Well-powered study shows that one of the supposed pillars of nudging--defaults--may not always work. Perhaps big problems require big solutions?

This new study from Zeng et al. uses data from a U.S. food delivery platform to find that food orders from Black-owned restaurants increased after the murder of George Floyd, compared to restaurants not highlighted by the platform as Black-owned. https://t.co/t6BiaP5PQc

Don't miss out on this guide on how to run surveys: on creating your own identifying variation: more than 80 pages and an Appendix with examples including social desirability, vignettes, information treatments and more.

🚨Excited that our meta-analysis is out in JPSP @APA_Journals. We synthesized 6 decades (1958-2017) of empirical evidence on social dilemmas and tested which structural features (most strongly) promote cooperation: 📄 https://t.co/ZviSQyZPWZ 1/10

People tend to think there are more immigrants in their country than there really are. In the United States, for example, the average person believes that 33% of people were not born there. However, official estimates from government agencies show that the figure is just 15% —

Can political institutions shape norms? Long run exposure to historical forms of self-governance fosters norms of cooperation, which map onto prosocial behaviors. Cultural transmission and feedback loop between norms and institutions sustain this pattern https://t.co/dhLk0AQi9k

We are delighted to announce the Autumn 2024 Cooperation Colloquia! Bi-weekly interdisciplinary talks on cooperation. With @a_romano90, Young-Eun Lee, @LFitouchi, @arkadykonovalov, @DSchultner, @Hiro_IMADA, @adannenberg11 Sign-up here: https://t.co/xPgLbVN1nk

#EE4E Today, (finally) the first day of our Experimental Economics for the Environment workshop With keynotes by Astrid Dannenberg (@adannenberg11) and John List (@Econ_4_Everyone) 1/2

Does money buy happiness?

https://t.co/65UqIVwGRD

Looking forward to this 😊

Which interventions limit the spread of COVID-19 misinformation online? A Facebook messenger experiment in Kenya and Nigeria suggests that nudges to consider information accuracy work best. @mofferw @LeahRosenzweig @Susan_Athey @GSBsiLa https://t.co/b7xfKUE7xV

🆕 Ahead-of-print in @ReepAere:

It was fun!

This is ... hilarious? Depressing? Both? A massive study -- almost 60K participants in 63 countries -- tested the efficacy of a bunch of interventions meant to change behavior in climate-positive ways. What works to change behavior? Pretty much nothing! https://t.co/SBu0rw6iTZ

Ich finde es immer wieder auffällig, dass es bei drängenden, aktuellen Fragen oft nur eine geringe mediale Rolle spielt, welche wissenschaftlichen Antworten sich ischon darauf finden. z.B.: Können Demos gegen die AfD deren Wahlergebnisse drücken? Ein 🧵mit Erkenntnissen (1/x)

Why reason fails: Our modern lives are teeming with technology, informed by scientific understanding. But at the same time, irrational beliefs, from superstition to vaccine hesitancy, are still widespread. How is it possible? 👉Reason is likely not the tool we think it is. A 🧵

When is ‘naming and shaming’ effective as climate enforcement? And when isn’t it? https://t.co/4OKyZy9NK5 via @AnthropoceneMag

3/ Countries with ambitious commitments in the #ParisAgreement tend to reject additional punitive mechanisms, although they could benefit most, pointing to a dissonance between the voluntarism of the #ParisAgreement and growing political pressures to apply trade measures.