Working Papers

As IDE scholars' projects progress, they share early-stage research through working papers that offer insights into their findings and methodology.

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Megastudy: Identifying Successful Interventions to Strengthen Americans’ Democratic Attitudes

Aug, 2022

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Working Papers Surfacing Norms to Increase Vaccine Acceptance

Feb 2021

Sinan Aral | Director

Dean Eckles | Social Networks & Digital Experimentation Research Group Lead

Alex Moehring

Avinash Collis

Kiran Garimella

M. Amin Rahimian

Working Papers Enouraging the Resumption of Economic Activity After COVID-19

Jan 2021

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Juan Palacios

Yichun Fan

Erez Yoeli

Jianghao Wang

Yuchen Chai

Weizeng Sun

Siqi Zheng

Working Papers Shifting Attention to Accuracy Can Reduce Misinformation Online

Dec 2020

Dean Eckles | Social Networks & Digital Experimentation Research Group Lead

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Gordon Pennycook

Ziv Epstein

Mohsen Mosleh

Antonio A. Arechar

Working Papers Rethinking the Link Between Cognitive Sophistication and Politically Motivated Reasoning

Nov 2020

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Ben Tappin

Gordon Pennycook

Working Papers Twisting the Demand Curve: Digitalization and The Older Workforce

Nov 2020

Kristina McElheran | Visiting Scholar

Erling Barth
James C. Davis
Richard B. Freeman

Working Papers Shared Partisanship Dramatically Increases Social Tie Formation in a Twitter Field Experiment

Nov 2020

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Dean Eckles | Social Networks & Digital Experimentation Research Group Lead

Mohsen Mosleh

Research Scientist

Cameron Martel

Working Papers Targeting for Long-term Outcomes

Oct 2020

Sinan Aral | Director

Paramveer Dhillon | Digital Fellow

Dean Eckles | Social Networks & Digital Experimentation Research Group Lead

Jeremy Yang | Digital Fellow

Working Papers A Practical Guide to Doing Behavioral Research on Fake News and Misinformation

Oct 2020

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Gordon Pennycook

Jabin Binnendyk

Christie Newton

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