Abstract Information provision experiments allow researchers to test economic theories and
answer policy-relevant questions by varying the information set available to respondents …

We review the recent literature on the determinants and effects of housing market
expectations. We begin by providing an overview of existing surveys that elicit housing …

In this chapter, we discuss field experiments in surveys that are conducted with the purpose
of learning about expectation formation and the link between expectations and behavior. We …

We survey a representative sample of US households to study how exposure to the COVID-
19 stock market crash affects expectations and planned behavior. Wealth shocks are …

We show that past inflation experiences strongly predict homeownership within and across
countries. First, we collect novel survey data, which reveal inflation protection to be a key …

We survey retail investors at an online bank to study how beliefs about the autocorrelation of
aggregate stock returns shape investment decisions measured in administrative account …

Marginal outcome tests compare the expected effects of a decision on individuals who are of
different races but at the same indifference point of the decision-maker. I present a simple …

Do perceptions about how the government spends tax dollars affect the willingness to pay
taxes? We designed a field experiment to test this hypothesis in a natural, high-stakes …

Although there is abundant evidence on individual preferences for policies that reduce
national inequality, there is very little evidence on preferences for policies addressing global …

Real and private-value assets—defined here as the sum of real estate, infrastructure,
collectibles, and noncorporate business equity—compose an investment class worth an …