Taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages are growing in popularity and have generated an
active public debate. Are they a good idea? If so, how high should they be? Are such taxes …

Neuroeconomics combines methods and theories from neuroscience psychology,
economics, and computer science in an effort to produce detailed computational and …

A common objection to “sin taxes”—corrective taxes on goods that are thought to be
overconsumed, such as cigarettes, alcohol, and sugary drinks—is that they often fall …

Behavioral development economics applies theories and ideas from psychology and
behavioral economics to the study of questions in development economics. We begin by …

Despite several decades of government policies to promote energy efficiency, estimates of
the costs and benefits of such policies remain controversial. At the heart of the controversy is …

Intertemporal tradeoffs play a key role in many personal decisions and policy questions. We
describe models of intertemporal choice, identify empirical regularities in choice, and pose …

Taxpayer nudges-behavioral interventions that aim to increase tax compliance without
changing the underlying economic incentives of taxpayers-are used increasingly by …

We propose a neurocomputational model of altruistic choice and test it using behavioral and
fMRI data from a task in which subjects make choices between real monetary prizes for …

Tax evasion is a pervasive problem in many countries. In particular, some developing
countries do not collect even half of what they would if taxpayers complied with the written …

Severe flight to quality episodes involve uncertainty about the environment, not only risk
about asset payoffs. The uncertainty is triggered by unusual events and untested financial …