Procrastination is often attributed to time-inconsistent preferences but may also arise when individuals derive … motivated memory, such that procrastination may persist even if uncertainty is eventually resolved. …

valuable they are for freeing up memory resources. Second, stated adherence is increased by pure reminders and reminders …. Using a structural model, we show that heterogeneity in memory costs (or, equivalently, annoyance costs) is crucial for …

accumulated information, and that the information type – story versus statistic – is a central determinant of selective memory. In … with a model of similarity and interference in memory, prompting contextual associations with statistics improves recall. A …

This paper experimentally studies the role of associative memory for belief formation. Real-world information signals … stylized version of models of associative memory in the literature, we develop a simple and tightly controlled experimental … our setup, we further provide direct causal evidence for the role of memory in belief formation and overreaction. Finally …

the costs and benefits of transmitting different kinds of information. Instead, it results from memory constraints during …

conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors …. Preferences were heterogeneous, ranging from deontological to strongly consequentialist; the median respondent would support …

through which mobility expectations affect redistributive preferences. We address this by including an interaction between … POUM-effect that is conditional on political preferences. Only for right-wing individuals expected upward income mobility …