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Kellen Mrkva

@kellenmrkva.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Marketing, Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University Prev: UoB, Columbia, CU Boulder, ND

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Want to make your research look, feel, & function like real online choices?
I'm making a tool called Experimental Realism AI to do that. Try it out! bit.ly/41YUxzk

Check out our examples at the above link (e.g., Amazon consumer choice, Netflix, ..) along with how to integrate this with Qualtrics.

18.09.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a terrible outcome.

In my research, I've shown the subscription cancellation problem is big

The click-to-cancel rule was poised to make meaningful progress on this problem

Now we're back to the sludge

The result will be less competition, higher prices, and lower quality.

09.07.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1183    πŸ” 304    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 30
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Colada[128] The Best Audit Study and its interesting shortcoming
datacolada.org/128

23.06.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

A screenshot of a Reuters article stating that the US FDA suspended milk quality test workforce cuts.

Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

22.04.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 22227    πŸ” 9088    πŸ’¬ 1389    πŸ“Œ 870
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🚨New WP🚨
Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction
-Sig more effective than consensus messaging
-Works for Republicans
-Evidence of persistence @ 1mo
-Scalable!
PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change
Here’s how πŸ‘‡

18.04.2025 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 42    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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Research Staff Assistant, Center for Decision Sciences - Manhattanville, New York, United States Job Type: Non Union Support Staff Regular/Temporary: Temporary Hours Per Week: 35 Salary Range: $43,400 - $43,464 The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of f...

The Center for Decision Sciences (CDS) at Columbia Business School, directed by Prof. Eric Johnson, is hiring a full-time lab manager to start in June 2025. One-year position has the possibility of renewal. For more details opportunities.columbia.edu/cw/en-us/job...
(Please share broadly)

30.03.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
Screenshot of title + abstract of the paper.

Screenshot of title + abstract of the paper.

🚨New paper alert!🚨

Women are less likely to enter competitions than menβ€”even when equally qualified. But telling them this can change behavior.

πŸ“ˆ In a field experiment on a job application platform, we found that highlighting this gender gap increased the # of job apps women submitted by ~20%.

27.03.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Really proud of this new work out @psychscience.bsky.social. Led by the amazing but bluesky-less Amanda Geiser and with @deborahsmall.bsky.social.

We show that when comparing moral wrongs, people are (much) more willing to β€œscale up” than to β€œscale down” condemnation and punishment…

22.03.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Social Science Prediction Platform Predict research results, improve social science.

New on the SSPP: How do digital nudges used by online retailers influence consumer choices? @kellenmrkva.bsky.social, Ashley Otto, and Yuna Choe invite your predictions!
socialscienceprediction.org/predict/rbq/...

⏱️ 10 min
πŸ“š Econ, Psych
πŸ“… Closes: April 18

@evavivalt.bsky.social

25.02.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bringing Digital Designs to Light New research shows how subtle changes can influence consumers online.

Crystal Reeck, @kellenmrkva.bsky.social, @ericjjohnson.bsky.social, and I just wrote an article about digital design -- nudges and dark patterns. Though they can help people make good choices, they must be used wisely. Bad actors frequently use them to mislead. Check it out!

14.02.2025 03:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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