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…for participating and especially to John for his contribution. And don’t forget to vote. What’s the Best Question to Select Your Prisoner’s Dilemma Partner A Guest Post by John List…
…for participating and especially to John for his contribution. And don’t forget to vote. What’s the Best Question to Select Your Prisoner’s Dilemma Partner A Guest Post by John List…
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Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising…
Every language has its taboo words (which many people use all the time). But the list of forbidden words is always changing — and those changes tell us some surprising…
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As the Supreme Court considers overturning Roe v. Wade, we look back at Steve Levitt’s controversial research on an unintended consequence of the 1973 ruling….
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…important movements in economics over the last decade. ?(We write at length in SuperFreakonomics about my colleague John List‘s work in that regard.) Justin Lahart of the Wall Street Journal…
John List and Uri Gneezy have appeared on our blog many times. Now they have written a book, The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and the Undiscovered Economics of Everyday Life….
…of these two solicitations and then look to see whether the two groups give different amounts. One sign of the shift toward randomization is the prominence of John List and…
(Photo: John Martinez Pavliga) John List and Uri Gneezy have appeared on our blog many times. This guest post is part a series adapted from their new book The Why…
John List and Uri Gneezy have appeared on our blog many times. This guest post is part a series adapted from their new book The Why Axis: Hidden Motives and…
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(Photo: Howard Lake) We recently heard from John List, the economics-of-charity guru, about the use of lotteries in fund-raising. Here now is a new List paper, co-authored with Stefano DellaVigna…
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