🚨New paper🚨 Classic rational inattention says people weigh costs vs. benefits when processing info. We show that overprecision biases this evaluation — leading to misallocated attention. 📄 Theory + experiment (link in last post) #econsky @boschrosa.bsky.social

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🚨Call for papers🚨 Join us for M-BEES and M-BEPS in Maastricht this year, on June 10 & 11 2025! Deadline: March 1 We have some amazing keynote speakers this year: Rachel Kranton Guillaume Fréchette Marc Gurgand Axel Ockenfels More details👇 tinyurl.com/58a5c75v #EconSky

⏱️ Submission Deadline Extended: Jan 30 🛗 Behavioral Economics & Micro Theory reveal how decisions shape markets & society. Join the 1st Berlin PhD Conference (July 7–9, 2025) at WZB Berlin for insights, feedback & keynotes by Dorothea Kübler & Paul Heidhues. 🔗 More info: www.wzb.eu/en/events/1s...

Petition to change the paper title to "The Lies of Others"

🚨🚨New Paper Alert🚨🚨 We embed a within-subject experiment with two lying paradigms in the 2020 German Socio-Economic Panel. The difference between paradigms? *Observability* 🔍 In one, we know if you lied to win more money; in the other, we do not. papers.boschrosa.com/Observabilit...

Do you want to elicit distributions in surveys and/or experiments using a simple and intuitive tool? 🎅🎁 Well, here is an early Christmas gift courtesy of @pgonzalezfernandez.bsky.social and @thomasmeissner.bsky.social 🎁🎅 Spread the joy of eliciting those higher moments! 🚀✨

New Bluesky account + trekking picture? I must be peaking academically.