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Micro lessons: John List and Steven Levitt create a bite-sized version of their College econ course

People give for a selfish reason—to feel good: Luis Miranda, Nimisha Pathak

The Pie: What Drives Racial Differences in Speeding Tickets and Fines?

The Voltage Effect on UCLA Anderson Forecast Direct

Washington Examiner: A new finding that smart thermostats may not save energy at scale

The Daily Iowan Ask the Author: John A. List

311: Walmart’s Chief Economist on Inflation, War and What It Takes to Scale a Business

Wisconsin Public Radio: How to expand our good ideas onto a large scale

The Business of Government Hour Podcast: Conversation with Prof. John List

Next Big Idea Club – The Voltage Effect: How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale

WSJ – ‘The Voltage Effect’ Review: Do We Have a Winner?

Why So Many Clever Pilot Programs Flunk Out at Scale

Family Action Network: The Voltage Effect

Big Think: Three cognitive biases that allow bad ideas to scale

The Voltage Effect on WGN News

FT business books: February edition

Why this 1990s McDonalds burger showed promise of being a wild success — but flopped

Center for Global Development: Scaling Programs Effectively: Two New Books on Potential Pitfalls and the Tools to Avoid Them

Guy Kawasaki: Remarkable People

Why Olympic Bronze Medalists Are Happier Than Silver Medalists

WBBM NEWSRADIO – The Voltage Effect: New book examines the benefits of quitting

“The Decision Lab” Podcast: The Voltage Effect with John List

NPR: Five vital signs for scaling your big idea

The Brainy Business Podcast: The Voltage Effect

Economics to “scale” ideas by practicing with Uber and global warming gas reduction

How to Scale Your Story? ft. a Chief Economist at Lyft

John List on The Tim Ferriss Show

Opinion: How to prepare children for school by training parents at home

“The concept of parent gacha is correct” Why American economists do not deny the “lottery of life”

US economist’s conclusion … The most important thing for my child to win in the “Lottery of Life”

Economic Field Experiments Complement Understanding of Judgment Bias

For Lyft users, time is money—now, we know how much

Revolutionising evidence-based policies

Emails worth $100 million: Economists use ‘nudges’ to increase tax compliance – UChicago News

Investing in early childhood education has to become a priority – Crain’s Chicago Business

Why You Should Vote – Psychology Today

After a disastrous Uber ride last year, the company’s chief economist examined the economics of apologies – Business Insider

How to Optimize Your Apology (Audio) – Freakonomics Radio

Anti-discrimination statements by employers may result in more discrimination – The Economist

A surprising way minorities are turned off by job postings – Quartz

A study of Uber drivers found that workplace flexibility may not close the gender pay gap – Washington Post

Employees at socially-conscious companies are more likely to lie – Quartz

US students aren’t bad at math—they’re just not motivated – Quartz

The U.S. might have been 19th in the world in math (instead of 36th) if we’d bribed our students with $25 – The Hechinger Report

Scholars take aim at false positives in research – UChicago News

Effort, not ability, may explain the gap between American and Chinese pupils – The Economist

John A. List named Visiting Robert F. Hartsook Chair in Fundraising at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy – IUPUI School of Philanthropy

Why Trump’s Election Was a Financial Boon for Some Nonprofits – Knowledge@Wharton

California Today: What to Watch For on Election Day – New York Times

Research links voting to desire for social standing, discomfort with lying – Berkeley News

Warum Rollstuhlfahrer mehr für den Mechaniker zahlen müssen – derStandard (German)

Trading changes how brain processes selling decisions – UChicago News

L’Economia Scientifica di John List – Cinquantamila (Italian)

Finding Energy Efficiency in an Unexpected Place – The Cockpit – Energy Institute at Haas

Behavioural economics can nudge pilots into boosting fuel and carbon efficiency, finds Virgin Atlantic study – Greenair Online

Virgin Atlantic is using new behavioral science research to train pilots to save fuel – Quartz

Interview with John List – Premium Chosun (Korean)

When Not Paying Attention Pays Off – New York Times

The Surprising Relationship Between Taxes and Charitable Giving – Wall Street Journal

Does this explain why women are more honest than men? – World Economic Forum

On the origins of dishonesty: From parents to children – VoxEU – CEPR Policy Portal

Characteristics of a good year-end fundraising letter – Mississippi Business Journal

How Charities Can Get More Out of Donors – Wall Street Journal

Do Women Avoid Salary Negotiations? Evidence from a Large Scale Natural Field Experiment – Harvard Gender Action Portal

Greased palms and dried fruit – The Economist

Für jedes Spinatblatt gibt’s satte Boni – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German)

Cash for parents to learn how to support schoolwork – BBC News

Spacial reasoning gender gap disappears in female-dominant cultures – ZME Science

Women less charitable than men: Study – Business Standard

Women donate less to charity than men in some contexts – UChicago News

Economists Spurn Conventional Wisdom to Boost Fundraising – The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Charities Get Chance to Test Innovations and Win Prizes in Scholarly Experiment – The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Negotiating Tactics Play Role in Gender Pay Gap – Wall Street Journal

Salary Negotiation: Women DO Negotiate When Job Ads Offer The Option, Study Finds – Huffington Post

Women Just As Eager as Men to Negotiate Salaries: Study – Silicon India

It pays to find your voice – The National

Gender Pay Gap: Women More Reluctant to ask for More Money Than Men – International Business Times

Women just as eager as men to negotiate salaries: Study – Business Standard

Women just as eager as men to negotiate salaries: Study – The Economic Times

Study finds ads can change pay equality – United Press International (UPI)

