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Five Tips for Keeping Your Savings Resolution in 2021
Many people use the turning of the calendar as a chance to begin anew and make specific lifestyle improvements. This has probably never been truer than for those ready to leave 2020 behind….
Common Cents Lab, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / JANUARY 15 2021
Common Cents Lab Global Team Is Calling for Letters of Intent From China
Researchers who are interested will partner with financial services providers to pilot and test behaviorally-informed solutions to improve financial wellbeing of their clientele. This field-based research will be complemented with analysis of existing administrative data to evaluate solutions…
Common Cents Lab / DECEMBER 9 2020
Introducing Common Cents Lab Global
Introduction Throughout this year (2020), the Common Cents Lab has been working on the expansion of our applied behavioral research approach to improve the financial health of low- to moderate- income (LMI) households in…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / OCTOBER 16 2020
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Helping Families Save for College
By Stephanie Tepper and Joseph Sherlock This year, the Common Cents Lab at CAH is partnering with two Children’s Savings Account (CSA) programs in the U.S. With our first experiment finished and several more…
Dan’s Hike, Part 2: Natural Benefits
By: Stephanie Tepper There is no shortage of research heralding the restorative psychological benefits of spending time in nature, a fact that is certainly not lost on Dan. As he enters the third…
Interested in Participating in Startup Lab? Learn More About the Program!
The Startup Lab is a CAH initiative to apply behavioral economics to startups in the health and finance domains through the application of existing research findings, as well as conducting original research projects. The…
The Behavioral Economics of Eating Animals
Throughout my life, I have loved eating meat, but my two best friends at Duke are vegetarians, and because of them I was persuaded to read Eating Animals by one of my favorite contemporary authors,…