Stefano DellaVigna

University of California, Berkeley

Assistant Professor in Economics

Economics Department

549 Evans Hall #3880

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

http://emlab.berkeley.edu/users/sdellavi/

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA 02138

United States

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Scholarly Papers (46)

Overestimating Self-Control: Evidence from the Health Club Industry

Stanford GSB Research Paper No. 1880
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 Dec 2002
Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Overestimating Self_Control: Evidence from the Health Club Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w10819
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 19 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 25 Jul 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Attention, Demographics, and the Stock Market

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Jun 2005
Joshua Matthew Pollet and Stefano DellaVigna
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley
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Behavioral finance, demographics, limited attention, foresight

Attention, Demographics, and the Stock Market

NBER Working Paper No. w11211
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 26 Apr 2005 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
Downloads 468 (130,946)

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Cross-Border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, July (2014), 6(3): 103-32
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 19 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2018
University of California, Berkeley, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Harvard University, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
Downloads 839 (62,136)
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mass media, persuasion, voting, nationalism, conflict

Cross-Border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia

NBER Working Paper No. w16989
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 04 May 2011 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2023
University of California, Berkeley, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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Investor Inattention, Firm Reaction, and Friday Earnings Announcements

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Nov 2005
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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earnings announcements, attention, Friday, strategic behavior

Investor Inattention, Firm Reaction, and Friday Earnings Announcements

NBER Working Paper No. w11683
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Strategic Release of Information on Friday: Evidence from Earnings Announcements

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 08 Sep 2004
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Earnings announcements, Friday, attention

Capital Budgeting vs. Market Timing: An Evaluation Using Demographics

AFA 2008 New Orleans Meetings Paper
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 21 Mar 2007
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Behavioral Finance, Market Timing, Equity Issuance, Investment, Capital Structure

Capital Budgeting vs. Market Timing: An Evaluation Using Demographics

NBER Working Paper No. w15184
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 28 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Joshua Matthew Pollet
University of California, Berkeley and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance
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Uniform Pricing in US Retail Chains

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Apr 2019
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University
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Uniform Pricing in Us Retail Chains

NBER Working Paper No. w23996
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 06 Nov 2017 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University
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Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field

NBER Working Paper No. w13420
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 18 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2022
Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley
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Job Search and Hyperbolic Discounting

Falk Institute for Econ. Res. Working Paper No. 00.15
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 27 Jan 2001
Stefano DellaVigna and M. Daniele Paserman
University of California, Berkeley and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics
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The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Obesity and Weight Gain

NBER Working Paper No. w14721
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 23 Sep 2022
Janet Currie, Stefano DellaVigna, Enrico Moretti and Vikram Pathania
Princeton University, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Does Movie Violence Increase Violent Crime?

NBER Working Paper No. w13718
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2022
Gordon B. Dahl and Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and University of California, Berkeley
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The Fox News Effect: Media Bias and Voting

NBER Working Paper No. w12169
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 21 May 2006 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and Ethan Kaplan
University of California, Berkeley and Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
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Structural Behavioral Economics

NBER Working Paper No. w24797
Number of pages: 99 Posted: 16 Jul 2018 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2023
Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley
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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w15298
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Persuasion: Empirical Evidence

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 2, pp. 643-669, 2010
Posted: 18 Oct 2010
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

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Stability of Experimental Results: Forecasts and Evidence

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2019-76
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 May 2019
Stefano DellaVigna and Devin G. Pope
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Stability of Experimental Results: Forecasts and Evidence

NBER Working Paper No. w25858
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 22 May 2019 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Devin G. Pope
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving

NBER Working Paper No. w15629
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 17 Mar 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List and Ulrike Malmendier
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Detecting Illegal Arms Trade

NBER Working Paper No. w13355
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 27 Aug 2007 Last Revised: 30 Dec 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and Eliana La Ferrara
University of California, Berkeley and University of Bocconi - Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER)
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What Motivates Effort? Evidence and Expert Forecasts

NBER Working Paper No. w22193
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 02 May 2016 Last Revised: 20 Feb 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Devin G. Pope
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Uniform Pricing in U.S. Retail Chains

Number of pages: 94 Posted: 11 Nov 2017
Stefano DellaVigna and Matthew Gentzkow
University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University
Downloads 93 (602,139)
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Retail Pricing, Demand Elasticity, Behavioral Firms

Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany

NBER Working Paper No. w27037
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 18 May 2023
University of California, Berkeley, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Boston University - Department of Economics and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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Evidence on Job Search Models from a Survey of Unemployed Workers in Germany

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13189
Number of pages: 108 Posted: 04 May 2020 Last Revised: 16 Apr 2023
University of California, Berkeley, Government of the Federal Republic of Germany - Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Boston University - Department of Economics and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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survey, job search, unemployment, reference dependence

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Job Search and Impatience

NBER Working Paper No. w10837
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 27 Oct 2004 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2022
Stefano DellaVigna and M. Daniele Paserman
University of California, Berkeley and Hebrew University of Jerusalem - Department of Economics
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What Do Editors Maximize? Evidence from Four Leading Economics Journals

NBER Working Paper No. w23282
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 27 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Feb 2023
David Card and Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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The Role of Theory in Field Experiments

