We develop interpretable, quantitative indices of the objective and subjective complexity of lottery choice problems … important complexity feature in the indices is a measure of the excess dissimilarity of the cumulative distribution functions of … the lotteries in the set. Using our complexity indices, we study behavioral responses to complexity out-of-sample across …

a series of additional laboratory experiments suggest that task complexity decreases the responsiveness to incentives …

computational complexity of the decision problem. These results point to the context-dependence of what comes to mind and the …

obligations. We present evidence from a laboratory tax experiment suggesting that the effects of complexity on compliance are … intrinsically linked to distributive fairness. We find that compliance remains largely unaffected by complexity when income taxes … are distributed to a morally justified charity. Conversely, complexity significantly amplifies noncompliance when income …

The present complexity approach is based on two assumptions: A1: measurability of deviations of outcomes with respect … to reference values; A2 : extension of A1 to multi-set analysis. Complexity is then defined in terms of multi … reducing greatly the degree of complexity of the problem, and hence the difficulty of finding a solution. …

We study two dimensions of complexity that may interfere with individual choice. The first one is object complexity … complexity, which increases when suboptimal alternatives become more similar to optimal ones. We develop a satisficing …, as the object complexity of an optimal (suboptimal) alternative increases, it becomes less (more) likely to be chosen …

from complexity theory that takes account of true uncertainty and increasing returns to technology adoption. We examine …

complexity is associated with high contract incompleteness and hence the increased relevance of trust-based relational contracts … procurement, again for low tech objects. This complexity-based difference persists even when the same supplier provides both types … contracting model, where the cost of switching suppliers is technology-specific and increases with object complexity, shifting …