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In a recent JEP:G study, Team Scientist Alison Wood Brooks & Michael Yeomans found that “boomerasking”–posing a question and then answering it yourself instead of engaging with the other person’s response–can seem egocentric and insincere, despite some believing it makes a good

🚨New Book Alert - Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence 🚨 Team Scientist Jens Ludwig discusses how behavioral science can be leveraged to better understand causes and potential solutions to gun violence in America. Order here:

🚨On 4/30 at 12 pm I'm co-hosting a 1 hour ZOOM seminar YOU CAN ATTEND🚨 featuring one of the academics I admire most: Harvard University economist, Raj Chetty 🤩 Join me and Kevin Volpp to learn about Raj's latest research on inequality and ask Q's. Sign up: tinyurl.com/chetty430

Team Scientist podcast roundup: Alison Wood Brooks on Armchair Expert Podcast bit.ly/3FBmd4W Hengchen Dai on Business Talk bit.ly/3DVRQ8L Cait Lamberton on Knowledge at Wharton whr.tn/3RiyCNC

Tomorrow (Wednesday, 4/30) is the second keynote of Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ's Spring Research Seminar Series featuring Harvard Professor Raj Chetty. BCFG is co-hosting the event & we hope you’ll join us!: bit.ly/4jKABH5

A new paper by Team Scientist Colin Camerer & co-authors found that mood affects risk preferences differently by age. When in a good mood, teens tend to choose balanced risks (equal chance of loss or gain), while young adults lean toward safer options: bit.ly/4iHx1xb

ICYMI: The first keynote of Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ’s Spring Research Seminar Series, the event featuring Team Scientist Nicholas A. Christakis and co-hosted by Co-Director Katy Milkman is now available on our Youtube channel! Watch it here: bit.ly/4jewUc8

📢The Penn Medicine Nudge Unit is hosting the 2025 Nudges in Health Care Symposium in Philadelphia on Sept. 11-12! Register to attend the event: bit.ly/3Ssp2IA Submit your abstract by May 23 to be considered for a poster or oral presentation: bit.ly/3Z2xP7U

The latest edition of the BCFG newsletter is out today! Read it here: bit.ly/3RWSYww

🚨New Book Alert - Negotiation: The Game Has Changed 🚨 Team Scientist Max Bazerman offers insights on how to adapt negotiation strategies to today’s challenging contexts, such as virtual meetings or supply chain crises. Order here: amzn.to/423d6lh

A recent Journal of Econometrics paper by Team Scientists Susan Athey & Jann Spiess and Niall Keleher used machine learning to identify which students benefit most from digital nudges to renew financial aid. They found that nudging students who were least likely to renew was

Learn more about Anuj Shah, an Associate Professor of Psychology and Team Scientist who uses behavioral science to design & test interventions aimed at reducing poverty, crime, and conflict. Visit his website here: bit.ly/3FSVP6T

A new nature paper by Team Scientist John A. List and co-authors explores the “racial excellence gap”—the disparity in top academic achievement between Black and Hispanic students and their white and Asian peers. The study finds these gaps emerge by 3rd grade, widen over

ICYMI: The second keynote of Penn Center for Health Incentives+Behavioral Econ’s Spring Research Seminar Series, the event featuring Harvard Professor Raj Chetty and co-hosted by Katy Milkman & Atheendar Venkataramani is now available on our YouTube channel! Watch it here: bit.ly/4kgDjnE

The SSRC’s Mercury Project supported BCFG and 17 other research teams in testing interventions to promote vaccination uptake & other health behaviors. Check out their summary of our findings here: bit.ly/3SxOEUz Read our full megastudy in nature here:

A recent paper by Team Scientists Greg Walton, Carol Dweck, & collaborators finds that teaching children a “strategic mindset”—the habit of asking themselves questions like “What can I try to be better at this?”—boosts their ability to delay gratification: bit.ly/42XzLRq

🚨 New Book Alert: Algorithmic Harm Team Scientist Cass Sunstein & co-author Oren Bar-Gill identify ways in which AI could harm consumers through exploiting decision-making biases & explore policy responses that could reduce future risk. Order here: amzn.to/3YANoUn

New research from Team Scientist Olivia S. Mitchell shows that adults’ financial literacy tends to decline with age, regardless of their education level. Read more in this Knowledge at Wharton article: whr.tn/42AF4Fl

How should AI reshape labor markets? Team Scientist 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 argues that instead of designing AI to replace human work, we should focus on using it to enhance human capabilities. Read more in this The Wall Street Journal article: on.wsj.com/42S9NxM

Team scientist podcast roundup: @Katy_Milkman on Knowledge at Wharton whr.tn/42ztvPz Nicholas A. Christakis on Inside AI spoti.fi/4dmKpom @LaurieSantos on Love Factually by Eli Finkel spoti.fi/4dqzBWz