Bhargava
Associate Professor
Social & Decision Sciences
Carnegie Mellon University
sbhar@andrew.cmu.edu

New & Working Papers
New Papers
1. Bhargava, S., and Hyde, T. “Risk Aversion in the Field: Evidence on Prevalence and Motives from an Employee Rewards Program,” 2023.
2. Bhargava, S.* and Kassam, K.S. “Love and Gender: An Empirical Account,” 2022. [under second review, Psychological Science]
3. Bhargava, S., and Conell-Price, L. “Serenity Now, Save Tomorrow? Evidence on Retirement Savings Puzzles from a 401(k) Field Experiment,” 2022.
4. Bhargava, S.* , Conell-Price, L., Mason, R., and Benartzi, S. “Save(d) by Design?” 2021.
5. Bhargava, S. “New Evidence on the Hedonic and Time-Use Consequences of Children,” 2020.
6. Bhargava, S., and Hyde, T. “Behavioral Erosion of Private Risk Information.”
Working Papers
1. Bhargava, S.*, Mason, R., Patterson, M., and Benartzi, S. “When Does the Future Begin? Evidence from 401(k) Auto-Escalation Field Experiments.”
2. Bhargava, S., Connoly, D. “Noise and Bias in Policy Perceptions: New Evidence and Calibrations.”
3. Bhargava, S., and Hyde, T. “Gender and Financial Risk Aversion in the Field: New Evidence on Motives.”
4. Bhargava, S., Loewenstein, G., and Sydnor, J. “Heuristics Gone Awry: New Evidence on Motives for Insurance Choice.”