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The Behavioral Ploys Your Internet Providers Use When You Negotiate Your Bills
Recently we invited four people to come into our office to negotiate their internet bills. Everyone who called managed to save at least $10 either through negotiating a lower rate, reducing their fees, or…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab / JUNE 14 2017
Common Cents Lab Announces New Partners for 2017
“Partnerships create behavioral interventions to improve financial decision-making for low- to moderate-income people in America.” San Francisco, CA and Durham, NC – March 15, 2017 – Common Cents Lab, a financial research lab at…
Common Cents Lab / MARCH 14 2017
BankFeeFinder.com Launches to Help Consumers Uncover Bank Fees
San Francisco, CA and Durham, NC – Feb. 28, 2017 – New tool BankFeeFinder.com launches today to help consumers find how much they have paid in bank fees. The tool was created by Chime,…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab, Decrease Expenses / FEBRUARY 28 2017
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Help surprise Dan for his 50th birthday
People all over the world will photograph themselves holding a sign with one word, which will be combined into a birthday story sent to Dan Ariely for his 50th birthday, this April 29th If…
All You Need Is a Little Encouragement from Your Friends
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. My phone buzzes with a text. “Who’s running?” asks my friend Ankoor. ?♀️ replies Eileen; she’s in. I perform a slow mental wince at the…
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab Dan Ariely’s Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Startup Lab, which begins October 2016. Health and…
Saving By Spending
This week, I visited a camera store to order two enlarged prints as a gift. I don’t order photo prints very often; in fact, I’m not sure that I have ever ordered prints aside…