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Rank and response: A field experiment on peer information and water use behavior
Perception of peer rank, or how we perform relative to our peers, can be a powerful motivator.
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Isolating the effect of injunctive norms on conservation behavior: New evidence from a field experiment in California
Social norms messaging campaigns are increasingly used to influence human behavior, with social science research generally finding that they have modest but meaningful effects.
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MIT Faculty Kick off Inauguration Day With Symposium
Ahead of the presidential inauguration, MIT Sloan's Professor Andrew Lo and other panelists described advances in their research and how these discoveries are being deployed to benefit the public.
MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative
Feeling helpless about the US election?
Here are some simple strategies from the behavioral scientist’s toolbox that you can use to get out the vote in your social circle.
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The Right Way to Fight Fake News
Social media platforms need to make sure their anti-misinformation strategies are empirically grounded.
MIT Applied Cooperation Initiative
Is the Key to Successful Prosocial Nudges Reputation?
If warm glow is built to promote our reputation, then it should be triggered when we give.
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MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering
The LFE is actively involved in research that aims to identify methods for measuring and managing risk, both standard and systemic types of risk.