Recent years have seen a surge of applied work using bunching approaches, a
development that is closely linked to the increased availability of administrative data. These …

This chapter surveys the literature on behavioral industrial organization, covering four broad
topics:(1) how rational firms interact with consumers who make systematic mistakes in …

Inattention is a central, unifying theme for much of behavioral economics. It permeates such
disparate fields as microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, public economics, and …

What is the role of structural estimation in behavioral economics? I discuss advantages, and
limitations, of the work in Structural Behavioral Economics. I also cover common modeling …

Only half of SAT-takers retake the exam, with even lower retake rates among low-income
students and underrepresented minority (URM) students. We exploit discontinuous jumps in …

I conduct a statewide experiment in Michigan with nearly 50,000 high‐achieving high school
seniors. Treated students are mailed a letter encouraging them to consider college and …

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Firms arguably price at ninety-nine-ending prices because of left-digit bias—the tendency of
consumers to perceive a 4.99asmuchlowerthana 5.00. Analysis of retail scanner data on …

Abstract Left-digit bias (or 99-cent pricing) has been discussed extensively in economics,
psychology, and marketing. Despite this, we show that the rideshare company, Lyft, was not …

We show that search frictions in credit markets affect accepted interest rates and loan sizes
and distort consumption. Using data on car loan applications and originations not …