This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history,
covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly …

Robo-advice uses big and open data to provide consumers with fully informed and rational-
expectation benchmarks in all realms of household finance, including consumption, saving …

We study the introduction of a wealth-management robo-adviser that constructs portfolios
tailored to investors' holdings and preferences. Adopters are similar to non-adopters in terms …

Consumers rely on the price changes of goods in their grocery bundles when forming
expectations about aggregate inflation. We use micro data that uniquely match individual …

We study the importance of trust in the investment advisory industry by exploiting the
geographic dispersion of victims of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. Residents of communities that …

We use administrative and survey-based micro data to study the relationship between
cognitive abilities (IQ), the formation of inflation expectations, and the consumption plans of …

Binding lower bounds on interest rates and large government deficits limit the scope of fiscal
and monetary policies to stimulate households' spending through financial intermediaries …

Over the past millennium, China has relied on the Confucian clan to achieve interpersonal
cooperation, focusing on kinship and neglecting the development of impersonal institutions …

We study the role of economic incentives in shaping the coexistence of Jews, Catholics, and
Protestants, using novel data from Germany for 1,000+ cities. The Catholic usury ban and …

We examine the role of cultural heritage in shaping US CEOs' attitudes toward uncertainty,
in the context of their corporate acquisition decisions. We find that CEOs with a more …