Behavioral economics characterizes decision-makers using psychologically-informed models. Cognitive science produces psychologically-informed models. Why don't these disciplines talk more? Here, I present several arguments for why cognitive science should inform behavioral economics — it...

Consumers are often skeptical about purchasing foreign products and many voters are resistant to economic globalization. To better understand the factors underlying these trends, we consider consumers' intuitive understanding of international trade. We find that consumers are intuitive...

We often make decisions with incomplete knowledge of their consequences. Might people nonetheless expect others to make optimal choices, despite this ignorance? Here, we show that people are sensitive to moral optimality: that people hold moral agents accountable depending on whether they make...