Introducing the "Presenter's Paradox"
This paradox arises because gift givers and gift recipients have different perspectives... People who evaluate a bundle, such as a gift package, follow an averaging strategy...read more...
View ArticleThinking about Thinking An Interview with Daniel Kahneman
Sam Harris asks the questions over on his blog:read more...
View ArticleFrom Economics to Psychological Science: The Mechanics of Choice
From the Association for Pyschology Science Observer Magazine.read more...
View ArticleStudy from Rotman School shows why herd mentality best mode for group buying...
Toronto – We might like to think we're not influenced by other people.read more...
View ArticleIs there a Dopamine Fallacy?
History Squared is a great blog which covers behavioural finance, hedge funds, macro themes and trading systems, subjects which are all very close to our hearts at MoneyScience. In this pointed post...
View ArticleUC Berkeley study finds unethical behavior motivated by positive attitudes to...
The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from the...
View ArticleCarnegie Mellon's George Loewenstein documents the pitfalls of personal loans
As an old proverb goes, "before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most."read more...
View ArticleUsing neuroeconomics to study psychiatry: A special issue published in...
Neuroeconomics experts and guest editors of the Biological Psychiatry special issue Carla Sharp, John Monterosso, and P. Read Montague in an introductory paper define neuroeconomics as "an...
View ArticleThe psychology of poverty: Economics fellow uses Kenyan lab to study, learn...
To Johannes Haushofer, studying Western college students to understand economic decision-making more clearly will only take economists so far. Sooner or later, those who want to grasp one of the...
View ArticleExploring the financial costs of sadness
Your emotions can certainly impact your decisions, but you might be surprised by the extent to which your emotions affect your pocketbook. New research from psychological scientist Jennifer Lerner of...
View ArticleMoney: Women want more, but men want more than others
Women follow the money; men seek status, research showsWomen want more, but men want more than others, a study by economists at The University of Queensland has found."A similar disparity is seen...
View ArticleGreed, not generosity, more likely to be 'paid forward'
Paying it forward - a popular expression for extending generosity to others after someone has been generous to you - is a heartwarming concept, but it is less common than repaying greed with greed,...
View ArticlePowerful people are looking out for their future selves
Would you prefer $120 today or $154 in one year? Your answer may depend on how powerful you feel, according to new research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...
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