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preferences. Among the behavioral patterns that allow for a clear-cut interpretation on the decision level, we find that roughly … almost half of our subjects. Among those, roughly 24%are rational expected utility maximizers, 24% make occasional mistakes …
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deviation (in beliefs, utility, or perceived prices) is within e of expected utility theory. The number e can then be used as a …We propose a new measure of deviations from expected utility, given data on economic choices under risk and uncertainty … distance to the theory. We apply our methodology to three recent large-scale experiments. Many subjects in those experiments …
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A general framework is described specifying how boundedly rational decision makers generate their choices. Starting … decision routines (by applying New Problem Solver). Our admittedly bold attempt is loosely related to some stylized …
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We present a self- and social-signaling model formalizing findings in political psychology that moral and political judgments stem primarily from intuition and emotion, while reasoning serves to rationalize these intuitions to maintain an image of impartiality. In social interactions, agents’...
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We formulate a general theory of preferences over outcome-time-probability triplets and decompose uncertainty into risk … general discounted utility model which encompasses the main empirically supported discounted utility models. We show that our … axioms on preferences are satisfied in our general discounted utility model. Finally, we discuss the various explanations of …
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-with-evaluation-errors theory that incorporates both dimensions and delivers sharp empirical predictions about their effect on choice behavior. We …. Second, even highly experienced decision-makers are more likely to make mistakes when choosing from sets with higher …
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, agents can either decide rationally according to expected utility theory or intuitively according to case-based decision …We study the influence of reason and intuition on decision making over time. Facing a sequence of similar problems … theory. Rational decisions are more precise but create higher costs, though these costs may decrease over time. We find that …
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multiple different measures of rationality. Eye-tracking suggests that boosting noradrenaline promotes more rational choice by … dopaminergic system, and nicotine, which boosts the cholinergic system) improve rationality to a lesser extent. Aside from testing …
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Empirical welfare analyses often impose stringent parametric assumptions on individuals' preferences and neglect unobserved preference heterogeneity. In this paper, we develop a framework to conduct individual and social welfare analysis for discrete choice that does not suffer from these...
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