after a surprise, but actively acquire new information. We also show that attention to the Fed matters: a high number of …

Does attention have a causal impact on risky decisions? We address this question in a preregistered experiment in which … causal role of attention on the decision process, we manipulate for how long each outcome is presented before showing the … strongest driver of this effect. Jointly, these results support the notion that attention has a causal impact on risky choice …

Economists have become increasingly interested in using attention to explain behavioral patterns both on the micro and …-down" model of executive optimization. Others, like salience theory, assume a "bottom-up" influence where attention is driven by … contextual factors. This distinction is fundamental for the economic implications of attention, but so far there is little …

times of low media attention to politics. Based on 425 roll calls between 2005 and 2014 in the US House of Representatives … two are in conflict. Importantly, the latter effect is significantly larger when there is less attention on politics due …

titles, respectively: 'Attention Capitalism'; 'Surveillance Capitalism' and 'Sustainable Capitalism' denoting the different … venture capitalist Peter Thiel for 'Attention Capitalism', 'smart city' planner Dan Doctoroff for 'Surveillance Capitalism …

switching costs even conditional on attention explaining part of the observed choice persistence. Inattention leads to …

Retail investors pay over twice as much attention to local companies than non-local ones, based on Google searches …. News volume and volatility amplify this attention gap. Attention appears causally related to perceived proximity: first …, acquisition by a nonlocal company is associated with less attention by locals, and more by nonlocals close to the acquirer; second …