RAND: Jeremy Burke 2013-04-14T18:26:00Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/b/burke_jeremy.html Financial Literacy, Social Perception and Strategic Default http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR937.html 2012-07-20T09:45:00Z 2012-07-20T09:45:00Z Uses survey data to examine the role of social expectations, financial literacy and knowledge of default consequences. Information Acquisition in Competitive Markets http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50207.html 2012-11-01T12:00:00Z 2012-11-01T12:00:00Z The authors examine how price commitments impact the amount of information firms acquire about potential customers. Primetime Spin http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50208.html 2008-01-01T12:00:00Z 2008-01-01T12:00:00Z This paper develops a model of media bias in which rational agents acquire all their news from the source that is most likely to confirm their prior beliefs. What's in a Poll? http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP50209.html 2008-10-01T12:00:00Z 2008-10-01T12:00:00Z We examine the ability of pre-election polls to aggregate information about voter preferences.