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Léo Fitouchi, and Daniel Nettle

vol. 262, n. 106154, September 2025

Why do many people morally condemn unrestrained indulgence in bodily pleasures—such as gluttony, masturbation, and drinking alcohol—even when these behaviors do not harm others? Leading theories of moral cognition claim that these puritanical moral judgments are independent of cognitive adaptations...

Christian Gollier

Puf, September 2025

L'action climatique va coûter cher, mais moins cher que l'inaction à condition de réussir à gérer rationnellement la transition énergétique. Des techno-solutionnistes aux décroissants, des activistes aux promoteurs de la finance verte, des partis écologistes aux défenseurs d'un État-Léviathan, les...

Philippe Bontems, Stephen F. Hamilton, and Jason Lepore

vol. 255, n. 112543, September 2025, revised June 10, 2026

Multisided platforms have emerged as an increasingly important market structure with the rise of the digital economy. In this paper, we consider sequential price setting behavior by platforms and demonstrate sequential pricing outcomes Pareto dominate simultaneous pricing outcomes in terms of firm...

Helmuth Cremer, and Jean-Marie Lozachmeur

vol. 103, n. 103049, September 2025

This study examines nonlinear reimbursement rules for secondary preventive and therapeutic care. Individuals may be healthy or ill, with illness severity determining their ex-post type. Preventive care is chosen beforehand, while curative care is decided after health status is known. In an ideal...

Randall C. Thompson, Benjamin C. Trumble, Daniel Cummings, Angela Neunuebel, Paul L. Hooper, Samuel Wann, Adel H. Allam, Frances Neunuebel, Benjamin Gans, Samantha I. King, Edmond Seabright, Caleb Finch, Margaret Gatz, Kenneth Buetow, Michael I. Miyamoto, Guido Lombardi, Linda Sutherland, James Sutherland, Christopher Ward, Madeleine J. Lee, Ashna Mahadev, Daniel Eid Rodriguez, David E. Michalik, Chris Rowan, Tianyu Cao, Jonathan Stieglitz, Cameron M. Quick, Gregory Thomas, Jagat Narula, Domini Dey, Michael Gurven, and Hillard Kaplan

vol. 23, n. 101271, September 2025

Benjamin Ouvrard, Arnaud Reynaud, Stéphane Cezera, Alban Thomas, Dishant Jojit James, and Murudaiah Shivamurthy

vol. 83, n. 101510, August 2025

We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment to analyze the preferences of Indian farmers (Karnataka state) regarding surface water sharing. To elicit impartial social preferences, we implement a dictator game behind the veil of ignorance in which a limited quantity of water has to be allocated between...

Daniel L. Chen

vol. 60, August 2025, pp. 1–32

This paper develops a theoretical model of salience of partisan identities during presidential elections affecting U.S. judges. Electoral cycles in judicial dissents are larger in close elections, non-existent in landslide elections, and reversed in wartime elections. Dissents are elevated for...

Willy Baltussen, Céline Bonnet, Franck Bunte, M. van Galen, Cynthia Lynn Giagnocavo, David Anthony Kenny, Annabel Oosterwijk, Laurence G. Smith, J. Snoek, I. Verweij-Novikova, Luuk S.M. Vissers, and Coen P.A. van Wagenberg

vol. 19, n. 8, August 2025

Today, there is extensive debate about the sustainability of the food system. Numerous research and policy initiatives focus on transforming the food system to make it more sustainable. The method of True Cost Accounting (TCA) can reveal positive and negative externalities for natural, social,...

Iyad Rahwan, Azim Shariff, and Jean-François Bonnefon

vol. 644, August 2025, revised June 10, 2026, p. 51–58

Paul Seabright, and Sergey Gavrilets

vol. 122, n. 32, August 2025

People and cultures differ in the extent to which they view the world as a zero-sum environment (where one person’s gain is another’s loss) or a positive-sum environment (where certain actions can benefit everyone). These beliefs shape individuals’ willingness to work, invest, collaborate, or show...