economic scenarios is a critical step for formulating...

Previous studies have extensively confirmed that superstition has a wide range of impacts on economically consequential decisions. The underlying mechanisms, however, remain largely unexplored. In particular, superstitions can influence either people’s endogenous risk preferences or subjective...