To reconcile empirical inconsistencies in the relationship between emotionally-negative families and daughters’ abnormal eating, this article hypothesizes a critical moderating … More
Category: Research Findings
How can imagining your future self help your health?
To the extent that people feel more continuity between their present and future selves, they are more likely to make … More
How do romantic couples manage their daily to do’s?
It appears that couples help each other remember outstanding tasks (“to-dos”) by issuing reminders. Professor Malia Mason and co-authors examine … More
What motivates charitable giving to more than one organization?
People are more generous toward single than toward multiple beneficiaries, and encouraging greater giving to multiple targets is challenging. Vicki … More
Can Money Buy Happiness?
In contrast to decades of research reporting surprisingly weak relationships between consumption and happiness, recent findings suggest that money can … More
How do financial resources affect decision-making?
Professor Stefan Meier and colleagues find that, among low socio-economic groups, scarce resources indeed can affect one’s willingness todelay gratification … More
How do firms, managers and incentives match up?
This article combines unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The model illustrates how … More
How are information, communication and influence related?
Professor Andrea Prat and colleagues study the information flows that arise among a set of agents with local knowledge and … More
Is it lonely at the top?
Eight studies by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues find a robust negative relationship between the experience of power and the … More
