A charity’s mission is not only to raise money, but also disperse it to those in need. Given the general aversion to seeking help observed in past research, there is reason to believe this is a non-trivial challenge. This research considers whether one widely used and well-researched tactic to...

Human rights are inextricable from the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As the UN Office of the High Commission states, “Human rights are essential to achieving sustainable development that leaves no one behind and are central to all its three dimensions – social,...

In the last two years, consumers have experienced massive changes in consumption - whether due to shifts in habits; the changing information landscape; challenges to their identity, or new economic experiences of scarcity or abundance. What can we expect from these experiences? How are the...

Two experiments show that eliciting taxpayer preferences on government spending—providing taxpayer agency--increases tax compliance. We first create an income and taxation environment in a laboratory setting to test for compliance with a lab tax. Allowing a treatment group to express...

Two experiments show that eliciting taxpayer preferences on government spending—providing taxpayer agency--increases tax compliance. We first create an income and taxation environment in a laboratory setting to test for compliance with a lab tax. Allowing a treatment group to express...