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Give ‘Em The Slip: Using Friction for Savings
By: Maura Farver, Stephanie Tepper, and Matt Trower Millions of Americans operate primarily in a cash economy. These individuals not only carry greater risk in storing their money, but also miss out on the…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab, Money, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / OCTOBER 18 2017
Common Cents Lab Opens Applications for 2018 Financial Services Cohort
Lab seeks partners to create behavioral interventions that improve financial decision-making for low- to moderate-income people in America San Francisco, CA and Durham, NC – Oct 6, 2017 – Common Cents Lab, a financial…
Common Cents Lab / OCTOBER 6 2017
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…
Common Cents Lab, Money, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / SEPTEMBER 25 2017
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Help us improve email
Dear friends, In thinking about how to improve email (something that gives us both joy and stress), I’d like to ask for your help. I’m trying to understand how people use email and what…
Cheat Codes: Calling all Artists
Artists from around the world are invited to attend a discussion about behavioral economics, dishonesty and cheating at the Center for Advanced Hindsight on October 25 at 7:30 PM EST. (Artists who do not…
Partisans Don’t Know How the Middle Feels
Ten minutes into the Presidential debate, my democratic friends were sure it was a failure. They tweeted, “Nothing he is saying is making me feel anything.” A lot of Democrats have walked away from…