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In this note, we provide evidence that motivated reasoning can be a source of discriminatory beliefs. We employ a …
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affects therapy demand by changing beliefs rather than by shifting attention. Our results suggest that information …
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price growth, which supports the view that credit-induced house price shocks are amplified by beliefs. …
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' successes. In our model, both the agent's information and his beliefs are multi-dimensional, allowing us to study interactions … settings. Third, the agent's beliefs are subject to "bias substitution," whereby forces that decrease his bias regarding one … multi-dimensional beliefs possible, we develop tools for studying learning under high-dimensional misspecified models. …
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We review the emerging literature on information acquisition in field settings. We first document an increase in studies on information acquisition and review relevant studies in different subfields of economics, including macroeconomics, political economy, labor economics, health economics, and...
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experts. Moreover, narratives about the drivers of the inflation increase are strongly correlated with beliefs about its …
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Workers wrongly anchor their beliefs about outside options on their current wage. In particular, low-paid workers … underestimate wages elsewhere. We document this anchoring bias by eliciting workers' beliefs in a representative survey in Germany … particularly pronounced among workers in low-wage firms. If workers had correct beliefs, at least 10% of jobs, concentrated in low …
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We study the long-run effects of contact with individuals from other regions in early adulthood on preferences, beliefs …
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How does a citizen's decision to participate in political activism depend on the participation of others? We conduct a nation-wide natural field experiment in collaboration with a major European party during a recent national election. In a party survey, we randomly provide canvassers with true...
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We examine how beliefs about the debt-to-GDP ratio affect people's attitudes towards government spending and taxation …
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