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On the Behavioral Consequences of Reverse Causality
Ran Spiegler
Reverse causality is a common causal misperception that distorts the evaluation of private actions and public policies. This paper explores the implications of this error when a de…
A Simple Model of Monetary Policy under Phillips-Curve Causal Disagreements
Ran Spiegler
I study a static textbook model of monetary policy and relax the conventional assumption that the private sector has rational expectations. Instead, the private sector forms inflat…
Anabolic Persuasion
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
We present a model of optimal training of a rational, sluggish agent. A trainer commits to a discrete-time, finite-state Markov process that governs the evolution of training inten…
The Model Selection Curse
Kfir Eliaz, Ran Spiegler
A "statistician" takes an action on behalf of an agent, based on the agent's self-reported personal data and a sample involving other people. The action that he takes is an estimat…