Browsing HKS Faculty Scholarship by Keyword "behavioral economics"

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    • $100 Bills on the Sidewalk: Violations of No-Arbitrage in 401(k) Accounts 

      Choi, James J.; Laibson, David I.; Madrian, Brigitte (MIT Press, 2011)
      We identify employees at seven companies whose 401(k) investment choices are dominated because they are contributing less than the employer matching contribution threshold despite being vested in their match and being able ...

    • Behavioral Economics Perspective on Public Sector Pension Plans 

      Beshears, John Leonard; Choi, James J.; Laibson, David I.; Madrian, Brigitte (Cambridge University Press, 2011)
      We describe the pension plan features of the states and the largest cities and counties in the U.S. Unlike in the private sector, defined benefit (DB) pensions are still the norm in the public sector. However, a few ...

    • Misery Is Not Miserly 

      Cryder, Cynthia E.; Lerner, Jennifer; Gross, James J.; Dahl, Ronald E. (SAGE Publications, 2008)
      Misery is not miserly: sadness increases the amount of money decision makers give up to acquire a commodity (Lerner, Small, & Loewenstein, 2004). The present research investigated when and why the “misery-is-not-miserly” ...

    • Trust and the Reference Points for Trustworthiness in Gulf and Western Countries 

      Bohnet, Iris; Herrmann, Benedikt; Zeckhauser, Richard Jay (Oxford University Press, 2010)
      Why is private investment so low in Gulf compared to Western countries? We investigate cross-regional differences in trust and reference points for trustworthiness as possible factors. Experiments controlling for cross-regional ...