daniel f stone
@dfstone.bsky.social
Behavioral economist at Bowdoin College. Interested in beliefs, sports, media, polarization, socially responsible capitalism. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047500/undue-hate/
https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/dstone/index.html
https://www.bowdoin.edu/profiles/faculty/dstone/index.html
For 478 (literal) swing voters, your vote really did matter
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/05/b...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:04 PM
For 478 (literal) swing voters, your vote really did matter
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/05/b...
www.pressherald.com/2025/11/05/b...
According to Google AI I have coined the term "affective polarization" 😆
October 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
According to Google AI I have coined the term "affective polarization" 😆
For your mental accounts slides
www.reddit.com/r/personalfi...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
For your mental accounts slides
www.reddit.com/r/personalfi...
www.reddit.com/r/personalfi...
This actually looks like useful advice
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
October 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This actually looks like useful advice
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Backward induction for the win
(via The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel, ht Justin Welsh)
(via The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel, ht Justin Welsh)
October 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Backward induction for the win
(via The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel, ht Justin Welsh)
(via The Art of Spending Money by Morgan Housel, ht Justin Welsh)
😅👍👏https://www.jericoliver.com/about-me
October 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
😅👍👏https://www.jericoliver.com/about-me
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Very good to confirm this: the vast majority of both Republicans and Democrats (still) do not think of the other party as "the enemy"
Very good to confirm this: the vast majority of both Republicans and Democrats (still) do not think of the other party as "the enemy"
October 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Very good to confirm this: the vast majority of both Republicans and Democrats (still) do not think of the other party as "the enemy"
Very good to confirm this: the vast majority of both Republicans and Democrats (still) do not think of the other party as "the enemy"
Bowdoin econ is hiring two assistant professors!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
This place is pretty great - see e.g. www.google.com/search?q=wha...
(Doesn't even mention the full year full pay junior sabbatical...)
Let me know any questions !
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
This place is pretty great - see e.g. www.google.com/search?q=wha...
(Doesn't even mention the full year full pay junior sabbatical...)
Let me know any questions !
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Bowdoin econ is hiring two assistant professors!
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
This place is pretty great - see e.g. www.google.com/search?q=wha...
(Doesn't even mention the full year full pay junior sabbatical...)
Let me know any questions !
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
This place is pretty great - see e.g. www.google.com/search?q=wha...
(Doesn't even mention the full year full pay junior sabbatical...)
Let me know any questions !
(So recent lit debating electoral effects of politicians being moderates might be confounded by not controlling for this... maybe picking up a 'civility' effect?)
Anyway link to the draft here, comments welcome! 🙏
osf.io/preprints/so...
Anyway link to the draft here, comments welcome! 🙏
osf.io/preprints/so...
September 12, 2025 at 11:55 AM
(So recent lit debating electoral effects of politicians being moderates might be confounded by not controlling for this... maybe picking up a 'civility' effect?)
Anyway link to the draft here, comments welcome! 🙏
osf.io/preprints/so...
Anyway link to the draft here, comments welcome! 🙏
osf.io/preprints/so...
Teaching Bayes today...
September 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Teaching Bayes today...
Maybe just threatening to use this could be pretty effective
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Maybe just threatening to use this could be pretty effective
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Yes infinite loss aversion is dumb 🙃
www.goodthoughts.blog/p/the-gift-o...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Yes infinite loss aversion is dumb 🙃
www.goodthoughts.blog/p/the-gift-o...
www.goodthoughts.blog/p/the-gift-o...
Not sure what you call this type of yield curve
July 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Not sure what you call this type of yield curve
July 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Highly cited (given it's only been out less than a year) but not actually high impact :(
July 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Highly cited (given it's only been out less than a year) but not actually high impact :(
July 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
June 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Increasing self-esteem causally reduces demand for status goods, indicating that social image might be a substitute for self-image"
home.uchicago.edu/bursztyn/Sta...
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June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
"Increasing self-esteem causally reduces demand for status goods, indicating that social image might be a substitute for self-image"
home.uchicago.edu/bursztyn/Sta...
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Actually gt may have done pretty well here 🙃
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
chatgpt.com/share/68430a...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
chatgpt.com/share/68430a...
June 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Actually gt may have done pretty well here 🙃
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
chatgpt.com/share/68430a...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
chatgpt.com/share/68430a...
~75% of people are altruistic or inequality averse, only about 25% are fully selfish or spiteful
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
wtd avg calculations-
chatgpt.com/share/6842ed...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
wtd avg calculations-
chatgpt.com/share/6842ed...
June 6, 2025 at 1:34 PM
~75% of people are altruistic or inequality averse, only about 25% are fully selfish or spiteful
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
wtd avg calculations-
chatgpt.com/share/6842ed...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
wtd avg calculations-
chatgpt.com/share/6842ed...
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The firm with the best reputation in America is a firm that does not advertise 🤔
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June 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The firm with the best reputation in America is a firm that does not advertise 🤔
www.eatingwell.com/why-trader-j...
www.axios.com/2025/05/20/a...
www.eatingwell.com/why-trader-j...
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