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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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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…