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July 2017 | MAP Lab featured in URI’s magazine Momentum: Research and Innovation
The Mental Accounting and Pricing Lab’s research team was featured in the University of Rhode Island’s bi-annual magazine Momentum: Research and Innovation, which highlights the unique research endeavors and accomplishments of faculty, students, and staff. Titled ‘Financial Literacy: Exploring the Relationship between Knowledge and Confidence’, Lauren Blakeman interviews Dr. Stephen Atlas about the Mental Accounting […]
May 2017 | MAP Lab’s Principle Investigator Stephen Atlas Earns NEDMA’s Educator Award
In May 2017, Dr. Stephen Atlas attended NEDMA’s annual Awards for Creative Excellence Competition, at which he was recognized with the NEDMA Educator Award 2017. The New England Direct Marketing Association (NEDMA) is a regional, professional association for those interested in direct marketing.
May 2017 | Vicky Ferraro receives Research and Scholarship Excellence Award
In May 2017, undergraduate research assistant Vicky Ferraro was awarded the Undergraduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award, for her work conducted alongside Dr. Stephen Atlas and in affiliation with MAPLab. This award recognizes one undergraduate student annually under the category of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities. Each year, select undergraduates, graduates, and faculty at […]
April 2017 | “The Effect of Numerical Markers on Consumer Judgment and Decision Making” Presentation
On April 22nd, Stephen Atlas, PhD presented at the University of South Carolina’s “The Effect of Numerical Markers on Consumer Judgment and Decision Making” Conference. The conference is held annually to bring researchers together “to develop general insights about how numerical markers affect consumers’ judgments, choices and consumption experiences”. Atlas presented research done in conjunction with […]
April 2017 | Tufts University “Future of Food and Nutrition” Conference Presentation
On April 7th, Xintong (Cynthia) Guan presented Retail Coupons and Dietary Quality of Purchases at Tufts University’s “Future of Food and Nutrition” Conference. The study, performed in collaboration with Stephen Atlas, PhD. and Maya Vadiveloo, PhD. RD., examined the relationship between exposure to coupons and consumer behavior surrounding sugar sweetened beverages (SSB), and non-SSB. “The purpose […]
November 2016 | Three Projects Presented at Society for Judgment and Decision Making Conference
In mid-November 3 Ph.D. students affiliated with the lab presented work at SJDM, a leading decision conference which draws international submissions. “The research titled “Redundant Temporal Framing and Individual Choice” explores the effect of temporal presentation on consumer judgment and preference. A field study with 16,290 registered users of a popular mobile app and […]
October 2016 | Providence Business News Features Maplab Research on Financial Education
Providence Business News features article on financial education and discusses ongoing research being conducted by the Mental Accounting and Pricing Lab. Read the article “Financial literacy should be taught early, often” here.
September 2016 | National Endowment for Financial Education Awards Grant
Professors Stephen Atlas, Nilton Porto, and Jing Jian Xiao were awarded $176,522 by the National Endowment for Financial Education to implement an 18-month research project. The project will study how financial education impacts financial knowledge, confidence and behaviors over time, in order to generate insight for improving financial education programs. URI press release Coverage in […]
July 2016 | Time Preferences and Mortgage Choices to appear in Journal of Marketing Research
Professor Stephen Atlas’s paper, Time Preferences and Mortgage Choice, has been accepted for publication by the Journal of Marketing Research. The project is a collaboration with Columbia University’s Eric Johnson and Duke University’s John Payne. Time Preferences and Mortgage Choices URI Business Newsletter Coverage
July 2016 | Matching costs to context to reduce household energy consumption
PhD Candidate Carrie Gill, Assistant Professor of Marketing Stephen Atlas, and University of British Columbia Assistant Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Science David Hardisty conducted three studies to understand influences on reducing household energy consumption. The studies addressed how past behaviors and temporal framing affected household energy decisions. This summer the results are being presented […]
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