form motivated beliefs in order to improve their subjective anticipation of the future political outcome. In equilibrium … evidence produces a temporary polarization of beliefs, but that disclosing unequivocal information eliminates the disagreement. …

can be incorporated into a standard utility framework, and demonstrate the potential interaction of beliefs and utility …

This paper presents an experiment on a coordination game with extrinsic random signals, in which we systematically vary …

experiment compares one-shot and indefinite horizon versions of random-proposer majority bargaining (the Baron-Ferejohn game …

laboratory experiment. As predicted, if unanimity is required, subjects are more truthful, respond more to others' messages, and …

Using a randomized information experiment embedded in a representative survey, we study households' economic …

when individuals derive anticipatory utility from holding motivated, overly optimistic beliefs about the workload they need … longitudinal experiment over four weeks, individuals have to complete a cumbersome task of unknown length. They are exposed to … for motivated reasoning allows workers to hold substantially more optimistic beliefs and identify a causal link between …

in an experiment. Our data show that indeed, strengthening weaker contestants through tie-breaks and bid …