Women eager to negotiate salaries, when given the opportunity – Science Daily

Women eager to negotiate salaries, when given the opportunity – Science Codex

Women eager to negotiate salaries, when given the opportunity – Phys.org

Student performance improves when teachers given incentives upfront – UChicago News

St. Patrick hopes to draw parents into preschool program – The State Journal-Register

Study Finds Timing of Student Rewards Key to Effectiveness – Education Week

Education – Improve It Or Lose It – Wall Street Journal

‘Loss Aversion,’ Teacher Bonuses and Student Performance – Wall Street Journal

A Very Mean (but Maybe Brilliant) Way to Pay Teachers – The Atlantic

How to Make Merit Pay Work – National Review

Does teacher merit pay work? A new study says yes. – Washington Post

Immediate Reward Hikes Student Performance – PsychCentral

Bribing Kids to Try on Tests – Freakonomics Blog

Social media power youth political participation – Phys.org

Immediate rewards for good scores can boost student performance – UChicago News

Study Finds Chicago Students Motivated To Perform Well On Tests When Promised Money, Trophies – Huffington Post

Freakonomics Goes to School and Teaches Us the Right Way to Bribe Kids – The Atlantic

Finding new insights with experimental economics – UChicago Features

Charity – I Gave at the Office – Wall Street Journal

Prof. John List recruits researchers to teach south suburban eighth-graders about economics – UChicago News

Entrevista exclusiva: Por que as pessoas discriminam? – Folha De S.Paulo (Portuguese)

Earn as you learn – UChicago Magazine

Der Spieler – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (German)

Working hard for the money – Chicago Business

Are Men Better Than Women At Spatial Abilities? – KPBS

KPBS Evening Edition – KPBS

Sex & Spatial Thinking (Audio) – Science Update

Culture and ‘Spatial Intelligence’ – Wall Street Journal

Men vs. Women: Spatial ability differences due to nurture? – The Naked Scientists

Men, Women and Spatial Intelligence – Neuroskeptic

More Evidence The Gender Gap Disappears With Female Empowerment – Jezebel

Gender Gap Vanishes In Female-Empowered Cultures – Wired

Women not good at math? Blame nurture, not nature: study – The Globe and Mail

New study disputes notion that men are better at spatial thinking than women – Phys.org

Spatial ability and gender: nature or nurture? – The Conversation

Education affects gender differences in spatial ability – Atheist Universe

Warum sich Frauen nicht orientieren können – ORF.at (German)

The Math Gender Gap: Nurture Trumps Nature – Time

Is Culture Behind Men’s Better Spatial Reasoning? – Discover Magazine

Gender gap in spatial abilities depends on females’ role in society – Ars Technica

Role of Nurture in Spatial Abilities – The Scientist

Men’s spatial superiority takes cultural cues – Science News

Culture Drives Gender Gap in Spatial Abilities, Study Finds – Live Science

Culture Drives Gender Gap in Spatial Abilities, Study Finds – Yahoo News

Chicago Economist’s ‘Crazy Idea’ Wins Ken Griffin’s Backing – Bloomberg

Men Crave Competition, In Work and Play – ABC News

Women Less Interested Than Men In Jobs Where Individual Competition Determines Wagess – Medical News Today

Women Less Interested Than Men In Jobs Where Individual Competition Determines Wages – UChicago News

Women Less Interested Than Men In Jobs Where Individual Competition Determines Wages – Science Daily

Are Women Less Competitive than Men? Explaining the Gender Gap – Time

Carrots Dressed as Sticks – The Economist

Chicago Heights to be the epicentre of the $10 million Early Education Research Initiative – Higher Ed Blog

Econ profs help lead $10 million early education initiative – Chicago Maroon

Cracking the Fundraising Code – Chicago Business

Experiments with Dough – UChicago Magazine

Professor strives to test economic theories in real-life experiments – Chicago Maroon

Don’t Guess, Experiment – Financial Times

Using Field Experiments in the Economics of Charity – NBER

Meet your Match – Stanford Social Innovation Review

What Makes People Give? – New York Times

Bigger Matching Gifts Don’t Produce More Donors – The Chronicle of Philanthropy (subscription)

Investing in Good Deeds Without Checking the Prospectus – New York Times

BOOKS

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“It’s hard to imagine any story of innovation in our thinking about economics that does not involve Uri and John, especially their exploration of the sensitive hidden aspects of economics.”
-Dan Ariely, author of Predictably Irrational

“True trailblazers in one of the greatest innovations in economics of the last fifty years.”
-Steven Levitt, coauthor of Freakonomics

“Uri Gneezy is a pioneer whose work tears down the wall between the lab and the field.”
-Alvin E. Roth, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

“John List’s work in field experiments is revolutionary.”
-Gary Becker, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Uri Gneezy and John List are pioneers in the field of economics. Like most economists, they gather data and build models, but then they go beyond laboratories and offices, embedding themselves in our messy world—the factories, schools, communities, and offices where people live, work, and play. By conducting large-scale field experiments “in the wild,” they are able to observe people behaving in their natural environments when they’re not aware they are being observed. This trailblazing approach yields a deeper, nuanced understanding of human behavior.

Washington Post Bestseller List

“Gneezy and List… specialize in ingenious ‘field experiments’ that elucidate the workings of social psychology and decision making…Writing in the Freakonomics vein of breezy pop-econ… The authors’ lucid, engaging exposition of thought-provoking research spotlights some of our more perverse promptings—and their underlying logic.”
—Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review

“Confused? a new book by behavioural economists Uri Gneezy and John List answers your questions”
The London Evening Standard

Korean Version Review
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