NBER Working Paper No. w17047
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 May 2011 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2022
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna and Ulrike Malmendier
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Rcts to Scale: Comprehensive Evidence from Two Nudge Units

NBER Working Paper No. w27594
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 28 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Elizabeth Linos
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy
Downloads 74 (689,247)
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Voting to Tell Others

NBER Working Paper No. w19832
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 25 Jan 2014 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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Policy Diffusion and Polarization Across U.S. States

NBER Working Paper No. w30142
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 14 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Woojin Kim
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
Downloads 66 (733,671)
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Estimating Social Preferences and Gift Exchange at Work

NBER Working Paper No. w22043
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Gender Differences in Peer Recognition by Economists

NBER Working Paper No. w28942
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 21 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2022
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Lugano and University of the Basque Country
Downloads 33 (1,025,196)
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Gender Differences in Peer Recognition by Economists

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16251
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 14 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 04 Feb 2022
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Lugano and University of the Basque Country
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Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy

NBER Working Paper No. w19766
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 06 Jul 2023
University of California, Berkeley, National University Singapore, Brown University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Market-Based Lobbying: Evidence from Advertising Spending in Italy

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9813
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 02 Jun 2014
University of California, Berkeley, National University Singapore, Brown University - Department of Economics and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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advertising, conflict of interest, lobbying, media

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Reference-Dependent Job Search: Evidence from Hungary

NBER Working Paper No. w22257
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 24 May 2016 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
University of California, Berkeley, University College London - Department of Economics, Central European University (CEU) and Boston University - Department of Economics
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Nine Facts About Top Journals in Economics

NBER Working Paper No. w18665
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 05 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2022
David Card and Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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Economic and Social Impacts of the Media

NBER Working Paper No. w21360
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 14 May 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Eliana La Ferrara
University of California, Berkeley and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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Economic and Social Impacts of the Media

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP10667
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 22 Jun 2015
Stefano DellaVigna and Eliana La Ferrara
University of California, Berkeley and Bocconi University - Department of Economics
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edutainment, imitation, internet, media economics, persuasion, radio, television

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The Importance of Being Marginal: Gender Differences in Generosity

NBER Working Paper No. w18748
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 02 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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Predicting Experimental Results: Who Knows What?

NBER Working Paper No. w22566
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 31 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Devin G. Pope
University of California, Berkeley and University of Chicago - Booth School of Business
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Are Referees and Editors in Economics Gender Neutral?

NBER Working Paper No. w25967
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 17 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2023
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Lugano and University of the Basque Country
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Are Referees and Editors in Economics Gender Neutral?

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13789
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 29 Jul 2019
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Lugano and University of the Basque Country
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Does Conflict of Interest Lead to Biased Coverage? Evidence from Movie Reviews

NBER Working Paper No. w20661
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 10 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jun 2023
Stefano DellaVigna and Johannes Hermle
University of California, Berkeley and University of Bonn
Downloads 37 (957,464)
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Revealed Preferences for Journals: Evidence from Page Limits

NBER Working Paper No. w18663
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 30 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 01 Jul 2023
David Card and Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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Forecasting the Results of Experiments: Piloting an Elicitation Strategy

NBER Working Paper No. w26716
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Feb 2020 Last Revised: 02 Jul 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, Nicholas Otis and Eva Vivalt
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and University of Toronto
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Gender Gaps at the Academies

NBER Working Paper No. w30510
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 03 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Patricia Funk and Nagore Iriberri
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of Lugano and University of the Basque Country
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Bottlenecks for Evidence Adoption

NBER Working Paper No. w30144
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 13 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 15 May 2023
Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim and Elizabeth Linos
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and Harvard University
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Understanding Expert Choices Using Decision Time

NBER Working Paper No. w32515
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 03 Jun 2024
David Card, Stefano DellaVigna, Chenxi Jiang and Dmitry Taubinsky
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics
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Using Multiple Outcomes to Adjust Standard Errors for Spatial Correlation

NBER Working Paper No. w33716
Number of pages: 82 Posted: 28 Apr 2025
Stefano DellaVigna, Guido W. Imbens, Woojin Kim and David Ritzwoller
University of California, Berkeley, Stanford Graduate School of Business, University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University
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Cross-Border Media and Nationalism: Evidence from Serbian Radio in Croatia

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9042
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 28 Sep 2012
University of California, Berkeley, New Economic SchoolInstitute of Political Economy and Governance, Institute for Political Economy and Governance, Barcelona and Paris School of Economics (PSE)
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media, nationalism

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Estimating Social Preferences and Gift Exchange with a Piece-Rate Design

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP14931
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 29 Jun 2020
Stefano DellaVigna, John A. List, Ulrike Malmendier and Gautam Rao
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Harvard University - Department of Economics
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Contract Design and Self-Control: Theory and Evidence

Stanford GSB Research Paper No. 1801
Posted: 29 Feb 2004
Ulrike Malmendier and Stefano DellaVigna
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley

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microeconomics, bahavioral economics, industrial organization, contact theory, applied theory

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Learning to Make Risk Neutral Choices in a Symmetric World

Posted: 21 Feb 2001
Stefano DellaVigna and Marco LiCalzi
University of California, Berkeley and Dept. Management, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

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