The most effective charities are hundreds of times more effective than typical charities, yet
few donors prioritize effectiveness. Why is that? How might we increase the effectiveness of …

We review extant experimental work in strategic management and argue that experiments
constitute an underused methodology that has significant potential. We examine and …

Decisions involving charitable giving often occur under the shadow of risk. A common
finding is that potential donors give less when there is greater risk that their donation will …

Willingness to vaccinate and test are critical in the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the effects
of two measures to increase the support of vaccination and testing: defaults and monetary …

Policymakers routinely make high-stakes funding decisions. Assessing the value of a
program is difficult and may be affected by bounded rationality. We conducted experiments …

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 …

A rich literature finds that individuals avoid information and suggests that avoidance is
driven by image concerns. This paper provides the first direct test of whether individuals …

A donation may have ambiguous costs or ambiguous benefits. Behavior in a laboratory
experiment suggests that individuals use this ambiguity strategically as a moral wiggle room …

Ignorance enables individuals to act immorally. This is well known in policy circles, in which
there is keen interest in lowering moral ignorance. In this paper, we study how the demand …

Willingness to vaccinate and test are critical in the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the effects
of two measures to increase vaccination and testing:" choice architecture" and monetary …