Background: Snacks, stress, and parties all contribute to the weight gain – the elusive “Freshman 15” – that some college-goers unfortunately experience. This report examines how ala cart snack choice changes on a university campus during each progressing week of the academic calendar....

Incentive mechanisms are important attributes to financial decision-making. A framed field experiment was conducted to test loan decision behaviors. It showed that lenders' risk-aversion and behavioral responses resulted in credit rationing under certain incentive schemes. In the experiment,...

On whom do food safety announcements have the least impact? Building on research on cognitive dissonance and confirmatory bias, this study shows that consumers tend to inadequately process (food safety) information, pay limited attention to signals, and make purchase decisions that are biased...