We investigate self-serving information avoidance by consumers when revelation is
stochastic and the revealed information is potentially erroneous. Our formal considerations …

Myriad environments allow for the possibility of confusion. Agents may appeal to such
confusion—or the possibility of making an honest mistake—to justify their behavior. In three …

Climate change is arguably one of the greatest challenges today. Although the scientific
consensus is that human activities caused climate change, a substantial part of the …

What information would people like to have? What information would they prefer to avoid?
How does the provision of information bear on welfare? And what does this mean for food …

This paper studies the impact of a key feature of competitive markets on moral behavior: the
possibility that a competitor might step in and conclude the deal if a conscientious market …

We experimentally study how individuals read strategically-transmitted information when
they have preferences over what they will learn. Subjects play disclosure games in which …

The literature on motivated reasoning argues that people skew their beliefs to feel moral
when acting selfishly. We study information acquisition of decision-makers with a motive to …

Access to morally relevant information could lead to behavioral change, but only if
individuals attend to such information. We investigate this issue in the context of food …

This review organizes the vibrant recent literature on the cognitive foundations of economic
decision-making. At a basic level, this entire literature studies imperfections in information …

How does the availability of excuses for self-interested behavior impact group favoritism?
We report the results of a preregistered experiment, conducted on the eve of the 2022 …