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November 21, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and tipping behavior
November 21, 2017
How Our Tipping Behavior is Changing

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November 7, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and deceased organ donations
November 7, 2017
When Organ Donors Need More Than a Nudge

Sometimes increasing deceased organ donations takes more than a nudge because of the behind-the-scene details that are necessary.

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November 5, 2017
impact of the iPhone
November 5, 2017
Why We Will or Won’t Stand in Line

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October 31, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and free rewards
October 31, 2017
There’s No Such Thing As A Free Reward

Although there is no such thing as a free reward, consumers rarely consider the rewards programs costs that they wind up paying.

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October 25, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and research replication
October 25, 2017
Undigestible Food (Studies)

Because of research replication issues and questionable data, many academic papers need more rigor from their authors and skepticism from their readers.

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October 18, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and the iPod and Starbucks
October 18, 2017
The iPod, Starbucks, and Richard Thaler’s Behavioral Economics

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October 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Richard Thaler and behavioral economics nudges
October 10, 2017
The Story of a Nudge and the Nobel Economics Prize

For his public policy nudges and his contributions to behavioral economics, Richard Thaler will get the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.

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October 2, 2017
Research replication and Using tweets to predict the stock market
October 2, 2017
Why the Twitter Predictor Was About Much More Than the Dow

Although one seven year old study indicates that Twitter sentiment could predict the Dow, a research replication attempt says no.

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September 27, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and declining marriage rate
September 27, 2017
Where Have All of the Husbands (and Wives) Gone?

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September 26, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and traffic apps
September 26, 2017
The Cost of Commuting

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September 11, 2017
Weekly economic news roundup and lottery ticket spending
September 11, 2017
Why We Like Lotteries

We can ask why our lottery ticket spending has been $70 billion annually when we have such an infinitesimal chance of winning.

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September 10, 2017
Weekly Economic News Roundup and food status symbols
September 10, 2017
Surprising Culinary Status Symbols

Including celery and pineapples, past and present culinary status symbols are examples of foods preferred by an elite group.

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