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Common Cents Report: Behavioral Interventions Helping Americans Save More
New report one of the most significant applications of behavioral economics in field of LMI financial decision-making San Francisco and Durham, NC – Feb. 8, 2017 – Common Cents, a financial research lab at…
Common Cents Lab, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / FEBRUARY 8 2017
Creating short-term saving opportunities: Goals, Taxes, and 5-Weekends
Join our behavioral experts for a riveting conversation on how to start and increase short-term savings for middle Americans effectively. In this session, we will share results from a couple field studies with fin-tech…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Common Cents Lab, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / NOVEMBER 1 2016
Creating a Long Term Mindset: A Simple Intervention to Increase Retirement Savings
Field and lab studies suggest that the way people think about their income can have a big impact on the way they spend and save money. This is particularly important because often it is…
Common Cents Lab, Increase Short- and Long-term Savings / NOVEMBER 1 2016
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Perception of Climate Change Solutions
Image source: Pixabay Project Drawdown is a non-profit organization that recently published a book titled ‘Drawdown’ (2017) which features a detailed list of solutions to the problem of global warming. They define drawdown as:…
Can I Buy You a Cup of Coffee?
At a coffee shop in Bluffton, South Carolina, people have been spontaneously paying for future customers’ drinks on a fairly consistent basis. Sometimes, those who are not even looking to buy coffee for themselves…
Rachael Meleney: Dance and Decision Paralysis
How long have you worked at CAH? I was brought on in September 2015. What brought you to CAH? I graduated from UNC with a variety of experience working with entrepreneurship education and…
Community Color at the Carrack Modern Art
Our very own Dan Ariely will be hosting an art auction for a local Durham Art Gallery, the Carrack Modern Art, on October 13th as a part of their first annual fundraiser. Community Color is…