'Recency Effect': Why Government Bonds Are Still Attractive. Sep. 28, 2010 3:38 PM ET TLT, AGG 1 Comment. ... investors may be shifting into some form of inflation protection. ...

The effect, measured in verdicts, was 26.5 percent, a very sizable difference in the social science world, where even small differences can still be statistically significant.

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These effects were predominantly recency effects and occurred most in questions that were more difficult to comprehend (especially among respondents with the least education), with response choices ...