B.E. For Dogs: Decision Paralysis
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine Berman, and Vlad Chituc. Decision Paralysis: We often think that more choices will help us make decisions (think of the number of…
B.E. For Dogs: The What-The-Hell! Effect
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine Berman, and Vlad Chituc. What-the-Hell effect: What-the-Hell effect happens when we’ve fallen just a little bit off track and give up on our…
B.E. For Dogs #2: Relativity
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine Berman, and Vlad Chituc. Relativity: Our contentedness depends not just on the objective quality of the experience, but also on what else we…
Mugs with Names and Public Shame
By: Maura Farver Here at CAH, we have lovely perks including copious supplies of caffeine, a granola breakfast bar, and Friday happy hours. In our casual office space, it’s not unusual to take your food and drinks with you to your meeting or to a shared workspace. Unfortunately, it is also not unusual for…
Retiremap Launches First Platform Combining Human Coaching and Robo-Advisory to Improve Financial Wellness
Top plan advisory firm Channel Financial commits to new one-to-one financial coaching platform designed with behavioral insights from Common Cents Lab San Ramon, Calif. – June 8, 2017 – Research-backed employee financial wellness company Retiremap today unveiled the first financial coaching platform combining human coaching with robo-advisor capabilities. Developed in tandem with Duke University’s Common…
B.E. For Dogs #1: Friction
B.E. for Dogs is a bi-weekly comic series that will examine concepts in behavioral economics from the perspective of our canine companions. Look out for new comics every other week! The series is created by Matt Trower, Catherine Berman, and Vlad Chituc. Friction Costs : Even the smallest obstacles or friction costs can deter us from our goals.…
Leveraging Behavioral Economics for Better Startup Solutions
This is the fifth and final installment in a five-part series on the CAH’s Startup Lab, our academic incubator program for health and finance tech startups. Don’t miss your chance! Startup Lab applications are only open until June 30th at 5pm EST. Apply here. Startups + Behavioral Economics Since its inception as a primarily theoretical field…
The Ideal Startup Teams for The CAH Startup Lab
The CAH is inviting health and finance startups to join the Startup Lab program (October ’17-June ’18). Applications are only open until June 30th at 5pm EST– Apply now. Wondering if your startup team is a good fit for the Center for Advanced Hindsight Startup Lab? Dan describes what type of team would work best…
Helping People Save with Privacy and Transparency
As a choice architect, how would you encourage salient saving and discourage conspicuous consumption? See what Dan and Aline have to say in their paper on the choice architecture of privacy decision-making, hot off the presses, and make sure to check out the accompanying infographic below! (Ariely, D. & Holzwarth, A. (2017). The choice…
Exploration & Experimentation for Entrepreneurship
This is the fourth installment in a five-part series on the CAH’s Startup Lab, our academic incubator program for health and finance tech startups. We’re demystifying why and how a behavioral economics research center at Duke supports and collaborates with entrepreneurs. We’re looking for startups that are eager to experiment, and demonstrate a passion for…